Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics, safety, and efficacy stratified per frailty status in patients receiving BsAbs for MM

Frail group (N = 40)Nonfrail group (N = 62)P value
Patient characteristics 
Age, median (range), y 78 (69-81) 65 (59-70) <.001 
Age ≥70 years, n (%) 29 (73) 18 (29) <.001 
Male sex, n (%) 16 (40) 26 (42) 
Race, non-Hispanic White, n (%) 20 (50) 30 (48) 
ECOG PS ≥2, n (%) 10 (36) <.001 
CCI score, median (range) 2 (1-3) 1 (0-1) <.001 
CrCl ≤60 mL/min, n (%) 23 (62) 13 (22) <.001 
High-risk cytogenetics, n (%) 20 (57) 30 (55) .98 
Prior lines of therapy, median (range) 6 (4-7) 5 (4-7) .44 
Extramedullary disease, n (%) 12 (36) 17 (30) .73 
Triple-class refractory disease, n (%) 32 (80) 42 (75) .74 
Receiving teclistamab, n (%) 32 (80) 39 (63) .11 
Prior anti-BCMA therapy, n (%) 13 (33) 20 (33) 
Safety outcomes 
CRS, any grade, n (%) 23 (58) 37 (60) .99 
CRS, grade ≥3, n (%) 2 (3) .68 
ICANS, any grade, n (%) 6 (15) 5 (8) .44 
ICANS, grade ≥3, n (%) 1 (3) .82 
Grade ≥3 cytopenia <30 days, n (%) 16 (40) 27 (44) .83 
Grade ≥3 infection <90 days, n (%) 11 (28) 20 (32) .77 
Length of hospital stay, median (range), d 7 (7-8) 7 (5-9) .58 
TRM, n (%) 5 (13) 13 (21) .27 
Causes of death, n (%) 
All cause deaths 8 (20) 21 (34) .13 
Disease progression 3 (8) 8 (13) .39 
Infection 3 (8) 7 (11) .53 
Other 2 (5) 6 (10) .39 
Efficacy outcomes 
Best ORR, n (%) 32 (80) 45 (73) .40 
sCR/CR, n (%) 6 (15) 14 (23) .35 
VGPR, n (%) 19 (48) 19 (31) .086 
Frail group (N = 40)Nonfrail group (N = 62)P value
Patient characteristics 
Age, median (range), y 78 (69-81) 65 (59-70) <.001 
Age ≥70 years, n (%) 29 (73) 18 (29) <.001 
Male sex, n (%) 16 (40) 26 (42) 
Race, non-Hispanic White, n (%) 20 (50) 30 (48) 
ECOG PS ≥2, n (%) 10 (36) <.001 
CCI score, median (range) 2 (1-3) 1 (0-1) <.001 
CrCl ≤60 mL/min, n (%) 23 (62) 13 (22) <.001 
High-risk cytogenetics, n (%) 20 (57) 30 (55) .98 
Prior lines of therapy, median (range) 6 (4-7) 5 (4-7) .44 
Extramedullary disease, n (%) 12 (36) 17 (30) .73 
Triple-class refractory disease, n (%) 32 (80) 42 (75) .74 
Receiving teclistamab, n (%) 32 (80) 39 (63) .11 
Prior anti-BCMA therapy, n (%) 13 (33) 20 (33) 
Safety outcomes 
CRS, any grade, n (%) 23 (58) 37 (60) .99 
CRS, grade ≥3, n (%) 2 (3) .68 
ICANS, any grade, n (%) 6 (15) 5 (8) .44 
ICANS, grade ≥3, n (%) 1 (3) .82 
Grade ≥3 cytopenia <30 days, n (%) 16 (40) 27 (44) .83 
Grade ≥3 infection <90 days, n (%) 11 (28) 20 (32) .77 
Length of hospital stay, median (range), d 7 (7-8) 7 (5-9) .58 
TRM, n (%) 5 (13) 13 (21) .27 
Causes of death, n (%) 
All cause deaths 8 (20) 21 (34) .13 
Disease progression 3 (8) 8 (13) .39 
Infection 3 (8) 7 (11) .53 
Other 2 (5) 6 (10) .39 
Efficacy outcomes 
Best ORR, n (%) 32 (80) 45 (73) .40 
sCR/CR, n (%) 6 (15) 14 (23) .35 
VGPR, n (%) 19 (48) 19 (31) .086 

Boldface indicates statistically significant values.

CrCl, creatinine clearance; ORR, overall response rate; sCR, stringent CR; VGPR, very good partial response.

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