Objective: To evaluate the clinical and prognostic value of prothrombin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) in newly diagnosed patients with multiple myeloma (MM).
Methods: The clinical data of 116 newly diagnosed MM patients in the Second Hospital and Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University from October 2014 to March 2022 were analyzed retrospectively, and the patients were divided into two groups: normal PT and APTT group and prolonged PT or APTT group. The differences in sex, age, classification, staging, bleeding events, laboratory indicators [including hemoglobin (Hb), platelet count (PLT), serum calcium, serum albumin (ALB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), serum creatinine and β-microglobulin], and cytogenetic characteristics between the two groups of patients were compared. The effect of prolonged PT or APTT on survival of patients with MM was analyzed.
Results: Compared with patients in normal PT and APTT group, patients in prolonged PT or APTT group were more likely to experience bleeding events (=5.087, =0.024), with lower ALB levels (=4.962, =0.026) and PLT levels (=4.309, =0.038), and higher serum calcium levels (=5.056, =0.025). The positive rates of del17p, del13q and 1q21+ in prolonged PT or APTT group were higher than those in normal PT and APTT group, but the difference was not statistically significant ( >0.05). K-M survival analysis showed that the prolonged PT or APTT group had a shorter median progression-free survival (PFS) ( =0.032) and overall survival (OS) ( =0.032). Multivariate Cox analysis showed that prolonged PT or APTT (=2.116, 95% :1.025-4.372, =0.043) and age ≥65 years (=2.403, 95% : 1.195-4.836, =0.014) were independent risk factor for OS in newly diagnosed MM patients. However, prolonged PT or APTT had no significant effect on PFS of newly diagnosed MM patients (=1.162, 95% : 0.666-2.026, =0.597).
Conclusion: Newly diagnosed MM patients with prolonged PT or APTT have worse clinical indicators, shorter PFS and OS. Prolonged PT or APTT is an independent risk factor for OS in MM patients.
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