Sarcopenia Impact Among Older Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
Rochester, MN
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between baseline sarcopenia and high-grade chemotherapy toxicity during the first 4 cycles of treatment measured by National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0, the Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) version of the CTCAE(PRO-CTCAE), and treatment discontinuation in older patients (≥60 years) with hematologic malignancies.
The hypothesis is that for older patients with hematologic malignanclies, sarcopenia is associated with higher likelihood of high-grade treatment-related chemotherapy toxicity and a higher rate of treatment discontinuation during the first 4 cycles of treatment.