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A New Clock is Running for Multiple Myeloma: Circadian Clock Protein-Period 3 (PER-3) Polymorphism


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Figure 1.

Progression free survival curves: 4R/4R and 4R/5R-5R/5R
Progression free survival curves: 4R/4R and 4R/5R-5R/5R

Comparison of PFS and OS with prognostic factors of patients with MM

      PFS* Log Rank p-value os*,# Log Rank p
n 52.7 77#
Gender, n Female / Male 73/77 89.3 /39.2 0.080 66# / 69# 0.690
Age, n <65 / >65 130/20 54.3 / 40.4 0.230 56# / 54# 0.058
Stage (Durie-Salmon), n II/III 38/84 28.5 / 54.3 0.257 87.1 / 99.1 0.229
A/B 91/31 40.4 / 65.0 0.277 55# / 51# 0.301
IPI, n I 39 69.3 99.1
II 34 40.4 70#
III 50 52.7 0.764 88.2 0.026
ECOG, n < 1 / >1 109/12 47.1 / 28.5 0.959 53# / 31.4 0.301
LDH (IU/L), n <480 / >480 116/7 52.7 / 17 0.086 53# / 17 0.001
CRP (mg/L), n <5 / > 5 51/71 54.3 / 52.7 0.686 85# /99.1 0.057
PER3 4R/4R 70 40.4 74#
4R/5R 64 69.3 57#
5R/5R 16 86# 0.046 100# 0.349
PER-3 4R/4R 70 40.4 63#
4R/5R -5R/5R 80 89.6 0.028 99.1 0.738

Comparison of frequencies of PER-3 gene variants between patients with MM and healthy controls

PER3 Genotype Multiple Myeloma Healthy Controls OR Exp(B) 95% CI p
Genotypes n=a    (%) n=100 (%)
PER-3 4R/4R 70 (46.7) 42 (42) 0.657* 0.285-1.517* 0.325*
4R/5R 64 (43.3) 44 (44) 0.745* 0.320-1.734* 0.494*
5R/5R 16 (10.7) 14 (14) 1.363& 0.633-2.935& 0.434&
Allele
4R 204 (67.5) 128 (64)
5R 98 (32.5) 72   (36) 1.159& 0.796-1.689& 0.443&

Clinical features and treatment regimens of MM patients

    Multiple Myeloma   Control Control p
    median na        (%) median nb        (%)  
Age 56 (32-70) 53 (28-68) 0.140*
Gender Female/Male 77/73  (51.3/48.7) 55/45  (55/45) 0.367&
MM Subtypes κ/λ 83/39  (68/32)
G/A 79/18  (65/15)
Light chain 25        (20)
Stage (Durie-Salmon) II/III 38/84  (25/75)
A/B 91/31  (79/21)
IPI I 39        (32)
II/III 34/50  (28/40)
ECOG >1 12        (10)
Hemoglobin gr/dL 10.4 (6.2-15)
Leukocyte mm3 7200 (2760-18500)
Platelet 103μL 172 (69-406)
C-reactive protein mg/dL 8 (2.1-352)
LDH IU/L 212 (93-1037)
B2-microglobulin mg/L 4.9 (1.5-48)
Albumin gr/L 3.5 (1.6-5.1)
Treatment VCD, ASCT, LD
OS (10-years, %) (79)
PFS (10-years, %) (47) – 52.7 months
Relapse 63 (42)
Mortality 23 (15.3)
Follow-up duration, months, (range) 36.1 (4.1-155.2)

Multivariate analysis of 150 MM patients (Cox proportional hazard model backward)

  PFS
    Exp (B) %95 CI p
PER-3 4R/4R 0.488 0.284-0.837 0.009
LDH ≥480 0.441 0.170-1.141 0.091
Gender Female/Male 0.604 0.357-1.022 0.060
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