Cause-Specific Mortality and Prognostic Impact of Comorbidity in Japanese Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

IF 2.9 2区医学 Q2 ONCOLOGY

Cancer Medicine Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI:10.1002/cam4.70613

Daisuke Ikeda, Takuya Nunomura, Tsuyoshi Muta, Kosei Matsue

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Abstract

Background

Due to its rarity, there are very limited data available on the cause of death (COD) and its association with comorbidities in Japanese chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients.

Methods

To investigate the prevalence of comorbidities and their impact on cause-specific mortality, we retrospectively reviewed 121 Japanese patients with CLL.

Results

The median age was 69 years, with 47.9% having at least one comorbidity listed in the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and 12.4% were multimorbid. With a median follow-up of 74 months, the 5- and 10-year overall survival rates were 80.6% and 60.1%, respectively. Among the 44 deaths observed, CLL progression was the leading COD (38.6%), which together with infections and other malignancies accounted for nearly 80%. Patients with higher CCI risk categories had significantly higher 5-year all-cause mortality (CCI 1–2: 22.9% and ≥ 3: 31.4%) and non-CLL-specific mortality (CCI 1–2: 18.8% and ≥ 3: 31.4%) compared to those without (CCI 0: 12.6%, p = 0.005; 3.5%, p < 0.001, respectively), whereas CLL-specific mortality was not influenced. On multivariate analysis, age and CCI retained a significant prognostic impact on all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 1.08, p < 0.001 and HR 1.88, p = 0.004, respectively) and non-CLL-specific mortality (HR 1.12, p < 0.001 and HR 3.81, p < 0.001, respectively).

Conclusions

Our study showed that CLL itself was the leading COD, and comorbidity burden was associated with non-CLL-specific deaths. This highlights the importance of better disease control and effective management of comorbidities.

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Cancer Medicine ONCOLOGY-

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5.50

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2.50%

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907

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19 weeks

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