Heavy/light chain specific immunoglobulin ratios provides no additional information than serum proteins electrophoresis and immunofixation for the diagnosis and the follow-up of intact immunoglobulin multiple myeloma patients

Pathologie-biologie
M-P Beaumont-EpinetteO Decaux

Abstract

Serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) and immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) are used for diagnosis and follow-up of patients with intact immunoglobulin multiple myeloma. However, the numerous limitations of these methods led to the development of a nephelometric immunoassay (Hevylite™) for the specific measurement of serum IgGκ, IgGλ, IgAκ and IgAλ concentrations. In this study, we evaluated the correlation between this assay and SPE and IFE in 114 sera of 15 patients (12 IgG and 3 IgA patients) and its impact on the clinical care of patients, especially for diagnosis, for the evaluation of residual disease and for early detection of relapse. At inclusion and during follow-up, we found a good correlation between monoclonal immunoglobulin concentrations and SPE (R(2)=0.902 for IgA and R(2)=0.915 for IgG) and nephelometric quantification (R(2)=0.948 for IgA and R(2)=0.920 for IgG) for the evaluation of monoclonal and polyclonal immunoglobulins. Our results illustrate that the Hevylite™ test is less sensitive than the IFE for detection of residual disease: 5 patients who obtained very good partial response or complete response had normalization of the Hevylite™ ratio while IFE was still positive. A relapse had been detectable wit...Continue Reading

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