Abstract
Background: In patients with diabetes and monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS), the impact of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists on the natural history of MGUS is unknown. We aimed to assess the association of GLP-1 receptor agonist use in the progression of MGUS to multiple myeloma in patients with diabetes. Methods: This is a population-based cohort study of veterans diagnosed with MGUS from 2006 to 2021 with a prior diagnosis of diabetes. A validated natural language processing algorithm was used to confirm MGUS and progression to multiple myeloma. We performed 1:2 matching for individuals with and without GLP-1 receptor agonist exposure. The Gray test was performed to detect the difference in cumulative incidence functions for progression by GLP-1 receptor agonist use status. The association between time-varying GLP-1 receptor agonist use and progression was estimated through multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio using a stratified Fine-Gray distribution hazard model, with death as a competing event and stratum for the matched patient triad. Results: Our matched cohort included 1097 individuals with MGUS who had ever used GLP-1 receptor agonists and the matched 2194 patients who had never used GLP-1 receptor agonists. Overall, 2.6% of individuals progressed in the GLP-1 receptor agonist ever use group compared with 5.0% in the GLP-1 receptor agonist never use group. Cumulative incidence functions were statistically significantly different between the exposed and unexposed groups (P =. 02). GLP-1 receptor agonist use vs no use was associated with decreased progression to multiple myeloma (hazard ratio = 0.45, 95% confidence interval = 0.22 to 0.93, P =. 03). Conclusions: For patients with diabetes and MGUS, GLP-1 receptor agonist use is associated with a 55% reduction in risk of progression from MGUS to multiple myeloma compared with no use.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | pkae095 |
Journal | JNCI Cancer Spectrum |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2024 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, the Siteman Cancer Center, and National Institutes of Health grants R01 CA253475 and U01 CA265735.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research