This is a study of serial donor chimerism analysis (>2300 samples) in 155 recipients of allografts for multiple myeloma.
A chimerism drop without relapse was rare.
The predictive value of serial chimerism analysis for heralding relapse was limited because of the high frequency of extramedullary relapses after allo-SCT.
In multivariable analysis, the most relevant variable for OS was progressive disease before allo-SCT.
Adverse cytogenetics such as del17p, t(4,14) or amp(1q21) were not associated with shorter survival after allo-SCT in our series.