CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE:...we conducted this retrospective real-world study on efficacy and safety of the mainstream maintenance regimens in non-transplant NDMM patients-thalidomide (T-MT), lenalidomide (L-MT) and bortezomib (B-MT)....Only a few patients with 17p- in T-MT and B-MT, yet also presented remarkably inferior PFS (7.0m vs 21.0m, p=0.011) and OS (32.0m vs 81.0m, p=0.001) with thalidomide....In B-MT, PFS (30.8m vs NR, p=0.99) was similar, though median OS was not reached, inferior tendency was observed (p= 0.04).