Multiple Myeloma

Elotuzumab plus pomalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone showed tolerability in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Updated MAIA trial results reinforce the frontline benefit of daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone in transplant-ineligible NDMM.

Real-world data show that older adults with lenalidomide-refractory MM have poor survival outcomes after 1 to 3 lines of therapy.

Median time to sustained worsening of symptoms was 23.7 months with cilta-cel, compared with 18.9 months with SOC.

The association of CAR T-cell therapies with second primary cancers warrants the development and examination of mitigation strategies for these toxic effects.

In patients with RRMM, subcutaneous isatuximab plus Pd resulted in a non-inferior objective response rate (ORR) and comparable pre-dose concentrations at steady state compared to IV isatuximab plus Pd.

Patients treated with ide-cel, Abecma for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma affecting the central nervous system had similar outcomes to matched patients with non-CNS multiple myeloma.

Initial therapy with isatuximab plus VRd followed by its addition to Rd maintenance therapy led to significantly improved MRD negativity and PFS in transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma.

Updated data from the DREAMM-7 trial support the use of belantamab mafodotin plus bortezomib/dexamethasone as a potential new standard of care in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to Vania Hungria, MD, PhD.

Treatment with subcutaneous daratumumab significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with intermediate- or high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma.

An expanded analysis from the phase 3 CEPHEUS trial showed that daratumumab plus VRd improved MRD responses as well as progression-free survival among patients with transplant-ineligible or -deferred newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

While bispecific antibodies tend to be well-tolerated for patients with multiple myeloma, there are still adverse effects clinicians should discuss with their patients.

At a recent Community Case Forum, an expert discussed the risk of cytokine release syndrome after patients undergo CAR T-cell therapy.

Anitocabtagene autoleucel may be a promising CAR-T cell therapy option for patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma.

An indirect comparison found that cilta-cel may be better than standard of care for patients with lenalidomise-refractory relapsed/refractory myeloma.

“Treatment effectiveness can have different meanings to patients,” a physician assistant said when discussing therapy for high-risk myeloma.

A poll of experts revealed that few are utilizing talquetamab for patients with pretreated relapsed/refractory myeloma.

P-BCMA-ALLO1 elicited high response rates and a manageable safety profile in heavily pretreated, relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Follow-up from the CARTITUDE-4 trial showed that cilta-cel improved survival over standard of care in pretreated myeloma.

Cilta-cel led to high response rates and a promising safety profile in a real-world population of patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma.

Belantamab mafodotin plus KRd had a a manageable safety profile and deep responses in pretreated multiple myeloma.

Belantamab plus VRd led to promising outcomes in newly diagnosed transplant-eligible myeloma, study results showed.

A group of advanced practice providers discuss treatment options for a woman with newly diagnosed, transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma.