Multiple Myeloma

Teclistamab showed promising clinical activity and a tolerable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

The FDA has approved melphalan flufenamide (Pepaxto; melflufen) for use in combination with dexamethasone to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the BCMA-targeted trispecific T-cell activating recombinant protein construct as treatment for patients with multiple myeloma.

Three monoclonal antibodies, 1 antibody-drug conjugate, and 1 nuclear export inhibitor have been approved by the FDA for relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma in the past 4 years.

Selinexor (Xpovio; Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.) in combination with bortezomib (Velcade; Takeda) and dexamethasone was approved for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least 1 prior therapy.

CAR T-cell therapy associated with greater anti-cancer activity in treating multiple myeloma.

For patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM), teclistamab was found to have a manageable safety profile, according to data presented at the virtual American Society of Hematology conference.

Data from a preliminary phase 1b/2 study demonstrated a single low-dose infusion of ciltacabtagene autoleucel resulted in early, deep, and durable responses in heavily pretreated patients with multiple myeloma.

MEDI2228, an ADC that targets the extracellular domain of human BCMA, demonstrated clinical efficacy at all dose levels in treating patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Suzanne Trudel, MD, MSC, FRCPC, of the University of Toronto and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, discusses what belantamab mafodotin and pomalidomide are, and how they work together to treat relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Daratumumab (Darzalex, Janssen) is indicated for use in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

The agent should be considered for frontline use as induction therapy prior to early autologous stem cell transplant, physician says.

Lenalidomide found to prevent the formation of blood vessels that feed tumors, yet carries significant adverse effects.

Celgene Corporation’s lenalidomide (Revlimid) is a targeted therapy that stops the growth of myeloma cells in the bone marrow.

Two recent studies analyzed factors that impacted response to therapy in patients with multiple myeloma.