Multiple Myeloma

Gareth Morgan, MD, PhD, the director of the Myeloma Institute at the University of Arkansas, discusses his expectations of multiple myeloma treatment going forward.

Irene Ghobrial, MD, director, Michele & Stephen Kirsch Laboratory, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Center Institute, discusses the use of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of multiple myeloma.

Noopur Raje, MD, from the Multiple Myeloma Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the unprecedented efficacy seen with monoclonal antibodies as treatments for patients with multiple myeloma.

Treatment with elotuzumab in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone demonstrated encouraging efficacy in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Two studies spotlighted at the 2014 ASH Annual Meeting characterized the efficacy of treatment with anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies in the frontline setting and for patients with refractory disease.

Treatment with carfilzomib in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone increased PFS by 8.7 months in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma when compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone.

A. Keith Stewart, MBChB, from the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, discusses findings from the phase III ASPIRE trial that evaluated the novel proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.

The treatment of patients with multiple myeloma is poised to undergo a dramatic transformation, as novel monoclonal antibodies and combination strategies race toward approval.

The FDA has extended the review period for panobinostat (LBH589) in combination with bortezomib (Velcade) and dexamethasone for patients with previously treated multiple myeloma by 3 months, placing a new decision date in early 2015.

In what was described as a very difficult decision, ODAC voted 5-2 against the accelerated approval of the HDAC inhibitor panobinostat in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone as a treatment for patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy.

As therapy options for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma have expanded in recent years, so have clinical considerations about how best to incorporate new agents into the treatment paradigm.

Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, director, Myeloma Program, University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the current and future state of multiple myeloma treatmen

The changes seen in multiple myeloma are a perfect illustration of a potentially shifting paradigm in cancer care.

The FDA has scheduled an ODAC advisory hearing to discuss the new drug application for panobinostat in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy.