Multiple Myeloma

Saad Z. Usmani, MD, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute/Carolinas HealthCare System, discusses molecular profiling in patients with multiple myeloma.

Nina Shah, MD, associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the potential of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in myeloma.

Cristina Gasparetto, MD, discusses selinexor in combination with daratumumab and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma.

John Richter, MD, discusses the findings form the self-reported symptom and psychological survey in patients with multiple myeloma.

Mark W. Bustoros, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the role of next-generation sequencing for patients with multiple myeloma.

Adding pomalidomide to the combination of bortezomib and low-dose dexamethasone led to a significant improvement in progression-free survival in patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma with prior exposure to lenalidomide.

Joshua Richter, MD, a hematologist/oncologist specializing in multiple myeloma at the John Theurer Cancer Center, discusses the findings from a study on the incidence and survival impact of self-reported symptom and psychological distress for patients with multiple myeloma.

Cristina Gasparetto, MD, assistant professor of medicine, member of the Duke Cancer Institute, discuss the efficacy of selinexor in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion recommending a label variation for carfilzomib in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Jesus Berdeja, MD, director of Multiple Myeloma Research, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses next steps with the CAR T-cell therapy bb2121 in multiple myeloma.

The combination of carfilzomib (Kyprolis), lenalidomide (Revlimid), and dexamethasone extended overall survival for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma by nearly 8 months compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone.

Sandy W. Wong, MD, discusses immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosissome and recent data that have shown excitement in this landscape.

Nina Shah, MD, discusses immunotherapy and cellular treatments moving fast through the multiple myeloma pipeline, and the hope for CAR T-cell therapy to move up to earlier lines of treatment.

Andrew L. Pecora, MD, president of the Physician Services Division and chief innovation officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, discusses the results of a trial investigating the combination of CTLA-4 and PD-1 inhibitors for patients with multiple myeloma.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to daratumumab in combination with bortezomib, melphalan, and prednisone for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.