Multiple Myeloma

Amgen has announced that it has submitted supplemental New Drug Applications (sNDA) in the United States and Europe based on data from 2 phase III studies showing carfilzomib (Kyprolis) improves overall survival (OS) for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

The combination of carfilzomib (Kyprolis), lenalidomide (Revlimid), and dexamethasone reduced the risk of death by 21% compared with lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.

Peter Voorhees, MD, hematology, medical oncology, Carolinas HealthCare System, discusses pivotal ongoing clinical trials in the field of multiple myeloma.

The FDA has placed a clinical hold on the phase III KEYNOTE-183 and KEYNOTE-185 pembrolizumab (Keytruda) trials and ordered the discontinuation of the lenalidomide/dexamethasone/pembrolizumab arm of the KEYNOTE-023 trial in patients with multiple myeloma.

Shaji K. Kumar, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses ixazomib (Ninlaro) in multiple myeloma.

Shaji K. Kumar, MD, professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, discusses advances in the field of multiple myeloma.

Results from the phase III Myeloma XI study showed that patients with myeloma had deeper responses after induction and after allo-stem cell transplantation with outpatient-delivered quadruplet therapy than with sequential immunomodulatory triplet combinations.

Patients with newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma who did not elect to undergo stem cell transplant but remained on single agent ixazomib maintenance fared as well as those who received SCT.

All patients with multiple myeloma in a phase I study showed a response following treatment with an active dose of bb2121, an investigational anti–BCMA CAR T-cell construct.

Saad Z. Usmani, MD, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Levine Cancer Institute/Carolinas HealthCare System, discusses CAR T-cell therapy in multiple myeloma.

The FDA has accepted a supplemental biologics license application for the use of denosumab (Xgeva) for the prevention of skeletal-related events in patients with multiple myeloma.

The FDA has approved daratumumab for use in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least 2 prior therapies, including a proteasome inhibitor and lenalidomide.

Sundar Jagannath, MD, director of the Multiple Myeloma program and professor of medicine at the Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Health System, discusses the mechanism of action of selinexor and its efficacy in multiple myeloma and other tumor types.

Merck announced that it is postponing enrollment in the phase III KEYNOTE-183 and KEYNOTE-185 trials because of deaths in patients with multiple myeloma assigned to pembrolizumab (Keytruda), the company's blockbuster anti-PD-1 therapy.

Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, director, Myeloma Program, The University of Chicago Medicine, discusses a phase I study of daratumumab (Darzalex) in combination with carfilzomib (Kyprolis), lenalidomide (Revlimid), and dexamethasone (KRd) in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Sundar Jagannath, MD, director of the Multiple Myeloma program and professor of medicine at the Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai, discusses chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for patients with multiple myeloma.

Early results from a Chinese study showed that 33 of 35 patients (94%) with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma experienced clinical remission after treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting B-cell maturation protein.

Kenneth H. Shain, MD, PhD, assistant member, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses emerging agents in multiple myeloma.