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Sundar Jagannath, MD, professor of Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses upcoming agents in multiple myeloma.

Shaji Kumar, MD, discusses how the phase III SWOG S0777 study, which investigated the combination of bortezomib (Velcade), lenalidomide (Revlimid), and dexamethasone, significantly changed the frontline treatment paradigm for patients with multiple myeloma

The FDA has approved Captisol-enabled melphalan (Evomela) as a high-dose conditioning treatment for use in patients with multiple myeloma prior to autologous stem cell transplantation, as well as for the palliative treatment of patients with myeloma for whom oral therapy is not appropriate.

Selina Chen-Kiang, MD, discusses how CDK 4/6 inhibition sensitizes myeloma cells to IMiDs and the impact this can have on the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma.

Sundar Jagannath, MD, director of the Multiple Myeloma Program, professor of Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology), Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, discusses sequencing challenges with therapies for patients with multiple myeloma.

Craig Hofmeister, MD, discusses two clinical trials examining combination regimens in relapsed/refractory patients with multiple myeloma.

Madhav Dhodapkar, MBBS, discusses research showing that nflammation and chronic stimulation of the immune system by lipids may trigger multiple myeloma in approximately one-third of all cases.

Philippe Moreau, MD, discusses the significance of ixazomib and the TOURMALINE-MM1 study, as well as the benefit of an oral regimen for the treatment of patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.

Peter Voorhees, MD, associate professor, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill, Clinical Research, Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Program, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the triplet regimen of pomalidomide, dexamethasone, and ixazomib in patients with double refractory multiple myeloma.

Researchers and oncologists are excited about the prospect of MRD becoming equally useful in the assessment and management of patients with multiple myeloma, particularly in light of the development of new, more effective therapies and the current limited ability to assess their effectiveness.


The FDA has approved carfilzomib (Kyprolis) in combination with dexamethasone or with lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma following prior treatment with 1 to 3 lines of therapy






























































































