Multiple Myeloma

Robert M. Rifkin, MD, FACP, offers advice to colleagues about belantamab mafodotin as a treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Panelists discuss the evolution of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM), the factors that inform its use, and how treatment approaches differ for standard-risk vs functional high-risk patients.

Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP, discusses treatment de-escalation strategies with the use of bispecific antibodies in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.

Ira Zackon, MD, discusses real-world observational data on bispecific antibody use in community oncology in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

David S. Siegel, MD, PhD, discusses early safety and efficacy data that support further development of mezigdomide-based combinations in multiple myeloma.

Syed Abbas Ali, MBBS, discusses the identification of novel targets for patients with multiple myeloma who previously progressed on BCMA-targeted agents.

Panelists discuss how the future treatment landscape for transplant-ineligible/deferred NDMM is evolving toward more personalized approaches with quadruplet regimens, while acknowledging remaining challenges in optimizing duration of therapy, managing toxicities, and improving access to novel combinations.

China’s NMPA has approved isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone in adult patients with pretreated multiple myeloma.

Sunvozertinib gets priority review in EGFR-mutated NSCLC, iparomlimab/tuvonralimab combination elicits responses in cervical cancer, and more.

Subcutaneous isatuximab plus Pd led to a noninferior ORR and observed concentration before dosing at steady state vs IV isatuximab plus Pd in RRMM.

Panelists discuss how patient selection for quadruplet therapy in transplant-ineligible/deferred NDMM requires careful consideration of multiple factors, including fitness level and comorbidities, while highlighting daratumumab-VRd’s potential advantages such as subcutaneous administration and demonstrated efficacy in the CEPHEUS trial despite increased complexity and cost considerations.

Anitocabtagene autoleucel generated durable response in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

A Mayo Clinic “lifer” who did not consider medicine as a career path until his later teenage years grew into a powerhouse who touched nearly every aspect of the multiple myeloma field, and he continues to push the boundaries of what is possible.

Panelists discuss how current treatment approaches for transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients are evolving with the addition of anti-CD38 therapies to standard VRd backbone, while examining unmet needs and the role of MRD negativity as an endpoint through recent trial data including CEPHEUS.

Michael R. Bishop, MD, discusses 34-month data from the iMMagine-1 trial of anitocabtagene autoleucel in relapsed/refractory myeloma.

Mansi R. Shah, MD, on the effects of IVIG on infections in recipients of teclistamab therapy for multiple myeloma.

Fixed-duration acalabrutinib combination improves PFS in CLL, imlunestrant ± abemaciclib boosts PFS in ESR1-mutated ER+ breast cancer, and more.

Cilta-cel without induction therapy in high-risk smoldering myeloma marked the first study of CAR T-cell therapy in a precursor cancer setting.

Anito-cel elicited an ORR of 97% with acceptable safety in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Isa-RVd given as induction treatment without consolidation led to a 30% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death vs RVd in multiple myeloma.

The BCL-2 inhibitor lisaftoclax was well tolerated and produced encouraging responses in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma when given in combination with Pd.

Real-world data showed ide-cel was active in patients with central nervous system manifestations of multiple myeloma.

The GPRC5D-targeting CAR T-cell therapy arlocabtagene autoleucel also yielded a 53% complete response rate in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Cilta-cel boosted MRD-negativity rates in lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma, according to updated results from CARTITUDE-4.

S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, of Mayo Clinic; Nosha Farhadfar, MD, of Methodist Physician Practices; and Sonali Smith, MD, of University of Chicago Medicine, sit down with Chandler Park, MD, FACP, to discuss the latest in multiple myeloma, graft-vs-host disease, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, respectively, from the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting.