Multiple Myeloma

Anastasios Raptis, MD, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Hillman Cancer Center, discusses the use of daratumumab (Darzalex), lenalidomide (Revlimid), and dexamethasone (DRd) in the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

The quadruplet regimen of daratumumab, lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone elicited a higher stringent complete response rate compared with lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone alone in patients with transplant-eligible, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, meeting the primary endpoint of the phase II GRIFFIN study.

Anastasios Raptis, MD, highlights promising combinations under investigation in the frontline setting and remaining challenges in multiple myeloma.

Andrew J. Cowan, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at University of Washington School of Medicine and hematologist/oncologist at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, discusses treatment strategies for patients with transplant-eligible and -ineligible multiple myeloma.

Paul Richardson, MD, clinical program leader, director of clinical research, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, RJ Corman Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses the FDA approval of selinexor in multiple myeloma.

Andrew J. Cowan, MD, discussed pivotal trials in multiple myeloma and potential for new treatments in the future.

Meletios A. Dimopoulos, MD, discusses where the triplet combination of elotuzumab (Empliciti), pomalidomide (Pomalyst), and low-dose dexamethasone fits into the treatment paradigm of relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and shared unanswered questions that remain in the space.

The FDA has approved the combination of daratumumab with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplantation.

The FDA has lifted a partial clinical hold that was placed on the phase III CANOVA (M13-494; NCT03539744) trial, which is examining venetoclax in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma that harbors t(11;14), according to AbbVie, the company that co-develops the BCL-2 inhibitor with Roche.

S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, discusses the rapidly changing landscape for the treatment of multiple myeloma, the future of immunomodulatory drugs, and whether quadruplet regimens will become more frequent.

S. Vincent Rajkumar, a professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, discusses the prevalence of quadruplet regimens in treating patients with multiple myeloma.

Andrew Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE, president physician enterprise, chief innovation officer, John Theurer Cancer Center, Hackensack Meridian Health, discusses the impact age has on the efficacy and safety of daratumumab in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone (DRd) in patients with transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) as part of the MAIA study.