Most U.S. residents are unaware there are shortages in the availability of cancer drugs, such as those for multiple myeloma, a type of cancer…
Myeloma
A combination of Idera Pharmaceuticals’s treatment candidate tilsotolimod plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) is able to reduce tumors in a group of patients with refractory…
Adding Pomalyst (pomalidomide) to a combination of Velcade (bortezomib) and dexamethasone significantly extended…
Janssen has decided to discontinue a Phase 1 trial assessing Darzalex (daratumumab) in combination with JNJ-63723283 — an anti-PD-1 antibody — in multiple myeloma patients, …
A combination of Darzalex (daratumumab) plus Kyprolis (carfilzomib) and dexamethasone is well-tolerated and may be effective in multiple myeloma patients who fail to respond to treatment…
Researchers in Canada are studying how to reduce the risks associated with the treatment of multiple myeloma by improving the safety and efficacy of…
MYELOMA
MS Therapy May Ease Painful Side Effect of Velcade Treatment in Myeloma Patients, Study Says
A multiple sclerosis (MS) treatment reduced a common painful side effect of Velcade (bortezomib) in a mouse model, suggesting that it might help…
Celgene’s investigational and second-generation CAR T-cell therapy bb2121 is showing real promise in treating advanced multiple myeloma patients, those with relapsed or refractory disease, updated…
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is recruiting patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma for a Phase 2 trial evaluating an…
The investigational cancer vaccine galinpepimut-S (GPS) has been designated an orphan drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a possible treatment of…
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