Long-term maintenance treatment with Revlimid (lenalidomide) significantly improves the length of time multiple myeloma patients live without disease worsening after their first-line therapy…
Myeloma
Myeloma is a rare blood cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for producing antibodies that help fight off infectious pathogens and other threats.
While myeloma treatment can drive the disease into remission, sometimes for long periods of time, the cancer will often come back after a few months or years, and additional treatments will be needed.
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A Phase 1 trial of the combination of Reolysin (pelareorep), Kyprolis (carfilzomib), and Opdivo (nivolumab) in relapsed multiple myeloma treated the first…
A study is recruiting participants to examine the molecular changes that occur when precursor conditions develop into full-blown multiple myeloma, information that can then be…
Janssen Pharmaceutical has submitted an application to Japanese authorities requesting that Darzalex (daratumumab) be approved, in combination with standard therapy, to treat newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients…
The European Commission has approved a new dosing regimen of the treatment Darzalex (daratumumab), allowing doctors to split the first infusion over two consecutive…
Treatment with Aplidin (plitidepsin) in combination with dexamethasone was approved in Australia for multiple myeloma patients who have failed or are resistant to…
