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Near-term implementable finding

Daratumumab-Based Second Line Therapy Improves Outcomes After VRD Induction, Upfront Autologous Transplant, and Lenalidomide Maintenance

Multiple myeloma patients receiving daratumumab-based treatment after relapse lived roughly five times longer without progression than those on older drug combinations.

In this MD Anderson retrospective cohort of 146 multiple myeloma patients relapsing after VRD induction, autoHCT, and lenalidomide maintenance, daratumumab-based second-line therapy produced a median PFS2 of ~60 months, nearly 5 times longer than IMiD/PI-based doublets or triplets. These real-world data support daratumumab-based regimens as preferred second-line therapy in this well-defined patient population.

What the study was

Study design
Retrospective single-center cohort study
Population
Multiple myeloma patients post-VRD induction, autoHCT, lenalidomide maintenance; MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sample size
146
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia

Why it surfaced

Real-world data confirming daratumumab superiority in lenalidomide-refractory MM post-transplant; near-term practice-confirmatory; retrospective single-center design and modest n=146 limit generalizability.

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