Mezigdomide plus Dexamethasone in Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma.

Paul G Richardson1, Suzanne Trudel1, Rakesh Popat1

  • 1From Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (P.G.R.); the Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto (S.T.), and Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB (N.J.B.) - both in Canada; NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (R.P.), the Institute of Cancer Research (C.P.), and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (C.P.), London, and the Department of Clinical Haematology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford (K.R.) - all in the United Kingdom; University Hospital of Salamanca/IBSAL, Salamanca (M.-V.M.), the Department of Hematology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Complutense University, H12O-CNIO Clinical Research Unit, CIBERONC, Madrid (J.M.-L.), Hospital Universitari La Fe, Valencia (M.A.), Institut Català d'Oncologia and Institut Josep Carreras, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona (A.O.), Clínica Universidad de Navarra, CIMA, IDISNA, CIBERONC, Pamplona (P.R.O.), and Hospital San Pedro de Alcántara, Cáceres (I.C.-A.) - all in Spain; the Department of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen (A.J.V.); St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (H.Q.); the Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (R.Z.O.); Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta (S. Lonial); Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA (C.K.); Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea (K.K.); Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville (J.G.B.); Celgene International, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Boudry, Switzerland (A.S., T.P.); and Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ (J.P., S. Li, J.G., L.W., M.L., D.W.P., M.A., P.M., J.K., M.P.).

Summary

Mezigdomide combined with dexamethasone shows promise for treating relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. This novel oral therapy demonstrated significant overall response rates in heavily pretreated patients.

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