Complications of myeloma and its treatments

Impact of elotuzumab treatment on pain and health-related quality of life in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: results from the ELOQUENT-2 study. Cella D et al. Ann Hematol. 2018 Sep 4. doi: 10.1007/s00277-018-3469-4. [Epub ahead of print] Bilateral Angle Closure Following the Infusion of a Monoclonal Antibody to Treat Relapsing Multiple Myeloma. Lee AC et al. J…

Emerging treatments

Ixazomib for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Review from an Evidence Review Group on a NICE Single Technology Appraisal. Armoiry X et al. Pharmacoeconomics. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.1007/s40273-018-0644-3. Addition of doxycycline to ciprofloxacin for infection prophylaxis during autologous stem cell transplants for multiple myeloma. Sivik JM et al. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4165-6. Surgical thyroparathyroidectomy…

Diagnostic techniques and prognostic indicators

The diagnostic and prognostic value of plasma microRNA-125b-5p in patients with multiple myeloma. Jiang Yet al. Oncol Lett. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.3892/ol.2018.9128. [Epub 2018 Jul 11] Prognostic value of [18F]FDG-PET/CT in multiple myeloma patients before and after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Stolzenburg A et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-3997-0. Determining treatment intensity…

Current treatments

Clarithromycin as the empiric antibiotic therapy for medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in multiple myeloma patients. Zadik Y. Oral Oncol. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.07.016. [Epub 2018 Jul 29.] Proteasome inhibitors for multiple myeloma. Okazuka K and Ishida T. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2018 Sep 1. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyy108. The Multiple Myeloma Drug Pipeline-2018: A Review of Small Molecules and Their Therapeutic Targets.…

Biology and Genetics

miR-26b-5p suppresses proliferation and promotes apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells by targeting JAG1. Jian CM et al. Pathol Res Pract. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2018.07.025. [Epub 2018 Jul 27] Knockdown of NUPR1 inhibits the growth of U266 and RPMI8226 multiple myeloma cell lines via activating PTEN and caspase activation‑dependent apoptosis. Zeng C et al. Oncol Rep. 2018 Sep. doi: 10.3892/or.2018.6544.…

Prophylactic antibiotic combination reduces incidence of infection following ASCT

Results from a retrospective study have shown that prophylactic treatment with doxycycline and ciprofloxacin reduces the incidence of infection in myeloma patients following an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT), when compared to treatment with ciprofloxacin alone. Published in Supportive Cancer Care, the results show that 53% of patients receiving ciprofloxacin alone developed neutropenic fever compared…