The addition of dexamethasone to bortezomib for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma improves outcome but ongoing maintenance therapy has minimal benefit.
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DetailsJapanese POEMS syndrome with Thalidomide (J-POST) Trial: study protocol for a phase II/III multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
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DetailsAn open label phase I/II study of cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and dexamethasone in newly diagnosed myeloma. Nishihori T et al. Eur J Haematol. 2015 Jan 20. doi: 10.1111/ejh.12509. [Epub ahead of print]. A Phase II trial of weekly bortezomib and dexamethasone in veterans with newly diagnosed multiple myelomanot eligible for or who deferred autologous stem cell transplantation.…
DetailsThe results of a reassessment of the nationally approved list of drugs made available through the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) have been announced by NHS England. They confirm that Imnovid® (pomalidomide) for relapsed and refractory myeloma patients; Revlimid as a second-line treatment, and Velcade® as treatment for multiply relapsed Velcade-naive patients will remain on the list whereas…
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