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Dr. Usmani and Mina discuss the pivotal phase 3 MajesTEC-9 trial evaluating teclistamab monotherapy for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who were previously exposed to lenalidomide and anti-CD38 antibodies.
There have been concerns about whether vaccines work well in patients who have received CAR-T therapy and whether vaccination would increase the risk of cytokine release syndrome or other immune-related toxicities in this vulnerable population.
Hans Lee, MD, director of Myeloma Research at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses an early phase 1/2 clinical trial evaluating the investigational therapy mRNA-2808
At age 28, he was a senior registrar in clinical and laboratory haematology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge. After earning his MRCPath at age 31, he was appointed a consultant in clinical haematology at University College Hospital (UCH) in London.
In the largest cohort study of the rare HHV8-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, researchers found that age ≥60 years, higher Charlson-Deyo score, HIV-positive status, and absence of systemic treatment were independent predictors of poor survival outcomes.
The retrospective, propensity score-matched cohort study used TiNetX electronic health record data to identify adult patients with hematologic malignancies receiving bispecific antibody therapy. Patients with COVID-19 infection of post-COVID-19 conditions were not included. Patients were matched and stratified based on receipt of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, with 238 patients in each cohort.
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