multiple myeloma

February 15, 2019

$75M Gift to Establish Center for Blood Cancers at NYU Langone Health Center

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Owing to an anonymous $75 million gift, New York University (NYU) Langone Health and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center will establish a Center for Blood Cancers. The ... Read more

February 6, 2019

Donation Will Establish Center for Multiple Myeloma Research in UK

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Thanks to a £10 million donation (about $13,000,000), Imperial College London will establish a center for multiple myeloma research at the institution’s Hammersmith Hospital campus. The gift, from benefactors Hugh ... Read more

September 17, 2018

Baseball Greats, Amgen Launch Multiple Myeloma Awareness Campaign

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Backed by former Major League Baseball All-Stars Dave Winfield and Steve Garvey, Amgen has launched a program aimed at raising awareness of multiple myeloma, and encouraging patients to work closely ... Read more

August 1, 2018

Machine-learning Algorithm Predicts Responses to Myeloma Treatments

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Inserting data from genetically similar patients into a machine-learning algorithm may help predict which multiple myeloma patients will benefit from Velcade (bortezomib) or Revlimid (lenalidomide) treatment, a study shows. Those findings ... Read more

April 27, 2018

Phase 1 Trial for Investigational Therapy STRO-001 Treats First Myeloma, Lymphoma Patients

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A Phase 1 clinical trial testing therapy candidate STRO-001 for lymphoma and myeloma has started treating its first patients, announced Sutro Biopharma, the therapy’s maker. The open-label, multicenter trial (NCT03424603) will ... Read more

March 9, 2018

Phase 1/2 Trial of Medigene’s MDG1011 Immunotherapy in Blood Cancer Patients Set to Begin

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A Phase 1/2 clinical trial testing an experimental T-cell therapy for the first time in human patients will begin in the coming weeks after receiving approval from the German ... Read more

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018

Nanoparticle-targeted Phototherapy Tested in Mice; Might Be Multiple Myeloma Therapy Someday

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Animal studies have shown that a new treatment strategy using phototherapy might be used to treat inaccessible cancers, including multiple myeloma. The therapy makes use of light-sensitive medicines that ... Read more

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017

Safety Concerns Lead to Partial Hold of 2 Tecentriq Trials in Myeloma, Lymphoma

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Based on recently published safety data, two clinical trials evaluating combinations of Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in multiple myeloma and follicular lymphoma patients were placed on partial clinical hold at the request of the U.S. ... Read more

June 28, 2017June 28, 2017

Potential Use of Ninlaro as Maintenance Therapy in Multiple Myeloma Shown in Phase 1/2 Trials

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Patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma benefit significantly from a combination of Ninlaro (ixazomib) plus Revlimid (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone, followed by Ninlaro maintenance therapy, according to long-term follow-up data ... Read more

June 13, 2017

Myeloma Patient Enrollment in 2 Keytruda Trials Suspended After Unexplained Deaths

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Merck has suspended patient enrollment in two Phase 3 clinical trials, KEYNOTE-183 and KEYNOTE-185, testing Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in combination with other therapies in patients with multiple myeloma, due to unexplained ... Read more

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