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C4 Therapeutics is preparing to launch a clinical trial testing its lead investigational therapy CFT7455 in multiple myeloma and other blood cancers. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the company’s application requesting a Phase 1/2a trial, which could open by mid-year. “With FDA clearance achieved, we…

The Israeli Ministry of Health has approved Xpovio (selinexor), in combination with the corticosteroid dexamethasone, for the treatment of people with multiple myeloma who have received three or more prior therapies, and who failed to respond to at least one immunomodulatory agent, one proteasome inhibitor, and one CD38…

Heidelberg Pharma has been cleared in the U.S. to begin a clinical trial testing its investigational therapy HDP-101 for the treatment of multiple myeloma. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the start of a Phase 1/2a trial following the submission of an investigational new drug…

China’s regulatory agency has approved the start of a Phase 3 clinical trial testing ATG-010 (selinexor), in combination with Velcade (bortezomib) and dexamethasone, in multiple myeloma patients after one to three prior lines of treatment. The trial will include about 150 patients in China with relapsed of refractory multiple…

Cerecor has dosed the first patient in a Phase 1b clinical trial evaluating  CERC-007 as a potential treatment for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The trial (NCT04671251) intends to enroll up to 30 adult patients who received prior treatment with a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and…

The first patient has been dosed in Celyad Oncology’s Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating CYAD-211, an investigational donor-derived CAR T-cell therapy for treating relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The IMMUNICY-1 trial (NCT04613557) intends to recruit 12 patients who received two or more prior lines of treatment, including…

PF-06863135, a bispecific antibody being developed by Pfizer as an injectable treatment, shows a manageable safety profile and promising response rates at high dose in heavily pre-treated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to early data from an ongoing Phase 1/2 trial. “The very high response…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lifted the clinical hold placed on a Phase 1 trial assessing Cellectis’ investigational CAR T-cell therapy, UCARTCS1A, for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. In September, the FDA placed a hold on the MELANI-01 trial (…