A combination of Nexpovio (selinexor) and the corticosteroid dexamethasone has been recommended for conditional approval in the European Union to treat adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who received at least four prior therapies. This includes patients whose disease failed to respond to at least two proteasome inhibitors,…
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…
Combining the corticosteroid methylprednisolone and Jakafi (ruxolitinib), an approved oral therapy for bone marrow disorders, is showing promising effectiveness in heavily pre-treated multiple myeloma patients in an ongoing Phase 1 trial. Findings to date from this open-label study (NCT03110822), which is being sponsored by Onco Therapeutics, showed…
A new research center at Ohio State University (OSU) aims to speed work into the discovery and development of more effective treatments for those with multiple myeloma. The Riney Family Foundation Myeloma Center for Advanced Research Excellence (Myeloma CARE) is being established through a $10 million gift from the…
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…
Teneobio‘s bispecific antibody TNB-383B was found to be well-tolerated and induced a high response rate among people with heavily treated multiple myeloma in an ongoing Phase 1 trial. Preliminary data from the trial (NCT03933735), which continues to recruit participants in the U.S., showed an 80% overall response rate…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to Harpoon Therapeutics‘ investigational immunotherapy HPN217 as a possible treatment of multiple myeloma. The designation encourages the development of potential therapies for rare and serious diseases by granting them various financial and regulatory benefits. These include exemptions from…
The first participant has been dosed in a Phase 3 trial investigating a triple combination of melflufen (melphalan flufenamide) plus dexamethasone and under-the-skin Darzalex (daratumumab) in people with heavily treated multiple myeloma. The trial, dubbed LIGHTHOUSE (NCT04649060), had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic but is now…
Phosplatin Therapeutics‘ investigational medication PT-112 showed promising efficacy and safety data in an early clinical trial of heavily-pretreated people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The findings were shared in a presentation, “A Phase I Dose Escalation Study of PT-112 in Patients with Relapsed or…
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is partnering with Indapta Therapeutics to advance the biotechnology company’s investigational G-NK cell therapy into clinical trials for the treatment of multiple myeloma. The financial support for the therapy’s development is being given by the MMRF through an investment made via its…
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