Authors
A Keith Stewart, S Vincent Rajkumar, Meletios A Dimopoulos, Tamás Masszi, Ivan Špička, Albert Oriol, Roman Hájek, Laura Rosiñol, David S Siegel, Georgi G Mihaylov, Vesselina Goranova-Marinova, Péter Rajnics, Aleksandr Suvorov, Ruben Niesvizky, Andrzej J Jakubowiak, Jesus F San-Miguel, Heinz Ludwig, Michael Wang, Vladimír Maisnar, Jiri Minarik, William I Bensinger, Maria-Victoria Mateos, Dina Ben-Yehuda, Vishal Kukreti, Naseem Zojwalla, Margaret E Tonda, Xinqun Yang, Biao Xing, Philippe Moreau, Antonio Palumbo
Publication date
2015/1/8
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
372
Issue
2
Pages
142-152
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Description
Background
Lenalidomide plus dexamethasone is a reference treatment for relapsed multiple myeloma. The combination of the proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib with lenalidomide and dexamethasone has shown efficacy in a phase 1 and 2 study in relapsed multiple myeloma.
Methods
We randomly assigned 792 patients with relapsed multiple myeloma to carfilzomib with lenalidomide and dexamethasone (carfilzomib group) or lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone (control group). The primary end point was progression-free survival.
Results
Progression-free survival was significantly improved with carfilzomib (median, 26.3 months, vs. 17.6 months in the control group; hazard ratio for progression or death, 0.69; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.57 to 0.83; P=0.0001). The median overall survival was not reached in either group at the interim analysis. The Kaplan–Meier 24-month overall survival rates were 73.3 …
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