Authors
Antonio Palumbo, Asher Chanan-Khan, Katja Weisel, Ajay K Nooka, Tamas Masszi, Meral Beksac, Ivan Spicka, Vania Hungria, Markus Munder, Maria V Mateos, Tomer M Mark, Ming Qi, Jordan Schecter, Himal Amin, Xiang Qin, William Deraedt, Tahamtan Ahmadi, Andrew Spencer, Pieter Sonneveld
Publication date
2016/8/25
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
375
Issue
8
Pages
754-766
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Description
Background
Daratumumab, a human IgGκ monoclonal antibody that targets CD38, induces direct and indirect antimyeloma activity and has shown substantial efficacy as monotherapy in heavily pretreated patients with multiple myeloma, as well as in combination with bortezomib in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
Methods
In this phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned 498 patients with relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma to receive bortezomib (1.3 mg per square meter of body-surface area) and dexamethasone (20 mg) alone (control group) or in combination with daratumumab (16 mg per kilogram of body weight) (daratumumab group). The primary end point was progression-free survival.
Results
A prespecified interim analysis showed that the rate of progression-free survival was significantly higher in the daratumumab group than in the control group; the 12-month rate of …
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