Authors
Sagar Lonial, Meletios Dimopoulos, Antonio Palumbo, Darrell White, Sebastian Grosicki, Ivan Spicka, Adam Walter-Croneck, Philippe Moreau, Maria-Victoria Mateos, Hila Magen, Andrew Belch, Donna Reece, Meral Beksac, Andrew Spencer, Heather Oakervee, Robert Z Orlowski, Masafumi Taniwaki, Christoph Röllig, Hermann Einsele, Ka Lung Wu, Anil Singhal, Jesus San-Miguel, Morio Matsumoto, Jessica Katz, Eric Bleickardt, Valerie Poulart, Kenneth C Anderson, Paul Richardson
Publication date
2015/8/13
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine
Volume
373
Issue
7
Pages
621-631
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Description
Background
Elotuzumab, an immunostimulatory monoclonal antibody targeting signaling lymphocytic activation molecule F7 (SLAMF7), showed activity in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in a phase 1b–2 study in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
Methods
In this phase 3 study, we randomly assigned patients to receive either elotuzumab plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone (elotuzumab group) or lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone (control group). Coprimary end points were progression-free survival and the overall response rate. Final results for the coprimary end points are reported on the basis of a planned interim analysis of progression-free survival.
Results
Overall, 321 patients were assigned to the elotuzumab group and 325 to the control group. After a median follow-up of 24.5 months, the rate of progression-free survival at 1 year in the elotuzumab group was …
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