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ArticleJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2015

Revised International Staging System for Multiple Myeloma: A Report From International Myeloma Working Group.

Antonio Palumbo, Hervé Avet-Loiseau, Stefania Oliva, Henk M Lokhorst, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Laura Rosinol, Paul Richardson, Simona Caltagirone, Juan José Lahuerta, Thierry Facon and 21 more

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Article in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1,178 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT02906332 phase2terminatednot on this mapstarted 2016, after this paper: background citation

A Phase II Trial of the Anti -PD-1 Monoclonal Antibody Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) + Lenalidomide + Dexamethasone as Post Autologous Transplant Consolidation in Patients With High-risk Multiple Myeloma

TypeinterventionalSponsorHackensack Meridian HealthRan2016 to 2022Enrolled12ConditionsMultiple MyelomaArmsPembrolizumab, Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone
NCT03710915 phase1terminatednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

A Phase I Study of Single-centre, Open-label Clinical Trial to Evaluate HG146 Capsule in the Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

TypeinterventionalSponsorHitGen Inc.Ran2019 to 2023Enrolled3ConditionsMultiple Myeloma, Relapsed and Refractory Multiple MyelomaArmsHG146
NCT05849610 phase2active not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

An Open Label, Multicenter, Phase 2, Pilot Study, Evaluating Early Treatment With Bispecific T-cell Redirectors (Teclistamab and Talquetamab) in the Frontline Therapy of Newly Diagnosed High-risk Multiple Myeloma

TypeinterventionalSponsorPETHEMA FoundationRan2023 to 2029Enrolled30ConditionsHigh-Risk de Novo Multiple MyelomaArmsDaratumumab, Bortezomib, Lenalidomide, Teclistamab, Talquetamab
NCT06099912 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Individualized Dynamic Frailty-tailored Therapy (DynaFiT) in Elderly Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: a Prospective and Multi-center Study

TypeobservationalSponsorFengYan JinRan2021 to 2029Enrolled131ConditionsMultiple Myeloma, Frailty
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31 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Antonio PalumboAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Hervé Avet-LoiseauAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Stefania OlivaAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Henk M LokhorstAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Hartmut GoldschmidtAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Laura RosinolAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Paul RichardsonAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Simona CaltagironeAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Juan José LahuertaAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Thierry FaconAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Sara BringhenAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Francesca GayAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Michel AttalAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Roberto PasseraAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Andrew SpencerAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Massimo OffidaniAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Shaji KumarAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Pellegrino MustoAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Sagar LonialAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Maria T PetrucciAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Robert Z OrlowskiAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Elena ZamagniAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Gareth MorganAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Meletios A DimopoulosAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Brian G M DurieAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Kenneth C AndersonAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Pieter SonneveldAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Jésus San MiguelAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Michele CavoAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
S Vincent RajkumarAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
Philippe MoreauAntonio Palumbo, Stefania Oliva, Simona Caltagirone, Sara Bringhen, and Francesca Gay, University of Torino, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute della Salute e della Scienza di Torino; Roberto Passera, University of Torino, Torino; Massimo Offidani, Clinica di Ematologia, AUO Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona; Pellegrino Musto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Referral Cancer Center of Basilicata, Rionero in Vulture; Maria T. Petrucci, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome; Elena Zamagni and Michele Cavo, Istituto di Ematologia Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Hervé Avet-Loiseau and Michel Attal, Institut Claudius Regaud, L'Institut Universitaire du Cancer de Toulouse-Oncopole, Toulouse; Thierry Facon, Service des Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Regionale et Universitaire Lille, Lille; Philippe Moreau, University Hospital Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France; Henk M. Lokhorst, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam; Pieter Sonneveld, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Hartmut Goldschmidt, University Hospital and National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Laura Rosinol, Hospital Clínic, Institut Clínic d'Investigacions Biomèdiques Ausgust Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona; Juan José Lahuerta, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid; Jésus San Miguel, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Aplicadas, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain; Paul Richardson and Kenneth C. Anderson, Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Shaji Kumar and S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Sagar Lonial, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Robert Z. Orlowski, The University of Texas MD Anderson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Gareth Morgan, Myeloma Institutes for Research Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR; Brian G.M. Durie, Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Canc
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Funding

SWOG Network Group Operations Center of the NCTNU10CA180888 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI PRIMO N. LARA · 2014 to 2026
$152.1M
SWOG - Foreign Accrual under UMiU10CA032102 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BLANKE, CHARLES D. · 1985 to 2013
$141.3M
Project 4: Targeting Resistance to T-Cell Directed Therapy in Multiple MyelomaP50CA186781 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA · PI Rafael Fonseca · 2015 to 2026
$25.5M
P4 -TARGETING MULTIPLE MYELOMA BY COMBINING CDK INHIBITORS AND BCL-2 ANTAGONISTSP50CA142509 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KWAK, LARRY W · 2010 to 2014
$11.1M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA142509NCI NIH HHS P50 CA186781NCI NIH HHS U10 CA032102NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180888
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe clinical outcome of multiple myeloma (MM) is heterogeneous. A simple and reliable tool is needed to stratify patients with MM. We combined the International Staging System (ISS) with chromosomal abnormalities (CA) detected by interphase fluorescent in situ hybridization after CD138 plasma cell purification and serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) to evaluate their prognostic value in newly diagnosed MM (NDMM). PATIENTS AND

methodsClinical and laboratory data from 4,445 patients with NDMM enrolled onto 11 international trials were pooled together. The K-adaptive partitioning algorithm was used to define the most appropriate subgroups with homogeneous survival.

resultsISS, CA, and LDH data were simultaneously available in 3,060 of 4,445 patients. We defined the following three groups: revised ISS (R-ISS) I (n = 871), including ISS stage I (serum β2-microglobulin level < 3.5 mg/L and serum albumin level ≥ 3.5 g/dL), no high-risk CA [del(17p) and/or t(4;14) and/or t(14;16)], and normal LDH level (less than the upper limit of normal range); R-ISS III (n = 295), including ISS stage III (serum β2-microglobulin level > 5.5 mg/L) and high-risk CA or high LDH level; and R-ISS II (n = 1,894), including all the other possible combinations. At a median follow-up of 46 months, the 5-year OS rate was 82% in the R-ISS I, 62% in the R-ISS II, and 40% in the R-ISS III groups; the 5-year PFS rates were 55%, 36%, and 24%, respectively.

conclusionThe R-ISS is a simple and powerful prognostic staging system, and we recommend its use in future clinical studies to stratify patients with NDMM effectively with respect to the relative risk to their survival.

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