SynthesisBone marrow transplantation2016
Role of MRD status in relation to clinical outcomes in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients: a meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Bone marrow transplantation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 114 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Phase I/II Study of Carfilzomib, Iberdomide (CC-220) and Dexamethasone (KID) in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Transplant Eligible Multiple Myeloma
A Perspective Study of the MRD-tailored Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma With Persistent Minimal Residual Disease After Initial Treatment
Who cites it
114 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evaluating Minimal Residual Disease Negativity as a Surrogate Endpoint for Treatment Efficacy in Multiple Myeloma: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.American journal of hematology · 2025Pooled it
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- A large meta-analysis establishes the role of MRD negativity in long-term survival outcomes in patients with multiple myeloma.Blood advances · 2020Pooled it
- Minimal Residual Disease Status as a Surrogate Endpoint for Progression-free Survival in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Studies: A Meta-analysis.Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia · 2020Pooled it
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- Antibody interference and response kinetics of isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone in multiple myeloma.Blood cancer journal · 2021Trial
- Minimal residual disease assessment by multiparameter flow cytometry in transplant-eligible myeloma in the EMN02/HOVON 95 MM trial.Blood cancer journal · 2021Trial
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- Minimal Residual Disease Negativity Does Not Overcome Poor Prognosis in High-Risk Multiple Myeloma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia · 2020Trial
- RVD induction and autologous stem cell transplantation followed by lenalidomide maintenance in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a phase 2 study of the Finnish Myeloma Group.Annals of hematology · 2019Trial
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- High-dose gemcitabine, busulfan, and melphalan for autologous stem-cell transplant in patients with relapsed or refractory myeloma: a phase 2 trial and matched-pair comparison with melphalan.The Lancet. Haematology · 2017Trial
- Reporting of primary endpoint and associated spin in randomized myeloma trials.The oncologist · 2026Article
- Next Generation Flow and Next Generation Sequencing for Measurable Residual Disease Assessment in Multiple Myeloma Patients: A Real-Life Italian Multicenter Harmonization Experience.Cancer medicine · 2026Article
- An odyssey of monoclonal gammopathies: focusing on precursors and the progression from MGUS and SMM to multiple Myeloma, with a brief overview of novel therapeutic strategies.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026Review
- Minimal residual disease in multiple myeloma: the movement towards response-adapted therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
54 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Driven by access to better drugs, on average, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients have over 10 years overall survival. Using modern combination therapies-with or without the addition of high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation-up to 80% of patients reach a complete response. As a logical and necessary step forward, clinical studies have explored strategies to detect minimal residual disease (MRD) and its correlation with clinical outcomes. In this context, MRD has been proposed as a regulatory end point for drug approval in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. To better define the role of MRD negativity in relation to clinical outcomes, we undertook a meta-analysis including published clinical trials of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients. We applied a random effects model which weighted studies using the inverse-variance method. Studies were combined on the scale of the logarithm of the hazard ratio (HR) and the corresponding s.d. We found that MRD negativity (versus positivity) was associated with better PFS (HR=0.35; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.27-0.46; P<0.001) and overall survival (HR=0.48; 95% CI 0.33-0.70; P<0.001). Our results show that MRD negativity is a strong predictor of clinical outcomes, supportive of MRD becoming a regulatory end point for drug approval in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
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