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Trial reportHaematologica2019

Phase II study of carfilzomib, thalidomide, and low-dose dexamethasone as induction and consolidation in newly diagnosed, transplant eligible patients with multiple myeloma; the Carthadex trial.

Ruth Wester, Bronno van der Holt, Emelie Asselbergs, Sonja Zweegman, Marie Jose Kersten, Edo Vellenga, Marinus van Marwijk Kooy, Okke de Weerdt, Monique Minnema, Sarah Lonergan and 4 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
In one paragraph

Trial report in Haematologica, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Supportive care in myeloma-when treating the clone alone is not enough.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2024
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  7. Pseudomembranous conjunctivitis in a patient with DRESS syndrome.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023
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  17. Highlights of Multiple Myeloma at the Annual Meeting of American Society of Hematology, 2016.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Ruth WesterDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands r.wester@erasmusmc.nl.
Bronno van der HoltHOVON Data Center, Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Emelie AsselbergsDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Sonja ZweegmanDepartment of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Marie Jose KerstenHOVON Data Center, Department of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Edo VellengaDepartment of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
Marinus van Marwijk KooyDepartment of Hematology, Isala Clinics, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
Okke de WeerdtDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
Monique MinnemaDepartment of Hematology, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Sarah LonerganDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Antonio PalumboDepartment of Hematology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Henk LokhorstDepartment of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Annemiek BroijlDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Pieter SonneveldDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Erasmus MC Cancer Institute · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLCancer Genomics Centre · NLIsala · NLSt. Antonius Ziekenhuis · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a phase II dose escalation trial of carfilzomib in combination with thalidomide and dexamethasone for induction and consolidation in transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM). The results of four dose levels are reported. Induction therapy consisted of four cycles of carfilzomib 20/27 mg/m

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkersConsolidation ChemotherapyDexamethasoneFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedMultiple MyelomaOligopeptidesPrognosisRemission InductionBiomarkerscarfilzomibDexamethasoneOligopeptidesThalidomide

Identifiers

PMID30948492
PMCPMC6821616
OpenAlexW2926993612

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