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ReviewCancer management and research2020

Evaluating Daratumumab in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma: Safety, Efficacy and Place in Therapy.

Danai Dima, Joshua Dower, Raymond L Comenzo, Cindy Varga

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Review in Cancer management and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Current Status of Molecularly Targeted Therapeutics in Blood Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  9. Current Novel Targeted Therapeutic Strategies in Multiple Myeloma.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  20. Conditioning with melphalan 200 mg/mEuropean journal of haematology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Danai DimaDepartment of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Joshua DowerDepartment of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Raymond L ComenzoThe John Conant Davis Myeloma and Amyloid Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Cindy VargaThe John Conant Davis Myeloma and Amyloid Program, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
Tufts Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the tremendous advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma, mortality remains significant, highlighting the need for new effective strategies. In recent years, daratumumab, a novel human monoclonal antibody, binding CD38, has dramatically improved outcomes either as monotherapy or in combination with traditional regimens. Originally approved for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, this breakthrough medication is now being used as frontline therapy in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma regardless of transplant eligibility, with trials showing promising results. Its tolerable side-effect profile and enhanced efficacy have led to its widespread incorporation into the management of multiple myeloma and further exploration about its use in other entities such as smoldering myeloma, MGUS, MGRS and amyloidosis. This comprehensive review will discuss daratumumab's mechanism of action and safety profile, as well as research which has defined its current approved indications, and ongoing clinical investigation that will define its future.

Indexed as

daratumumabnewly diagnosed multiple myelomarelapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

Identifiers

PMID32904669
PMCPMC7457558
OpenAlexW3080480032

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