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ArticleHematology reports2020

How we manage smoldering multiple myeloma.

Alessandra Romano, Claudio Cerchione, Concetta Conticello, Giovanni Martinelli, Francesco Di Raimondo

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Article in Hematology reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06987708 (Evaluating the Impact of a 12-month Multi-Modal Lifestyle Management Intervention on Disease Relevant Biomarkers Associated With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06987708 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Evaluating the Impact of a 12-month Multi-Modal Lifestyle Management Intervention on Disease Relevant Biomarkers Associated With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Unknown Significance (MGUS) and Smoldering Myeloma (SM): A Prospective Intervention Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorHackensack Meridian HealthRan2026 to 2028Enrolled67ConditionsMonoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance, Smoldering MyelomaArmsThe Multimodal Lifestyle Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra RomanoDipartimento di Chirurgia e Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche, Sezione di Ematologia, Università degli Studi di Catania.
Claudio CerchioneHematology Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola (FC).
Concetta ConticelloU.O.C. di Ematologia, Azienda Policlinico Rodolico San Marco, Catania, Italy.
Giovanni MartinelliHematology Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola (FC).
Francesco Di RaimondoDipartimento di Chirurgia e Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche, Sezione di Ematologia, Università degli Studi di Catania.
Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori · ITUniversity of Catania · ITPoliclinico Universitario di Catania · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smoldering myeloma (SMM) is an asymptomatic stage characterized by bone marrow plasma cells infiltration between 10-60% in absence of myeloma-defining events and organ damage. Until the revision of criteria of MM to require treatment, two main prognostic models, not overlapping each other, were proposed and used differently in Europe and in US. Novel manageable drugs, like lenalidomide and monoclonal antibodies, with high efficacy and limited toxicity, improvement in imaging and prognostication, challenge physicians to offer early treatment to highrisk SMM. Taking advantage from the debates offered by SOHO Italy, in this review we will update the evidence and consequent clinical practices in US and Europe to offer readers a uniform view of clinical approach at diagnosis, follow-up and supportive care in the SMM setting.

Indexed as

Smoldering multiple myeloma.

Identifiers

PMID33042502
PMCPMC7520850
OpenAlexW3088674175

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