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ReviewJACC. CardioOncology2021

AL Amyloidosis: Current Chemotherapy and Immune Therapy Treatment Strategies:

Giada Bianchi, Yifei Zhang, Raymond L Comenzo

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In one paragraph

Review in JACC. CardioOncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. Unraveling cardiac amyloidosis in Egypt: diagnostic challenges and disease outcomes.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2026
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  12. Cardiac Amyloidosis: Tribulations and New Frontiers.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025
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  14. Tailored therapeutics for cardiomyopathies.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2025
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  16. Serum and Tissue Light-Chains as Disease Biomarkers in AL Amyloidosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Giada BianchiAmyloidosis Program, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yifei ZhangJohn C Davis Myeloma and Amyloid Program, Tufts Medical Center, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Raymond L ComenzoJohn C Davis Myeloma and Amyloid Program, Tufts Medical Center, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tufts University · US

Funding

Functional Consequences of Ubiquitin Depletion During B Lymphocyte DifferentiationK08CA245100 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BIANCHI, GIADA · 2020 to 2024
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA245100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is an incurable plasma cell disorder characterized by deposition of fibrils of misfolded immunoglobulin free light chains (FLC) in target organs, leading to failure. Cardiac involvement is common in AL amyloidosis and represents the single most adverse prognostic feature. A high index of clinical suspicion with rapid tissue diagnosis and commencement of combinatorial, highly effective cytoreductive therapy is crucial to arrest the process of amyloid deposition and preserve organ function. The clinical use of molecularly targeted drugs, such as proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory agents, monoclonal antibodies such as daratumumab, and risk-adjusted autologous stem cell transplant in eligible patients, has radically changed the natural history of AL amyloidosis. Here, we review the state-of-the-art treatment landscape in AL amyloidosis with an eye toward future therapeutic venues to impact the outcome of this devastating illness.

Indexed as

AL amyloidosisAL, immunoglobulin light chainASCT, autologous stem cell transplantcardiomyopathychemotherapyfibrilsFLC, free light chainsIg, immunoglobulinimmunotherapyMM, multiple myelomaorgan failurePC, plasma cellplasma cell disorders

Identifiers

PMID34729520
PMCPMC8543128
OpenAlexW3205616210

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