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ReviewBlood cancer journal2022

Induction therapy prior to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: an update.

Abdul Hamid Bazarbachi, Rama Al Hamed, Florent Malard, Ali Bazarbachi, Jean-Luc Harousseau, Mohamad Mohty

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Review in Blood cancer journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Abdul Hamid BazarbachiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0243-4040
Rama Al HamedDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
Florent MalardSorbonne University, Service d'Hematologie Clinique et Therapice Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint Antoine, and INSERM UMR 938, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3474-0002
Ali BazarbachiDepartment of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon.
Jean-Luc HarousseauInstitut de Cancerologie de l'Ouest, Centre René Gauducheau, Nantes-St Herblain, France.
Mohamad MohtySorbonne University, Service d'Hematologie Clinique et Therapice Cellulaire, Hôpital Saint Antoine, and INSERM UMR 938, Paris, France. mohamad.mohty@inserm.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7264-808X
Jacobi Medical Center · USInserm · FRInstitut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current standard of care model for newly diagnosed fit multiple myeloma (NDMM) patients is the sequential treatment of induction, high dose melphalan, autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), and maintenance. Adequate induction is required to achieve good disease control and induce deep response rates while minimizing toxicity as a bridge to transplant. Doublet induction regimens have greatly fallen out of favor, with current international guidelines favoring triplet or quadruplet induction regimens built around the backbone of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib and dexamethasone (Vd). In fact, the updated 2021 European Haematology Association (EHA) and European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) clinical practice guidelines recommend the use of either lenalidomide-Vd (VRd), or daratumumab-thalidomide-Vd (Dara-VTd) as first-line options for transplant-eligible NDMM patients, and when not available, thalidomide-Vd (VTd) or cyclophosphamide-Vd (VCd) as acceptable alternatives. Quadruplet regimens featuring anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies are extremely promising and remain heavily investigated, as is the incorporation of more recent proteasome inhibitors such as carfilzomib. This review will focus on induction therapies prior to ASCT examining the latest data and guidelines on triplet and quadruplet regimens.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationMultiple MyelomaAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBortezomibDexamethasoneHumansInduction ChemotherapyProteasome InhibitorsStem Cell TransplantationThalidomideTransplantation, AutologousBortezomibDexamethasoneProteasome InhibitorsThalidomide

Identifiers

PMID35347107
PMCPMC8960754
OpenAlexW4220665617

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