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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2022

Immunotherapy in AL Amyloidosis.

Yifei Zhang, Raymond L Comenzo

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cardiac amyloidosis: Innovations in diagnosis and treatment.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2025
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Monoclonal antibodies and amyloid removal as a therapeutic strategy for cardiac amyloidosis.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023
    Article
  5. Targeting Amyloid Fibrils by Passive Immunotherapy in Systemic Amyloidosis.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2022
    Review
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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yifei ZhangDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
Raymond L ComenzoDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02111, USA. rcomenzo@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
Tufts Medical Center · US

Funding

Screening to Improve Survival in AL AmyloidosisR21AG070502 · NIA · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI COMENZO, RAYMOND LUKE, LENTZSCH, SUZANNE · 2020 to 2021
$515k
NIA NIH HHS R21 AG070502
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementLight-chain amyloidosis is a rare disorder where a small clone of plasma cells is producing excess toxic light chains that deposit in various organs and cause dysfunction. Cardiac involvement is a major determinant of survival and rapid reduction of light chain is critical for recovery of organ function and overall survival. Immunotherapy targeting the clonal plasma cells and amyloid fibrils has emerged as a promising candidate. Daratumumab, both alone and in combinations with other anti-myeloma agents, is able to achieve deep hematologic responses and has greatly improved outcomes. Isatuximab, elotuzumab, and CAEL101 have also shown promising results and further studies are ongoing in the frontline as well as the relapsed/refractory setting. The frailty of AL patients and the relapsing/remitting nature of the disease present unique challenges, and the low toxicity of monoclonal antibodies makes them well-suited for these patients. Other immunotherapy agents including chimeric antigen receptor T cells, bispecific antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates have altered the landscape in treatment of multiple myeloma, and are in the early phase of evaluation in patients with AL amyloidosis with results eagerly awaited.

Indexed as

Immunoglobulin Light-chain AmyloidosisMultiple MyelomaHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalImmunologic FactorsAL amyloidosisDaratumumabImmunotherapyMonoclonal antibody

Identifiers

PMID35635625
OpenAlexW4282037306

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