Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35768410›Full record

ReviewBlood cancer journal2022

Gaps and opportunities in the treatment of relapsed-refractory multiple myeloma: Consensus recommendations of the NCI Multiple Myeloma Steering Committee.

Shaji Kumar, Lawrence Baizer, Natalie S Callander, Sergio A Giralt, Jens Hillengass, Boris Freidlin, Antje Hoering, Paul G Richardson, Elena I Schwartz, Anthony Reiman and 6 more

Open access · goldAbstract readReviewConsensus Statement
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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 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 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

16 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.

Shaji KumarHematologic Malignancies, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5392-9284
Lawrence BaizerDivision of Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. baizerl@mail.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-8054-6446
Natalie S CallanderMyeloma Clinical Program, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6975-1086
Sergio A GiraltDivision of Hematologic Malignancies, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Madison, USA.
Jens HillengassOncology and Internal Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1778-0010
Boris FreidlinBiometric Research Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Antje HoeringCancer Research and Biostatistics and University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, USA.
Paul G RichardsonJerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7426-8865
Elena I SchwartzCoordinating Center for Clinical Trials, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Anthony ReimanUniversity of New Brunswick, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University Department of Oncology, Saint John Regional Hospital, Fredericton, Canada.
Suzanne LentzschMultiple Myeloma and Amyloidosis Service, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1708-7344
Philip L McCarthyDepartment of Medicine, Oncology and Internal Medicine, Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, USA.
Sundar JagannathDivision of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Center of Excellence for Multiple Myeloma, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2934-6518
Andrew J YeeDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Multiple Myeloma Program, Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Richard F LittleClinical Investigations Branch, Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4091-1699
Noopur S RajeDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Multiple Myeloma Program, Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USHarvard University · USRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USBoston University · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USMayo Clinic · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity of New Brunswick · CAUniversity of Washington · USUniversity of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A wide variety of new therapeutic options for Multiple Myeloma (MM) have recently become available, extending progression-free and overall survival for patients in meaningful ways. However, these treatments are not curative, and patients eventually relapse, necessitating decisions on the appropriate choice of treatment(s) for the next phase of the disease. Additionally, an important subset of MM patients will prove to be refractory to the majority of the available treatments, requiring selection of effective therapies from the remaining options. Immunomodulatory agents (IMiDs), proteasome inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, and alkylating agents are the major classes of MM therapies, with several options in each class. Patients who are refractory to one agent in a class may be responsive to a related compound or to a drug from a different class. However, rules for selection of alternative treatments in these situations are somewhat empirical and later phase clinical trials to inform those choices are ongoing. To address these issues the NCI Multiple Myeloma Steering Committee formed a relapsed/refractory working group to review optimal treatment choices, timing, and sequencing and provide recommendations. Additional issues considered include the role of salvage autologous stem cell transplantation, risk stratification, targeted approaches for genetic subsets of MM, appropriate clinical trial endpoints, and promising investigational agents. This report summarizes the deliberations of the working group and suggests potential avenues of research to improve the precision, timing, and durability of treatments for Myeloma.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationMultiple MyelomaHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalTransplantation, Autologous

Identifiers

PMID35768410
PMCPMC9243011
OpenAlexW4283698909

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