ReviewLeukemia2023
Management of patients with multiple myeloma and COVID-19 in the post pandemic era: a consensus paper from the European Myeloma Network (EMN).
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- Immunogenicity and effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Isatuximab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a randomized phase 3 trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
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- Elranatamab in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: phase 2 MagnetisMM-3 trial results.Nature medicine · 2023Trial
- Mechanistic Interplay Between Multiple Myeloma and Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Therapeutic Promise of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- RNA-Based Therapeutic Strategies in Multiple Myeloma: From Molecular Targets to Delivery and Clinical Translation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Successful Treatment of Multiple Myeloma Complicated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Report.Case reports in medicine · 2026Article
- Vaccination and Antiviral Combination Improves Resolution Time of COVID-19 Infection in Treated Multiple Myeloma: A Retrospective Study.Advances in hematology · 2026Article
- Role of remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19 in patients with hematologic malignancy-A narrative review and expert opinion.European journal of clinical investigation · 2025Review
- Comprehensive assessment of adverse event profiles associated with bispecific antibodies in multiple myeloma.Blood cancer journal · 2025Article
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- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of BCMA-targeted CAR-T cell recipients with COVID-19 during the Omicron wave: a retrospective study.Bone marrow transplantation · 2025Article
- Elevated LIF and JAK-STAT activation drive severe COVID-19 in myeloma patients receiving the BCMA-CD3 bispecific antibody Elranatamab.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Follow-up of humoral and cellular immune responses after the third SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose in multiple myeloma patients.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Remdesivir-Associated Survival Outcomes Among Immunocompromised Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Real-world Evidence From the Omicron-Dominant Era.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibodies for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma in Stem Cell Transplant-Ineligible Patients Aged over 65 Years: A Propensity Score-Matched Study.Hematology reports · 2024Article
- Patients with multiple myeloma infected with COVID-19 during autologous stem cell transplantation.Infectious agents and cancer · 2024Article
- Immune dysfunction prior to and during vaccination in multiple myeloma: a case study based on COVID-19.Blood cancer journal · 2024Article
- Multiple myeloma.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2024Review
- The patients with multiple myeloma were infected with COVID-19 during autologous stem cell transplantation: case report and literature review.Infectious agents and cancer · 2024Article
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Abstract
In the post-pandemic COVID-19 period, human activities have returned to normal and COVID-19 cases are usually mild. However, patients with multiple myeloma (MM) present an increased risk for breakthrough infections and severe COVID-19 outcomes, including hospitalization and death. The European Myeloma Network has provided an expert consensus to guide patient management in this era. Vaccination with variant-specific booster vaccines, such as the bivalent vaccine for the ancestral Wuhan strain and the Omicron BA.4/5 strains, is essential as novel strains emerge and become dominant in the community. Boosters should be administered every 6-12 months after the last vaccine shot or documented COVID-19 infection (hybrid immunity). Booster shots seem to overcome the negative effect of anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies on humoral responses; however, anti-BCMA treatment remains an adverse predictive factor for humoral immune response. Evaluation of the immune response after vaccination may identify a particularly vulnerable subset of patients who may need additional boosters, prophylactic therapies and prevention measures. Pre-exposure prophylaxis with tixagevimab/cilgavimab is not effective against the new dominant variants and thus is no longer recommended. Oral antivirals (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and molnupiravir) and remdesivir are effective against Omicron subvariants BA.2.12.1, BA.4, BA.5, BQ.1.1 and/or XBB.1.5 and should be administered in MM patients at the time of a positive COVID-19 test or within 5 days post symptoms onset. Convalescent plasma seems to have low value in the post-pandemic era. Prevention measures during SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks, including mask wearing and avoiding crowded places, seem prudent to continue for MM patients.
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