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ReviewEJHaem2023

Difficult-to-treat patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: A review of clinical trial results.

Marc S Raab, Elena Zamagni, Salomon Manier, Paula Rodriguez-Otero, Fredrik Schjesvold, Annemiek Broijl

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Review in EJHaem, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Marc S RaabHeidelberg Myeloma Center, Department of Medicine V University Hospital Heidelberg Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4181-6922
Elena ZamagniSeragnoli Institute of Hematology Bologna University School of Medicine Bologna Italy.
Salomon ManierDepartment of Hematology University Hospital Center of Lille Lille France.
Paula Rodriguez-OteroDepartment of Hematology Clinica Universidad de Navarra Madrid Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5236-7785
Fredrik SchjesvoldOslo Myeloma Center, Department of Haematology Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, and KG Jebsen Center for B Cell Malignancies University of Oslo Oslo Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1096-0569
Annemiek BroijlDepartment of Hematology Erasmus MC Cancer Institute Rotterdam The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0554-8003

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overall outcomes for multiple myeloma have improved due to the availability of new therapies, but patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma harbouring certain factors continue to pose a therapeutic challenge. These challenging features include high-risk cytogenetics, renal impairment, patient characteristics such as age and frailty, and extramedullary disease. Prior refractory status and number of prior lines add further complexity to the treatment of these patients. While newer regimens are available and have suggested efficacy in these patient populations through subgroup analyses, differences in trial definitions and cut-offs make meaningful comparisons difficult. This review aims to examine the available clinical trial data for patients with high-risk cytogenetics, renal impairment, age and frailty and extramedullary disease.

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agecytogeneticsextramedullary diseasefrailtyrenal impairmentRRMM

Identifiers

PMID38024633
PMCPMC10660429

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