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ReviewCancers2024

Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy: Insights into Multiple Myeloma Management.

Ilaria Saltarella, Concetta Altamura, Antonio Giovanni Solimando, Simona D'Amore, Roberto Ria, Angelo Vacca, Jean-François Desaphy, Maria Antonia Frassanito

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Review in Cancers, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ilaria SaltarellaSection of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Concetta AltamuraSection of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7306-9621
Antonio Giovanni SolimandoSection of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2293-9698
Simona D'AmoreSection of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Roberto RiaSection of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1515-0090
Angelo VaccaSection of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4567-8216
Jean-François DesaphySection of Pharmacology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8816-9369
Maria Antonia FrassanitoSection of Clinical Pathology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DIMEPRE-J), University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.

Funding

Takeda s.p.a. not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin (Ig) replacement therapy (IgRT) consists of the administration of low-dose human polyclonal Igs for the treatment of primary and secondary hypogammaglobulinemia that are associated with recurrent infections and immune dysfunction. IgRT restores physiological antibody levels and induces an immunomodulatory effect by strengthening immune effector cells, thus reducing infections. Here, we describe the pharmacology of different Ig formulations with a particular focus on their mechanism of action as low-dose IgRT, including the direct anti-microbial effect and the immunomodulatory function. In addition, we describe the use of therapeutic Igs for the management of multiple myeloma (MM), a hematologic malignancy characterized by severe secondary hypogammaglobulinemia associated with poor patient outcome. In MM settings, IgRT prevents life-threatening and recurrent infections showing promising results regarding patient survival and quality of life. Nevertheless, the clinical benefits of IgRT are still controversial. A deeper understanding of the immune-mediated effects of low-dose IgRT will provide the basis for novel combined therapeutic options and personalized therapy in MM and other conditions characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia.

Indexed as

hypogammaglobulinemiaimmunoglobulin replacement therapyimmunomodulationmultiple myelomapharmacology

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PMID39335161
PMCPMC11430154

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