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ArticleFuture oncology (London, England)2025

EXCALIBER-RRMM: a phase III trial of iberdomide, daratumumab, and dexamethasone in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Sagar Lonial, Meletios A Dimopoulos, Jesus G Berdeja, Paul G Richardson, Hang Quach, Paula Rodríguez-Otero, Paulo Maciag, Kevin Hong, Michael Amatangelo, Min Chen and 1 more

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Article in Future oncology (London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

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  8. The Role of CELMoD Agents in Multiple Myeloma.OncoTargets and therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Sagar LonialWinship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8322-9323
Meletios A DimopoulosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8990-3254
Jesus G BerdejaGreco-Hainsworth Center for Research, Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN, USA.
Paul G RichardsonDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7426-8865
Hang QuachSt Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4796-3352
Paula Rodríguez-OteroDepartment of Hematology, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, CIMA, IDISNA, CIBERONC, Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5236-7785
Paulo MaciagBristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1172-9772
Kevin HongBristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Michael AmatangeloBristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Min ChenBristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Niels W C J van de DonkDepartment of Hematology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7445-2603

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell neoplasm that stems from the malignant transformation of clonal plasma cells. It is characterized by multiple periods of remission and relapse requiring multiple lines of therapy, with response to treatment and survival decreasing with each successive relapse. To achieve deep and durable responses in relapsed/refractory MM (RRMM), novel treatments are required. Iberdomide (IBER), an oral CELMoD™ agent, is associated with greater tumoricidal and immune-stimulatory effects than immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs®). IBER has been shown to have synergy with dexamethasone (DEX) and daratumumab (DARA) in vitro. In a phase I/II trial, IBER in combination with DARA and DEX (IberDd) was well tolerated and demonstrated promising preliminary efficacy in patients with heavily pretreated RRMM, including patients refractory to IMiD agents, DARA, and proteasome inhibitors. EXCALIBER-RRMM is a unique confirmatory phase III trial that incorporates a 2-stage seamless design to firstly address dose optimization of IberDd, and secondly, to compare the efficacy and safety of the selected IberDd dose with DARA, bortezomib, and DEX in patients with early-line (1 or 2 prior lines of therapy) RRMM.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsMultiple MyelomaNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalThalidomideAgedAntibodies, MonoclonalClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicDexamethasoneDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, MonoclonaldaratumumabDexamethasoneThalidomideCELMoD agentclinical trialiberdomidephase IIIRelapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

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PMID40346992
PMCPMC12150652

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