Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment of Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Ravi Vij, MD, associate professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow Transplant, Washington University School of Medicine, discusses the monoclonal antibody daratumumab for the treatment of patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma.
Vij explains how patients with multiple myeloma are living much longer today than in the past. In fact, the median survival of patients is between eight and ten years. Unfortunately, the disease remains almost incurable, so new therapies and monoclonal antibodies are needed.
He believes daratumumab will greatly help patients because it is so well tolerated, and it will not negatively impact quality of life.
Ravi Vij, MD, associate professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, Section of Bone Marrow Transplant, Washington University School of Medicine, discusses the monoclonal antibody daratumumab for the treatment of patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma.
Real-World RRMM Data Explore Dose Deescalation and Outpatient Use of Teclistamab
November 18th 2024During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Hana Safah, MD, examined several real-world studies of dose frequency and outpatient administration of teclistamab in patients with multiple myeloma in the first article of a 2-part series.
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