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Immunotherapy in myeloma: how far have we come?
Franssen, Laurens E; Mutis, Tuna; Lokhorst, Henk M; van de Donk, Niels W C J.
Afiliação
  • Franssen LE; Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Mutis T; Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Lokhorst HM; Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • van de Donk NWCJ; Department of Hematology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ther Adv Hematol ; 10: 2040620718822660, 2019.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30719268
The treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) has evolved substantially over the past decades, leading to a significantly improved outcome of MM patients. The introduction of high-dose therapy, especially, and autologous stem cell transplantation, as well as the development of new drugs, such as immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) and proteasome inhibitors have contributed to the improvement in survival. However, eventually most MM patients relapse, which indicates that there is a need for new agents and novel treatment strategies. Importantly, the long-term survival in a subset of MM patients after allogeneic stem cell transplantation illustrates the potential of immunotherapy in MM, but allogeneic stem cell transplantation is also associated with a high rate of treatment-related mortality. Recently, a better insight into several immune-evasion mechanisms, which contribute to tumor progression, has resulted in the development of active and well-tolerated novel forms of immunotherapy. These immunotherapeutic agents can be used as monotherapy, or, even more successfully, in combination with other established anti-MM agents to further improve depth and duration of response by preventing the outgrowth of resistant clones. This review will discuss the mechanisms used by MM cells to evade the immune system, and also provide an overview of currently approved immunotherapeutic drugs, such as IMiDs (e.g. lenalidomide and pomalidomide) and monoclonal antibodies that target cell surface antigens present on the MM cell (e.g. elotuzumab and daratumumab), as well as novel immunotherapies (e.g. chimeric antigen receptor T-cells, bispecific antibodies and checkpoint inhibitors) currently in clinical development in MM.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Temas: Geral Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Ther Adv Hematol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Holanda

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Temas: Geral Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Ther Adv Hematol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Holanda