Robert Orlowski, Deputy Chair of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Vice Chair of MM Research, and Florence Maude Thomas Cancer Research Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared a post on X:
“Myeloma Paper of the Day:
CIBMTR analysis of infections w/in 100 days of ide-cel finds baseline infxn hx, KPS<80, grade≥2 CRS, grade≥3 neurotoxicity are independent predictors; infxn can result in inferior outcomes (2nd leading cause of death).”
Title: Infections within 100 days of idecabtagene vicleucel and impact on survival for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: A CIBMTR Analysis
Authors: Kitsada Wudhikarn, Lohith Gowda, Qiran Ye, Temitope Oloyede, Michael Martens, Rahul Banerjee, Srinivas Devarakonda, Hongtao Liu, Megan Herr, Jo-Anne Young, Tania Jain, Ajoy Dias, Taiga Nishihori, Abu-Sayeef Mirza, Siddhartha Ganguly, Amer Beitinjaneh, Mahmoud Aljurf, Baldeep Wirk, Nosha Farhadfar, Yvonne Efebera, Miguel-Angel Perales, Christen Ebens, Hemant Murthy, Joshua Hill, Christopher Dandoy, Sanghee Hong, Zeinab El Boghdadly, Othman Salim Akhtar, Jeffery Auletta, Anna Huppler, Muhammad Bilal Abid
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