Author | Michael Wang, MD

December 01, 2013

This article presents an overview of the cardiac and pulmonary safety profile of single-agent carfilzomib therapy in patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma from an analysis of four phase II clinical studies, and provides practical recommendations for the management of patients at risk for cardiac events and pulmonary complication.

November 07, 2011

The proteasome is an important therapeutic target in the treatment of a small but increasing number of diseases- most notably, B cell malignancies. Multiple myeloma (MM) is one of the first diseases for which proteasome inhibitors (PIs) have been validated and in which they have found widespread use.