|Videos|October 12, 2022
Racial Disparities in Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of MM
Author(s)Ajay K. Nooka, MD, Matthew James Pianko, MD
Closing out the program, Dr Ajay Nooka comments on the structural and biological disparities of care in multiple myeloma between Black and Caucasian patients, including age of presentation, delay of diagnosis and treatment, access to treatment options, and treatment response.
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In a phase 2 trial, CD38-targeted immune-PET detected active multiple myeloma in some patients with no signs of disease on standard fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT.
“If it is successful, you should be able to access this combination wherever you are,” said Natalie S. Callander, MD, of the UW Carbone Cancer Center.
Data from the phase 3 CERVINO trial support the application for etentamig as a treatment for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
The MagnetisMM-32 trial may support elranatamab as an important option for those whose disease has progressed following anti-CD38 therapy and lenalidomide.
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