Publications by authors named "J R Berenson"

Therapeutic advances in treating patients with multiple myeloma (MM), including novel immunotherapies, have improved the disease control, but it remains incurable. Although traditional immune check point inhibitors have shown limited clinical benefit, targeting alternative immune-inhibitory pathways may offer a novel way to address relapsed disease. Blockade of the immune regulator TIGIT was shown to enhance antitumor immunity in preclinical MM models.

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Despite major therapeutic advancements in recent years, multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable disease with nearly all patients experiencing relapsed and refractory disease over the course of treatment. Extending the duration and durability of clinical responses will necessitate the development of therapeutics with novel targets that are capable of robustly and specifically eliminating myeloma cells. B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is a membrane-bound protein expressed predominantly on malignant plasma cells and has recently been the target of several novel therapeutics to treat MM patients.

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Introduction: Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable bone marrow (BM)-based cancer involving clonal plasma cells. Most patients show elevated levels of serum monoclonal protein (sMP) and kappa or lambda serum free light chains (sFLCs) at diagnosis. However, around 1-2% of patients, termed nonsecretory, do not produce these biomarkers.

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Article Synopsis
  • Ruxolitinib (RUX) is an FDA-approved medication for treating conditions like myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera, and this study examines its effectiveness combined with lenalidomide (LEN) in patients with progressing multiple myeloma who previously received other treatments.
  • The study involved a phase I trial where participants, after failing initial therapies, received a combination of RUX and methylprednisolone (MP), and those with disease progression were given LEN as well.
  • Of the 29 participants, there was a 31% overall response rate to the initial RUX and MP treatment, with some showing varying degrees of disease stabilization, but also highlighted the challenges in managing advanced
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is the most common primary malignancy of the bone marrow. No established curative treatment is currently available for patients diagnosed with MM. In recent years, new and more effective drugs have become available for the treatment of this B-cell malignancy.

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