QoL during KTd or KRd induction followed by K maintenance or observation in transplant noneligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: Longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis of the randomized AGMT 02 study.

Understanding the impact of induction and maintenance therapy on patients' quality of life (QoL) is important for treatment selection. This study aims to compare patient-reported QoL between patients treated with KTd or KRd induction therapy and K maintenance therapy or observation. QoL was assessed using the EORTC QOL-C 30 and QOL-MY20 questionnaires in the AGMT-02 study, in which 123 patients with newly diagnosed transplant ineligible multiple myeloma were randomized to nine cycles of either KTd or KRd induction therapy, followed by 12 cycles of K maintenance therapy, or observation.

Randomized comparison between KTd and KRd induction therapy followed by maintenance therapy with K or observation in transplant-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Randomized comparison between KTd and KRd induction followed by second randomization to carfilzomib in transplant-ineligable patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

CTPS1 is a novel therapeutic target in multiple myeloma which synergizes with inhibition of CHEK1, ATR or WEE1.

Targeting nucleotide biosynthesis is a proven strategy for the treatment of cancer but is limited by toxicity, reflecting the fundamental nucleotide requirement of dividing cells. The rate limiting step in de novo pyrimidine synthesis is of interest, being catalyzed by two homologous enzymes, CTP synthase 1 (CTPS1) and CTPS2, that could be differentially targeted. Herein, analyses of publicly available datasets identified an essential role for CTPS1 in multiple myeloma (MM), linking high expression of CTPS1 (but not CTPS2) with advanced disease and poor outcomes.

SLiM CRAB criteria revisited: temporal trends in prognosis of patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who meet the definition of 'biomarker-defined early multiple myeloma'-a systematic review with meta-analysis.

Background: Biomarker-defined patients with smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) were included in the diagnostic category of multiple myeloma (MM) by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) in 2014. This includes ≥60% bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs), free light chain ratio (FLCratio) ≥100, and >1 MRI-defined ≥5 mm focal lesion, also called SLiM CRAB MM. We examined whether the risk of progression of SLiM CRAB MM patients to CRAB positive MM described in recent studies differs from that reported in earlier studies published before the introduction of the new diagnostic criteria.