Publications by authors named "T Melchardt"

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  • Glofitamab, a bispecific antibody targeting CD20 and CD3, shows promise for treating relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (r/r DLBCL) in heavily pretreated patients, with an overall response rate of 47%.
  • In a study involving 70 patients in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, the median number of prior treatments was four, with notable safety concerns including cytokine release syndrome in 40% of cases.
  • Important findings indicate that elevated LDH levels predict poorer outcomes, and recent treatment with bendamustine may reduce the efficacy of glofitamab, suggesting careful treatment sequencing is essential.
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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.

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  • Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an incurable B-cell lymphoma and pirtobrutinib has shown promising results in patients who have already undergone multiple treatments, but real-world data is limited.
  • A study analyzed 10 MCL patients who received pirtobrutinib from a compassionate use program, revealing a 67% best overall response rate after an average of three previous treatments.
  • The findings indicated that pirtobrutinib is a safe and effective treatment option for these patients, with positive outcomes and no new safety concerns reported.
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Randomized comparison between KTd and KRd induction followed by second randomization to carfilzomib in transplant-ineligable patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

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Introduction: Immune checkpoint inhibitors have achieved great success in the treatment of many different types of cancer. Programmed cell death protein ligand 1 (PD-L1, CD274) is a major immunosuppressive immune checkpoint and a target for several already approved monoclonal antibodies. Despite this, novel strategies are under development, as the overall response remains low.

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