Identifying and Referring Candidates for Bispecific Therapy: Key Factors in Transitioning from Community to Academic Care

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Panelists discuss how patient-specific factors such as disease status, overall health, support systems, and treatment history are crucial considerations when determining readiness for potential transition to community settings for ongoing care.

Video content above is prompted by the following:

  • What patient specific factors might you consider?
  • Are there any criteria that patients need to meet to be ready to move to a community setting? Does this vary between community settings?
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Younger and fitter patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma were more likely to receive bispecific antibodies in community oncology settings.
Mechanistic treatment benefits were observed in the phase 2 STEM trial for patients with multiple myeloma.
Data from a retrospective cohort study showed that one-fifth of patients with multiple myeloma received bispecific antibodies in rural community settings.
Being able to treat patients with cevostamab who have multiple myeloma after 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy vs 4 lines may allow for better outcomes.
Using the monitoring of symptoms and quality of life platform may provide a quick and efficient system for patients to submit outcome data.
Current FDA expectations may allow patients to return to their community physicians at 2 weeks after administration of anitocabtagene autoleucel.
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