New Standard of Care in Relapsed, Refractory Myeloma?

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In this video, Antonio Palumbo, MD, discusses results of the CASTOR trial, which studied daratumumab, bortezomib, and dexamethasone in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

An interim analysis of the CASTOR trial, which is studying the anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody daratumumab, bortezomib, and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, found that the three-drug regimen may be the new standard of care in this patient population.

The data were presented by Antonio Palumbo, MD, chief of the myeloma unit at University of Torino in Italy, at the 2016 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held June 3–7 in Chicago. Here Dr. Palumbo discusses the results with Cancer Network.

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