Scientific publications
Daratumumab plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: updated analysis of POLLUX
Dimopoulos MA (1), San-Miguel J (2), Belch A (3), White D (4), Benboubker L (5), Cook G (6), Leiba M (7), Morton J (8), Ho PJ (9), Kim K (10), Takezako N (11), Moreau P (12), Kaufman JL (13), Sutherland HJ (14), Lalancette M (15), Magen H (16), Iida S (17), Kim JS (18), Prince HM (19), Cochrane T (20), Oriol A (21), Bahlis NJ (22), Chari A (23), O' Rourke L (24), Wu K (24), Schecter JM (25), Casneuf T (26), Chiu C (24), Soong D 24, Sasser AK (27), Khokhar NZ (24), Avet-Loiseau H (28), Usmani SZ (29).
ABSTRACT
In the POLLUX study, daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone significantly reduced risk of progression/death versus lenalidomide/dexamethasone alone in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
We provide one additional year of follow-up and include the effect on minimal residual disease and in clinically relevant subgroups. After 25.4 months of follow-up, daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone prolonged progression-free survival versus lenalidomide/dexamethasone alone (median not reached vs 17.5 months; hazard ratio, 0.41; 95% confidence interval, 0.31-0.53; P <0.0001). The overall response rate was 92.9% versus 76.4%, and 51.2% versus 21.0% achieved a complete response or better, respectively (both P <0.0001). At the 10e5 sensitivity threshold, 26.2% versus 6.4% were minimal residual disease-negative, respectively (P <0.0001).
Post hoc analyses of clinical relevant patient subgroups demonstrated that progression-free survival was significantly prolonged for daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone versus lenalidomide/dexamethasone regardless of number of prior lines of therapy.
Patients previously treated with lenalidomide or thalidomide and those refractory to bortezomib received similar benefits (all P <0.01). Treatment benefit with daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone was maintained in high-risk patients (median progression-free survival 22.6 vs 10.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.53; 95% confidence interval, 0.25-1.13; P = 0.0921) and patients with treatment-free intervals of >12 and ≤12 months, >6 and ≤6 months.
No new safety signals were observed. In relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients, daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone continued to improve progression-free survival and deepen responses versus lenalidomide/dexamethasone.
CITATION Haematologica. 2018 Sep 20. pii: haematol.2018.194282. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2018.194282