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Treatment with daratumumab in patients with relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis: a multicentric retrospective study and review of the literature
Ramón Lecumberri 1 , Isabel Krsnik 2 , Elham Askari 3 , Maialen Sirvent 4 , Marta S González-Pérez 5 , Fernando Escalante 6 , Virginia Pradillo 7 , Luis E Tamariz 1 , Verónica Cánovas 8 9 , Adrián Alegre 10 , Mercedes Gironella 11 , María E González-García 12 , María S Infante 13 , Sunil Lakhwani 14 , Cristina Martínez-Bilbao 15 , Victoria Dourdil 16 , Ángel Ramírez-Payer 17 , José Sarrá 18 , M Teresa Cibeira 8
Abstract
Management of patients with relapsed or refractory (R/R) AL amyloidosis is complex. Some initial reports have shown positive results with daratumumab in heavily pre-treated AL amyloidosis patients.
In this retrospective multicentric study, 38 patients (mean age 64 ± 9 years) with R/R AL amyloidosis treated with daratumumab were included. Cardiac and renal involvement was present in 76 and 74% of patients, and 42% had ≥3 organs involved. Median number of previous lines of therapy was 2 (range 1-8). Overall hematological response was 72%, including 28% complete responses.
The median time to first hematological response was 2 weeks. A high-quality response (≥very good partial response) was obtained in 65% of patients who had never achieved such depth of response previously. Hematological responses were more frequent among patients receiving daratumumab as second-line therapy compared to subsequent therapies (92 vs. 61%).
Cardiac and renal organ response rates were 37 and 59%. At 12 months, overall and progression-free survival were 59% (95%CI: 0.36-0.77) and 52% (95%CI: 0.29-0.70), respectively.
Daratumumab is a safe and effective drug in the treatment of R/R AL amyloidosis and should be considered early in the course of the disease.
CITATION Amyloid. 2020 Sep;27(3):163-167. doi: 10.1080/13506129.2020.1730791. Epub 2020 Feb 28
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