Geriatric assessment for the practicing clinician: The why, what, and how

A Magnuson, KP Loh, F Stauffer, W Dale… - CA: A Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Older adults with cancer heterogeneously experience health care, treatment, and symptoms.
Geriatric assessment (GA) offers a comprehensive evaluation of an older individual's health …

The prevalence and outcomes of frail older adults in clinical trials in multiple myeloma: A systematic review

H Mian, A McCurdy, S Giri, S Grant, B Rochwerg… - Blood cancer …, 2023 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable blood cancer that primarily affects older adults.
Several frailty tools have been developed to address the heterogeneity of aging in this …

Once-per-week selinexor, bortezomib, and dexamethasone versus twice-per-week bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with multiple myeloma (BOSTON): a …

S Grosicki, M Simonova, I Spicka, L Pour, I Kriachok… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Selinexor combined with dexamethasone has shown activity in patients with
heavily pre-treated multiple myeloma. In a phase 1b/2 study, the combination of oral …

Daratumumab plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone in transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: frailty subgroup analysis of MAIA

T Facon, G Cook, SZ Usmani, C Hulin, S Kumar… - Leukemia, 2022 - nature.com
In the phase 3 MAIA study of patients with transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple
myeloma (NDMM), daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone (D-Rd) improved …

Dynamic frailty risk assessment among older adults with multiple myeloma: A population-based cohort study

H Mian, TM Wildes, R Vij, MJ Pianko, A Major… - Blood cancer …, 2023 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a cancer of older adults and those who are more frail are at high
risk of poor outcomes. Current tools for identifying and categorizing frail patients are often …

Defining the vulnerable patient with myeloma—a frailty position paper of the European Myeloma Network

G Cook, A Larocca, T Facon, S Zweegman… - Leukemia, 2020 - nature.com
As the treatment landscape continues to evolve towards the application of precision
medicine in multiple myeloma (MM), there is a clear need to identify those patients who are …

Impact of frailty on outcomes after chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

JA Davis, D Dima, N Ahmed, S DeJarnette… - … and Cellular Therapy, 2024 - Elsevier
The literature is limited regarding outcomes in older adults and frail patients receiving BCMA-
directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy (CAR-T) for relapsed or refractory multiple …

How I treat multiple myeloma in geriatric patients

T Facon, X Leleu, S Manier - Blood, 2024 - ashpublications.org
Multiple myeloma (MM) is primarily a disease of older patients. Until recently, geriatric
aspects in the context of MM have been poorly investigated. Treatment outcomes for …

Predictors of early morbidity and mortality in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: data from five randomized, controlled, phase III trials in 3700 patients

EK Mai, T Hielscher, U Bertsch, HJ Salwender… - Leukemia, 2024 - nature.com
Early morbidity and mortality affect patient outcomes in multiple myeloma. Thus, we
dissected the incidence and causes of morbidity/mortality during induction therapy (IT) for …

Uptake and survival outcomes following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy among trial-ineligible patients with advanced solid cancers

RB Parikh, EJ Min, EP Wileyto, F Riaz, CP Gross… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are part of standard of care for patients with
many advanced solid tumors. Patients with poor performance status or organ dysfunction …