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Lenalidomide Maintenance Doubles Progression-Free Survival in Multiple Myeloma
Lenalidomide Maintenance Doubles Progression-Free Survival in Multiple Myeloma
N Osterweil
20100420
2010 May 20
Elsevier Global Medical News
Lenalidomide Maintenance Doubles Progression-Free Survival in Multiple Myeloma
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 May 20, N Osterweil
Lenalidomide maintenance therapy doubled the rate of progression-free survival, compared with placebo for multiple myeloma patients who had completed autologous stem cell transplantation and a lenalidomide consolidation phase in a trial conducted by a French-speaking myeloma group.The 3-year progression-free survival rate was 68% among 307 patients who received lenalidomide (Revlimid) maintenance until relapse, compared with 34% for 307 patients who received placebo. The difference translates into...