Long TermOutcomesofPomalidomideandDexamethasoneinPatients
WithRelapsedMultipleMyeloma:Analysis4YearsAftertheOriginalCohort
JosephR.Mikhael,MD1SuzanneR.Hayman,MD2KristinaLaumann2VivekRoy,MD3BetsyLaPlantMS2ShajiKumar,MD2FrancisBuadi,MD2CraigReeder,MD1
MorieA.Gertz,MD
2AngelaDispenzieri,MD2JohnA.Lust,MD,PhD2A.KeithStewart,MD1StephenJRussel ,MD,PhD2P.LeifBergsagel,MD1DavidDingli,MD2
StevenZeldenrust,MD
2RafaelFonseca,MD1PhilipR.Greipp,MD2RobertHal ,RN,CNP2S.VincentRajkumar,MD2MarthaQ.Lacy,MD2
MayoClinic­
1Scottsdale,Arizona­2Rochester,Minnesota­3Jacksonville,Florida
Background
Results


Response
immunomodulatory(IMiD)drugwithhigh
Figure1:
Figure3:
fromNovember2007toAugust2008

responseratesinrelapsedmultiplemyeloma
KaplanMeierPFSWholeCohort
SurvivalbyPriorIMiDUse
(1 47)
(MM),includingthosepreviouslytreated
withthalidomide,bortezomib,and

With median follow up of 33.6 months,
lenalidomide
overall response was seen in 39 (65%)
­
sCR
4 (7%)

(msmart.org)
­
CR
4 (7%)
outcomeisunknown
­
VGPR
15 (25%)

­
PR
16 (27%)
patientstreatedwithPomalidomidefromthe
PriorTherapies

withhigh riskdisease

Methods

Patientswithrelapsed/refractorymyeloma
with1 3priortherapieswereenrolled
Pomalidomide2mg/dwasgivenorally
Toxicities
Progression free survival (PFS):
continuouslyon28daycyclewithweekly
13 months (Figure 1)
dexamethasone40mg

Figure2:
Conclusions
toPomalidomide:
­
6 months
73%
AllpatientsreceivedDVTprophylaxiswith
­
12 months
73%
aspirin,heparin,orwarfarin



Grade3 Grade4
Overall survival (OS) not reached
effectiveandwell toleratedinrelapsedMM
­
12 months
91%

­
24 months
76%

withmultiplepriortherapies,includingother

OutcomesinSelectedGroups
IMiDs,bortezomib,andtransplant



Grade3 Grade4
adurableresponsewithmedianduration

over21months
­OSnotreached