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ReviewBlood advances2026

Targeting BCMA in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma in 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy.

Doris K Hansen, Maria Victoria Mateos, Luciano J Costa

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Review in Blood advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Doris K HansenDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL.ORCID 0000-0002-9813-3578
Maria Victoria MateosHospital Universitario de Salamanca, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica de Salamanca, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular del Cancer (Universidad de Salamanca-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Cancer, Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2390-1218
Luciano J CostaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.ORCID 0000-0001-5362-2469

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractThe treatment landscape for multiple myeloma is evolving rapidly with the integration of novel B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed therapies. In the early-relapse setting (1-3 prior lines of therapy), several practice-changing phase 3 trials have reported results in the past 2 years, including chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies, bispecific antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates. These studies offer exciting new options for clinicians but also introduce complexity due to differences in patient populations, trial designs, and real-world applicability. We synthesize data from trials exploring BCMA-directed immunotherapy in the early-relapse setting, explore nuances in trial characteristics and their implications for treatment selection, and discuss treatment decision determinants, including age, fitness, comorbidities, treatment exposure, and access to therapy. We subsequently discuss how emerging BCMA-directed therapy affects decision-making in several common scenarios. For each of these common scenarios, we explore applicability and limitations from the clinical trials, treatment access, and logistical considerations and the importance of shared decision-making.

Indexed as

B-Cell Maturation AntigenMultiple MyelomaDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansImmunotherapyMolecular Targeted TherapyRecurrenceB-Cell Maturation AntigenTNFRSF17 protein, human

Identifiers

PMID42234936
PMCPMC13383225

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