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Revisiting the role of alkylating agents in multiple myeloma: Up-to-date evidence and future perspectives
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From the 1960s to the early 2000s, alkylating agents (e.g., melphalan, cyclophosphamide, and bendamustine) remained a key component of standard therapy for newly-diagnosed or relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM). Later on, their associated toxicities (including second primary malignancies) and the unprecedented efficacy of novel therapies have led clinicians to increasingly consider alkylator-free approaches. Meanwhile, new alkylating agents (e.g., melflufen) and new applications of old alkylators (e.g., lymphodepletion before chimeric antigen receptor T-cell [CAR-T] therapy) have emerged in recent years. Given the expanding use of antigen-directed modalities (e.g., monoclonal antibodies, bispecific antibodies, and CAR-T therapy), this review explores the current and future role of alkylating agents in different treatment settings (e.g., induction, consolidation, stem cell mobilization, pre-transplant conditioning, salvage, bridging, and lymphodepleting chemotherapy) to ellucidate the role of alkylator-based regimens in modern-day MM management.
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“Over the past few decades, several non-targeted drugs have been approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma, including alkylating agents [40], corticosteroids [41–43], immunomodulatory imide drugs (IMiDs) [44–47], proteasome inhibitors (PIs) [42, 48–51], histone deacetylases (iHDACs) inhibitors [37, 52, 53], and XPO1 inhibitor [54–56] (Table 1).”
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- Authors
- Costa, B. A., Mouhieddine, T. H., Ortiz, R. J., & Richter, J.
- Affiliations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
- Tisch Cancer Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Richter, Joshua
- Venue
- Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-07
- Volume
- 187
- Pages
- 104040
- ISSN
- 1040-8428 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4378212210
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 256
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 0.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Keywords
- alkylating agents, multiple myeloma, melphalan, cyclophosphamide, bendamustine, melflufen, lymphocyte depletion, CAR T-cell therapy, second primary malignancy, relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, stem cell mobilization, pre-transplant conditioning, consolidation therapy, bridging therapy
- MeSH terms
- Bendamustine Hydrochloride, Receptors, Chimeric Antigen, Alkylating Agents, Cyclophosphamide, Humans, Multiple Myeloma
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