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Pomalidomide, sold under the brand names Pomalyst and Imnovid, [7] [8] is an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of multiple myeloma and AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. [ 7 ] Pomalidomide was approved for medical use in the United States in February 2013, [ 10 ] and in the European Union in August 2013. [ 8 ]
Severe side effects include low blood platelets, low white blood cells, and blood clots. [8] The dose may need to be adjusted in people with kidney problems. [8] Lenalidomide is closely related to thalidomide, which is known to cause severe birth defects, so its use during pregnancy is very likely to harm the fetus. [8]
Pomalidomide (3-aminothalidomide) was the second thalidomide analog to enter the clinic being more potent than both of its predecessors. [12] First reported in 2001, pomalidomide was noted to directly inhibit myeloma cell proliferation and thus inhibiting MM both on the tumor and vascular compartments. [13]
Oral Anti-Cancer Therapy REVLIMID ® (lenalidomide) Now Indicated as a Treatment for Patients with Rare Form of Blood Disease Treatment indicated for patients with transfusion-dependent anaemia ...
Oral Anti-Cancer Therapy Pomalidomide Celgene Receives Positive CHMP Opinion as Treatment for Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma BOUDRY, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Celgene ...
Treatment modalities that are commonly used to treat RRMM include dexamethasone, proteasome inhibitors (e.g. bortezomib and carfilzomib), immunomodulatory imide drugs (e.g. thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide), and certain monoclonal antibodies (e.g. isatuximab against CD38 or antibodies targeting CD319).
Among patients that had failed treatment with lenalidomide and a protease inhibitor, death or risk of progression was significantly lower in the elotuzumab study arm. [12] The median progression-free survival in the elotuzumab study arm was 10.3 months compared to 4.7 months in the control study group, after a 9.1 month follow up period.
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