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SUBMITTER: Vij R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4123327 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vij Ravi R Wang Michael M Kaufman Jonathan L JL Lonial Sagar S Jakubowiak Andrzej J AJ Stewart A Keith AK Kukreti Vishal V Jagannath Sundar S McDonagh Kevin T KT Alsina Melissa M Bahlis Nizar J NJ Reu Frederic J FJ Gabrail Nashat Y NY Belch Andrew A Matous Jeffrey V JV Lee Peter P Rosen Peter P Sebag Michael M Vesole David H DH Kunkel Lori A LA Wear Sandra M SM Wong Alvin F AF Orlowski Robert Z RZ Siegel David S DS
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Carfilzomib is a selective proteasome inhibitor that binds irreversibly to its target. In phase 1 studies, carfilzomib elicited promising responses and an acceptable toxicity profile in patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM). In the present phase 2, multicenter, open-label study, 129 bortezomib-naive patients with R/R MM (median of 2 prior therapies) were separated into Cohort 1, scheduled to receive intravenous carfilzomib 20 mg/m(2) for all treatment cycles, and Coh ...[more]