CD38 antibodies in multiple myeloma: back to the future

NWCJ Van de Donk, PG Richardson… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
CD38 is highly and uniformly expressed on multiple myeloma (MM) cells, and at relatively
low levels on normal lymphoid and myeloid cells, and in some tissues of nonhematopoietic …

CD38 antibodies in multiple myeloma: mechanisms of action and modes of resistance

NWCJ Van de Donk, SZ Usmani - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
MM cells express high levels of CD38, while CD38 is expressed at relatively low levels on
normal lymphoid and myeloid cells, and in some non-hematopoietic tissues. This expression …

Isatuximab, carfilzomib, and dexamethasone in relapsed multiple myeloma (IKEMA): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial

P Moreau, MA Dimopoulos, J Mikhael, K Yong… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Isatuximab is an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody approved in combination with
pomalidomide–dexamethasone and carfilzomib–dexamethasone for relapsed or refractory …

Isatuximab plus pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone versus pomalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone in patients with relapsed and refractory multiple …

M Attal, PG Richardson, SV Rajkumar, J San-Miguel… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Isatuximab is a monoclonal antibody that binds a specific epitope on the human
CD38 receptor and has antitumour activity via multiple mechanisms of action. In a previous …

Addition of isatuximab to lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone as induction therapy for newly diagnosed, transplantation-eligible patients with multiple …

H Goldschmidt, EK Mai, U Bertsch, R Fenk… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies have consistently shown increased efficacy
when added to standard of care for patients with multiple myeloma. We aimed to assess the …

Multiple myeloma: Available therapies and causes of drug resistance

V Pinto, R Bergantim, HR Caires, H Seca… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common blood cancer. Treatments for MM
include corticosteroids, alkylating agents, anthracyclines, proteasome inhibitors …

Monoclonal antibodies targeting CD 38 in hematological malignancies and beyond

NWCJ Van De Donk, ML Janmaat, T Mutis… - Immunological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
CD 38 is a multifunctional cell surface protein that has receptor as well as enzyme functions.
The protein is generally expressed at low levels on various hematological and solid tissues …

APRIL and BCMA promote human multiple myeloma growth and immunosuppression in the bone marrow microenvironment

YT Tai, C Acharya, G An, M Moschetta… - Blood, The Journal …, 2016 - ashpublications.org
Here we show that overexpression or activation of B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) by its
ligand, a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL), promotes human multiple myeloma (MM) …

The therapeutic CD38 monoclonal antibody daratumumab induces programmed cell death via Fcγ receptor–mediated cross-linking

MB Overdijk, JH Jansen, M Nederend… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.aai.org
Emerging evidence suggests that FcγR-mediated cross-linking of tumor-bound mAbs may
induce signaling in tumor cells that contributes to their therapeutic activity. In this study, we …

The mechanism of action of the anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody isatuximab in multiple myeloma

L Moreno, C Perez, A Zabaleta, I Manrique… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: Knowledge about the mechanism of action (MoA) of monoclonal antibodies (mAb)
is required to understand which patients with multiple myeloma (MM) benefit the most from a …