Comprehensive review of AL amyloidosis: some practical recommendations

R Al Hamed, AH Bazarbachi, A Bazarbachi… - Blood Cancer …, 2021 - nature.com
Amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is among the more common and more severe of the
amyloidoses usually involving the slow proliferation of a bone-marrow-residing plasma cell …

Daratumumab-based treatment for immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis

E Kastritis, G Palladini, MC Minnema… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Systemic immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by
deposition of amyloid fibrils of light chains produced by clonal CD38+ plasma cells …

Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis diagnosis and treatment algorithm 2021

M Hasib Sidiqi, MA Gertz - Blood cancer journal, 2021 - nature.com
Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL) commonly presents with nephrotic range
proteinuria, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, nondiabetic peripheral neuropathy …

Daratumumab plus CyBorD for patients with newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis: safety run-in results of ANDROMEDA

G Palladini, E Kastritis, MS Maurer… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Although no therapies are approved for light chain (AL) amyloidosis, cyclophosphamide,
bortezomib, and dexamethasone (CyBorD) is considered standard of care. Based on …

Safety, tolerability, and response rates of daratumumab in relapsed AL amyloidosis: results of a phase 2 study

V Sanchorawala, S Sarosiek… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Daratumumab, a monoclonal CD38 antibody, is approved in the treatment of myeloma, but
its efficacy and safety in light-chain (AL) amyloidosis has not been formally studied. This …

A prospective phase 2 trial of daratumumab in patients with previously treated systemic light-chain amyloidosis

M Roussel, G Merlini, S Chevret… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Daratumumab is a human monoclonal antibody targeting CD38, an antigen uniformly
expressed by plasma cells in multiple myeloma and light-chain amyloidosis (AL). We report …

Venetoclax induces deep hematologic remissions in t (11; 14) relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis

VJ Premkumar, S Lentzsch, S Pan, D Bhutani… - Blood cancer …, 2021 - nature.com
Venetoclax is efficacious in relapsed/refractory t (11; 14) multiple myeloma, thus warranting
investigation in light-chain amyloidosis (AL). This retrospective cohort includes 43 patients …

Light‐chain and transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in severe aortic stenosis: prevalence, screening possibilities, and outcome

C Nitsche, S Aschauer… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Concomitant cardiac amyloidosis (CA) in severe aortic stenosis (AS) is difficult to
recognize, since both conditions are associated with concentric left ventricular thickening …

Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis: 2022 update on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment

MA Gertz - American journal of hematology, 2022 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Disease overview Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis is a clonal, nonproliferative
plasma cell disorder in which fragments of immunoglobulin light or heavy chain are …

Daratumumab in the treatment of light-chain (AL) amyloidosis

G Palladini, P Milani, F Malavasi, G Merlini - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is caused by a small B cell, most commonly a plasma
cell (PC), clone that produces toxic light chains (LC) that cause organ dysfunction and …