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How long should we treat patients with newly diagnosed myeloma with bisphosphonates or RANKL inhibitors for their myeloma bone disease given recent data?
The OS benefit with Zometa was seen only in patients with myeloma bone disease achieving less than or equal to a partial response. SRE risk reduction ...
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Is there any value to getting a bone marrow biopsy at the time of biochemical relapse in multiple myeloma before switching to a new line of therapy?
For many clinical trials, a screening bone marrow biopsy is necessary to get a new baseline. Do you do the same in real-world practice?
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Do you resume zoledronic acid or denosumab at relapse in multiple myeloma?
Previous questions have focused on the newly diagnosed setting and choice of bisphosphonate versus denosumab. IMWG guidelines do recommend resuming zo...
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In the current myeloma landscape, do you make treatment decisions based on MRD results, either for MRD negativity or MRD resurgence?
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How are you dosing IVIG following BCMA CAR-T or bispecific antibodies in multiple myeloma?
Do you only offer it for patients with a documented IgG < 400? Do you check the IgG at all, or are you doing primary prophylaxis?
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How do you utilize immunoglobulin testing to affect treatment decisions in patients with myeloma?
What does it add beyond a serum electrophoresis or light chain testing? Are there certain types of patients where monitoring immunoglobulins is parti...
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For patients on commercial teclistamab who achieve a response, are there patient-specific or response-specific parameters that would prompt you to de-escalate therapy from once per week?
For example - minimum number of months of therapy, driving distance to clinic, at least a CR with or without MRD negativity?
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How do you modify Daratumumab-RVD relative to the protocols used in trials when used as a first-line agent to transplant-eligible patients with myeloma?
E.g. frequency of Bortezomib, dosing of Bortezomib, length of cycles.
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How do you discuss harms of MGUS screening with other medical providers?
For example, how do you address tendency to "over-order" these tests in patients with common aches/pains but no structural abnormalities on advanced i...
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For a Jehovah's Witness patient with multiple myeloma, could you safely offer a BCMA-directed bispecific antibody or CAR-T therapy?
Please assume that IVIG is fine (as it is for many Jehovah's Witness patients, since IgG is often not considered a blood product per se).
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What induction regimen do you choose for high risk newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in light of the recent high risk focused studies?
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What is your threshold to diagnose light chain MGUS with only a slight elevation in the light chain ratio, in a patient without other CRAB symptoms and no M spike?
When would you consider a bone marrow biopsy?
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Are there any circumstances where you recommend early institution of systemic therapy for patients with solitary plasmacytoma?
Specifically, do you offer closer follow-up for certain patients after local radiation?
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For otherwise transplant-eligible patients with myeloma, given developments of bispecifics and CAR-T, what is your age cutoff for consolidative autologous transplant?
Would you transplant a patient over the age of 70 with newly diagnosed myeloma? Does the risk category impact your decision?
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What is your approach to vaccinations and titers for patients with myeloma, who are immunosuppressed and do not have appropriate antibody responses to vaccines?
E.g., for a patient with myeloma, s/p induction therapy, and high-dose chemotherapy, followed by autologous rescue with inappropriate antibody respons...
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Do you recommend utilizing daratumumab in the maintenance phase after a quadruplet induction for transplant eligible multiple myeloma?
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Would you recommend radiation to a painful rib fracture in a patient with multiple myeloma on systemic therapy with ongoing response to treatment?
Is there benefit to radiation on top of systemic therapy?
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How do you approach the initial dosing of carfilzomib for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma?
Is the therapeutic purpose of the proteasome inhibitor to maximize total dosage per week or number of infusions per week?
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How extensive of a workup do you do for systemic AL amyloidosis for a patient with a resected amyloidoma, localized AL amyloid deposition in their airway or lungs, who has no other symptoms?
Would you do a 24-hour urine and echocardiogram in all of these patients? Cardiac biomarkers, PT/PTT, or any other such blood tests?
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How would you approach the treatment of an elderly patient with multiple myeloma and CALR+ myelofibrosis with elevated platelets?
Presuming the patient is not a transplant candidate due to comorbidities, PS, and age.
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What factors do you look at while deciding between a daratumumab-based quadruplet induction versus standard triplet induction such as VRd for newly diagnosed MM?
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How do you approach patients with AL amyloidosis with t(11;14) who have not achieved a hematologic complete response to induction therapy with 6 cycles of Dara-CyBorD?
Specifically, in the setting of patients that have had a PR or VGPR and are not actively progressing. 
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How is monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) different from myeloma kidney?
If there are light chain deposits on the kidney, is that conclusive of MGRS?
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What is your preferred first line treatment regimen for patients with untreated transplant-ineligible MM?
Triplet v. Quadruplet? Do you opt for VRd, DaraRD, CyBorD, Dara-RVd or another regimen?  How would this change for a patient with high risk cyt...
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For a patient with triple-class-refractory myeloma and cytopenias who has been collected for CAR-T, would you choose aggressive chemotherapy or a bispecific antibody for bridging?
This question seems quite specific but happens quite often. Multi-drug chemotherapy runs the risk of profound cytopenias and infections, while bispeci...
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With the CANOVA results in mind, would you continue using venetoclax in patients with multiple myeloma with t(11;14)?
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What is your approach to mitigating the infection risk with bispecific antibodies in multiple myeloma?
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How would you manage a patient with new renal failure and mild anemia in the setting of a moderate M-Spike and low kappa/lambda ratio, but with negative PET and bone marrow with <10% plasma cells?
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What is your approach to MRD testing in the frontline treatment of multiple myeloma?
How frequently and what type of testing/sample are you performing MRD assessment? Does your approach differ between transplant-eligible and transplan...
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How do you choose between the different recently approved Bispecifics Antibodies for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma?
I.e. dosing regimen frequency, side effect profile, duration of follow up, etc.
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For patients who require aggressive debulking in multiple myeloma, what is your preferred chemotherapy regimen and why?
Modified HyperCVAD? V(R)D-PACE? DCEP? Are there any data to favor one over the other?
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How do you manage IgM related peripheral neuropathy?
Do you utilize rituximab or any other specific management strategies?
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How would you approach BCMA-directed therapy in a patient with myeloma and renal failure on dialysis?
Would you prefer CAR-T or bi-specific or neither? If CAR-T, how do you approach lymphodepletion? 
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What are alternative myeloma therapies for patients who are unable to afford lenalidomide or oral cyclophosphamide due to gaps in prescription drug coverage?
Several patients with inability to access oral cyclophosphamide or lenalidomide, have attempted assistance and grants to no avail.
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What post-auto maintenance therapy do you recommend for patients with high-risk multiple myeloma?
Given recent retrospective study showing potential lack of benefit with bortezomib-based maintenance therapy (Bumma et al., PMID 37021929).High-risk a...
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How do you approach post-transplant maintenance for patients with high-risk myeloma?
Which PI and at what dosing intervals? Dexamethasone or not? Emory has now published data with VRd consolidation as well as KPd consolidation, while ...
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Do you recommend routinely getting periodic 24-hour urine monoclonal protein study for patients with active multiple myeloma?
If so, why?
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Would you implement CAR-T therapy earlier in practice if approved in earlier lines for multiple myeloma based on the KarMMa-3 and CARTITUTUDE-4 studies?
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How would you approach a patient with solitary plasmacytoma with an FLC ratio >100, but a negative bone marrow biopsy and negative PET-CT?
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Is a bone marrow biopsy necessary in a patient with a previous tissue diagnosis of plasmacytoma or smoldering multiple myeloma, who now meets criteria for active myeloma?
Assuming there is clear laboratory and/or imaging evidence of disease progression, and assuming FISH data is already available from a prior biopsy, do...
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Do you have any concerns about using checkpoint inhibitors in a patient with myeloma who has a second malignancy?
Patient with stable disease on maintenance therapy with lenalidomide and dexamethasone
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Do you always start treatment for patients who meet diagnostic criteria for multiple myeloma by SLiM criteria alone?
i.e., 60+% bone marrow plasmacytosis, light chain ratio >100, and/or >1 MRI lesion
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What would be your next step in workup for a patient with IgG Kappa Monoclonal protein detected on SPEP and free lambda light chains found in the urine, with chronic diarrhea for 3 years and concern for GI amyloidosis?
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How would you treat a patient with two concurrent plasmacytomas whose bone marrow showed no evidence of multiple myeloma and has no other MM defining features?
Normal CBC, CMP, SPEP, serum light chains, and FISH. Young otherwise fit patient.
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Do you routinely prescribe PPI prophylaxis for myeloma patients who will be on low-dose aspirin and weekly dexamethasone?
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Do you change treatment for confirmed biochemical progression in patients with otherwise secretory MM even if the M-spike is <0.5 g/dL?
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Are there situations where you would start treatment for cardiac amyloid in a patient with amyloid seen on biopsy, but still pending mass spectrometry results?
E.g. in a patient with tenuous cardiac function, would starting treatment several weeks earlier potentially improve outcomes?
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How would you approach grade 2 neurologic toxicity in a patient on daratumumab, dexamethasone, and lenalidomide for relapsed multiple myeloma?
Regimen currently 25 mg lenalidomide D1-21 of D28 day cycles, Daratumumab 16 mg/kg every 2 weeks.
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What is your approach to maintenance therapy post autologous stem cell transplant for patients with concurrent multiple myeloma and AL amyloidosis?
Does your choice of agent differ, or are you more or less likely to offer maintenance than if the patient had multiple myeloma alone?
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What is your preferred approach to a patient with myeloma who has refractory disease to Dara-VRd in the frontline setting?
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Do you check beta 2 microglobulin in patients with MGUS?
Does it assist in prognosis in any way?
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Is there still a role for plasma exchange/PLEX for confirmed or suspected cast nephropathy in multiple myeloma to rapidly reduce light chain burden?
In addition to reversing hypercalcemia, initiating myeloma therapy, etc.
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For a patient with MM progressing on a daratumumab-based regimen, is it preferable to entirely switch drug class or is another monoclonal antibody such as isatuximab an acceptable next step?
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What would you use for a maintenance regimen after high dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant for a patient with 17p-deleted multiple myeloma?
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Assuming all options for BCMA-directed therapy are available, how would you approach treatment for a patient with 4 prior lines of myeloma-directed therapy who is eligible for a BCMA-directed therapy?
Ide-cel? Cilta-cel? Teclistamab?
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For patients with IgG kappa multiple myeloma receiving an IgG kappa mAb (i.e., daratumumab), how important is it clinically to use an interference assay if they're in a VGPR to see if their M-spike might actually be 0?
For example, would you use a tool like the Hydrashift assay? Would this change your management? 
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When you use selinexor for relapsed/refractory myeloma, with what total weekly dose do you practically start?
If tolerated through Cycle #1, how aggressively do you try to titrate the selinexor dose up toward 100mg weekly or 80mg twice-weekly? And does your a...
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Do you offer IVIG to myeloma patients with recurrent infections?
Do you have a certain immunoglobulin level which you would use to determine this?
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What is your approach for using anticoagulation/aspirin in patients with multiple myeloma?
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Would you substitute carfilzomib in place of bortezomib in a transplant-eligible AL amyloidosis patient with baseline amyloid neuropathy and worsening neuropathy on bortezomib despite maximal dose reduction?
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For hypogammaglobulinemia as a complication of successful treatment, do you empirically start prophylaxis with either 400 mg/kg monthly for IVIG or 100 mg/kg weekly for subcutaneous immune globulin?
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What is your preferred up-front treatment for transplant-eligible patients with primary (de novo) plasma cell leukemia?
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What is your approach to pRBC transfusion support for myeloma-related anemia?
How much weight do you give to a hgb/hct threshold versus symptoms?
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What are your takeaways from the GPRC5D-Targeted CAR-T trial (Mailankody et al. NEJM Sept 2022) and any key differences compared to the BCMA directed products?
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How do you approach work-up for a patient suspected for monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance for whom renal biopsy is contraindicated?
E.g. a patient with monoclonal protein with mild light chain ratio elevation. Do we need to get a BM biopsy in all such patients?
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If you treat a patient with high-risk smoldering myeloma on trial and they develop biochemical progression by M-spike, but still no CRAB-SLiM criteria, what would you do next?
In this case, the patient had received daratumumab/lenalidomide/dexamethasone as part of a cooperative group trial. Would you say that the patient had...
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Is there a role for repeat CAR-T with a potentially different product in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma?
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Do you recommend IVIg and/or cytoreduction for patients with IgM MGUS with reciprocal depression in IgG and recurrent infections?
Infection is not part of the criteria for starting treatment both in UpToDate and in NCCN guidelines. 
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Do you perform a periodic PET CT to screen for extramedullary disease in patients with MM who are in remission?
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Where does Elotuzumab-based combination therapy, specifically EPd, fit in your treatment paradigm for relapsed MM?
Does sequence matter?
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What induction regimen would you choose for a patient with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma with incidental amyloidosis noted on bone marrow biopsy, but with no end-organ damage as a result of amyloid deposition?
Would you consider Dara-CyBorD or a MM triplet/quadruplet such as VRd or Dara-VRd? 
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Would you add Daratumumab to upfront treatment of multiple myeloma in a patient with tetraploidy on FISH?
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How do you approach treating a patient with IgM-AL amyloidosis?
Given the rarity of this diagnosis (5-7% of all AL amyloidosis cases), and the prognostic and clinical differences when compared to non IgM-AL am...
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How do you approach treatment for a patient with a biochemical relapse while on maintenance lenalidomide after autologous stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma?
What factors (i.e. timing from transplant, dose, prior therapy) impact your decision? 
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What is your preferred first line regimen for myeloma with severe renal impairment, either on or off dialysis?
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In transplant-eligible, fit patients with primary refractory myeloma, what is the optimal timing for stem cell collection?
We know the longer we expose patients to lenalidomide, the harder collection will be. Would you collect now or switch to an alternative regimen to ach...
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How do you now approach treatment sequencing in MM in light of the DETERMINATION trial data?
Do the results change your clinical practice?
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How do you approach the decision to pursue early versus delayed autologous stem cell transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma?
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At this time, how are you using MRD testing for clinical management of patients with multiple myeloma?
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Would you consider CAR-T therapy without autologous transplant in a patient with multiple myeloma whose best response to induction therapy is a partial response?
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What is your approach to treating newly diagnosed plasma cell leukemia?
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In a patient diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, is there a role for 24-hour UPEP prior to treatment?
Does measuring serum free-light chains make a 24-hour UPEP unnecessary?
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How would you approach therapy for a patient with smoldering multiple myeloma whose light chain ratio has increased to greater than 100 over several years in the absence of any other myeloma-defining events?
Does a progressing kappa/lambda ratio > 100 at any point in time warrant treatment, or does one wait to treat patients in the setting of a slowly i...
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For a patient with concurrent diagnoses of Hodgkin Lymphoma and Light Chain Myeloma complicated by Myeloma Kidney, how would you approach treatment?
What agents would have sufficient efficacy overlap to treat both?
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What would be your approach to initial treatment of a patient with standard-risk myeloma unwilling to undergo autologous stem cell transplant, if practicing in a resource-limited setting?
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For relapsed/refractory myeloma, how long of a disease-free interval from first autologous transplant do you recommend before considering a second autologous transplant?
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What induction combination(s) would be appropriate for newly diagnosed standard cytogenetic risk multiple myeloma who have a transplanted kidney?
Would you avoid imid's given reported association with transplant rejection?
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For patients with mild CKD, how do you decide between zoledronic acid and denosumab for bone protection in patients with multiple myeloma?
For pts w/ eGFR between 30-60
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What is your experience with using Frailty Index or other geriatric screening in making decisions for elderly patients with multiple myeloma?
Frailty Index per Palumbo et al. PMID 25628469Is it practical to apply in clinics? Have you made decision changes based on it?
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In what clinical scenarios do you utilize venetoclax-based therapy in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma?
Venetoclax has demonstrated efficacy in patients harboring t(11;14) mutations but is not FDA approved for MM. Can you expand on what situations you ma...
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When would you add daratumumab to a PI/IMiD/dex backbone for first-line treatment of transplant-eligible multiple myeloma?
Are the early results of CASSIOPEIA (Abst 8003) from ASCO 2019 practice changing? What about the GRIFFIN results in 2020?
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For patients with myeloma on an IMiD, how do you decide on the dosages of aspirin or anticoagulants in VTE prophylaxis ?
Do you modify the aspirin dose based off the lenalidomide dose? Do you ever use higher dose aspirin in lieu of an anticoagulant? The NCCN guidelines s...
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How do you approach patients with recurrent grade 3+ neutropenia on IMiD-containing regimens (e.g., VRd or KRd) beyond dose reductions?
For example: shorten IMiD duration each cycle, add scheduled G-CSF, add antibacterial prophylaxis, etc.
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What infectious prophylaxis do you use for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma?
How do you decide how long to continue?
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What is your treatment of choice for triple class refractory multiple myeloma?
CAR-T (any specific preference of product?) vs bispecific antibodies vs any other specific agents not previously utilized?
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How does one interpret persistently positive lambda light chains on serum immunofixation but without measurable serum monoclonal protein and a normal light chains and ratio?
Is a repeatedly abnormal serum immunofixation all it takes for MGUS?
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What options are available for patients with relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis after Dara-CyBorD, other than clinical trial?
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Which patients with smoldering myeloma do you treat?
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How would one alter therapy in a transplant-ineligible AL amyloidosis with less than a complete response to six cycles of Dara-CyBorD?
Would you continue with daratumumab maintenance per ANDROMEDA or switch regimen?
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How do you approach transplant eligible myeloma patients with a partial or minimal response to treatment with 3-4 cycles of RVD?
After 3-4 cycles of RVD, would you automatically take the patient to transplant if he has achieved at least a partial response, or is there any benefi...
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What is the optimal prophylaxis regimen to use prior to a selinexor based regimen in the treatment of multiple myeloma for nausea and electrolyte abnormalities? 
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Would you re-challenge a patient with refractory multiple myeloma with carfilzomib who responded well but developed grade 3 heart failure and subsequently recovered the EF upon holding carfilzomib?
If you do recommend resuming carfilzomib, what dose and frequency would you use?
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How do you approach a patient with an anaplastic plasmacytoma without systemic evidence of disease in the bone marrow?
What about multiple anaplastic plasmacytoma without bone marrow involvement?
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Do you recommend work up for POEMS and/or amyloidosis for IgM monoclonal gammopathies associated with neuropathy?
Can you expand on this by sharing exactly what this routine workup should include? What additional tests outside of evaluating for POEMS and amyloidos...
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For young patients with smoldering multiple myeloma who wish to be treated with lenalidomide, how do you go about harvesting their cells for an autologous transplant?
Insurance won't pay for harvesting if the transplant is not done within a year.
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Does multiple myeloma become more radioresistant post transplant?
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How do you utilize serum viscosity in the clinical management of plasma cell disorders?
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Do you continue bortezomib past 8 cycles for transplant ineligible patients with multiple myeloma on VRd who are tolerating therapy well with no neuropathy?
Would you use MRD status to guide your decision making? 
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Would you move to a venetoclax-based regimen for a patient with pentarefractory MM and t(11;14) translocation, previously treated with bortezomib and carfilzomib?
If so, venetoclax/dexamethasone by itself or do you include a PI?
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Do you routinely offer a bisphosphonate or denosumab to multiple myeloma patients without skeletal lesions?
Recommendations in guidelines are discordant (ASCO vs NCCN vs UptoDate).
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How do you counsel patients referred for abnormal light chain ratio when individual light chains are in normal range?
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What is your preferred maintenance strategy for high risk multiple myeloma?
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Should patients with active multiple myeloma and other gammopathies be routinely vaccinated against herpes zoster?
If yes would you delay initiation of antineoplastic therapy to allow time for the vaccine to start acting?
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How do you counsel patients with newly diagnosed transplant-ineligible multiple myeloma on the expectations of treatment in terms of disease control, duration of therapy, monitoring and follow up?
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What level of 24h urine M protein do you consider to define active myeloma in a patient with renal insufficiency, proteinuria and monoclonal gammopathy?
When do you start treatment in this case?
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What would be your preferred second line treatment for a frail elderly patient progressing on Rd?
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How do you determine when to use a maintenance regimen vs continuous 3-drug regimen in a transplant-ineligible MM patient after response to first line therapy?
How is this impacted by patient features, cytogenetics/disease biology, depth of response, or other factors? What would compel you to continue 3 drugs...
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What clinical factors impact your upfront treatment decisions in transplant-ineligible MM?
How do you factor in patient age, frailty, patients with underlying organ dysfunction, or other clinical features? Do you still consider CyBorD or R...
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When, if ever, would you choose a two-drug regimen instead of three drug regimen first line in patients with transplant-ineligible Myeloma?
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What factors besides disease progression would lead you to de-intensify or change MM therapy for a patient with ongoing response?
In your experience, do certain regimens have more cumulative toxicity, financial impact, or patient convenience factors?
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When do you consider re-treatment with lenalidomide in later line therapy for relapsed multiple myeloma?
Are there scenarios where you would use a higher dose of lenalidomide in a novel doublet or triplet (eg. relapse on lenalidomide maintenance)?
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How would you manage multiple myeloma with a suboptimal response to frontline quadruplet therapy?
When would you consider utilizing autologous SCT in those with a PR or SD? Is there a potential role for BCMA-directed CAR-T or bispecific therapy in...
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What is your approach to the treatment of gamma heavy chain disease (Franklin's disease)?
How do you distinguish this entity from other plasma cell disorders (eg. MGUS, MM, etc.)?   Review of literature suggests that most of these pa...
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How do you use daratumumab in the treatment of systemic AL amyloidosis?
What regimens would you consider combining it with? Any specific combinations to avoid or special considerations?
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What would be the ideal patient to receive selinexor-based therapy over other options for penta-refractory multiple myeloma?
Excluding clinical trials
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How do you risk stratify complex karyotype in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in the absence of specific high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities?
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Why are autoantibodies not often detected on monoclonal gammopathy assays (SPEP/IFE, quantitiative immunoglobulins)?
For example, in cold agglutinin disease or AIHA, antibodies can be detected via DAT, but are often not observed on assays for monoclonal gammopathies.
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How would you treat non-secretory myeloma in an inpatient setting?
Does your management change based on the type of end-organ involvement at the time of diagnosis? Are there any reports of CNS involvement with non-se...
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Is there any benefit in continuing VRd instead of VR as maintenance therapy in transplant ineligible multiple myeloma?
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For patients with cancer receiving a bone-modifying agent (bisphosphonate or denosumab) who suffer a fracture requiring stabilization or reconstruction, how do you manage the bone-modifying agent peri-operatively?
Is there concern for impaired healing? Do you pause therapy and for how long?
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Is there a role for MRD monitoring in the decision to switch from a triplet regimen to maintenance therapy in transplant-ineligible myeloma patients?
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How do you approach treatment in a patient with a solitary plasmacytoma with minimal marrow involvement (< 10% clonal plasma cells)?
Is there any data justifying the use of systemic therapy over localized therapy (e.g. radiation or surgery) in this situation prior to a progression e...
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Under what circumstances do you consider double autologous stem cell transplants for patients with multiple myeloma?
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How do you treat newly diagnosed multiple myeloma with 1q gain?
Given the recent reclassification of gain(1q21) as a high risk cytogenetic abnormality, has this changed your practice in managing newly diagnosed pat...
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In a patient with multiple myeloma who cannot tolerate lenalidomide or bortezomib due to GI toxicity, what regimen would you choose for next-line therapy?
Is there evidence for daratumumab-based doublet regimens? Would your choice differ based on the patient's transplant eligibility?
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Do you hold maintenance lenalidomide or bortezomib for a patient who needs a surgery?
For example, for joing replacement surgery? Do you hold the revlimid for certain about of time before and after?
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How do you manage severe lenalidomide-associated drug rash in a transplant-eligible patient with multiple myeloma?
Would your approach change based on the type of reaction (eg. Stevens-Johnson syndrome vs DRESS)? How would you address maintenance (if any) post-tra...
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Is there any role for bisphosphonate or alternative bone-modifying agents use in SMM in the absence of other indications for its use?
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Is there any role for early stem cell mobilization and collection during the SMM phase?
Do you worry about the ability to collect stem cells (at the time of progression to MM) if someone with SMM has been on prolonged lenalidomide?
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How long do you treat with IMID in a case of smoldering multiple myeloma?
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Does high risk cytogenetics as a sole abnormality influence your treatment decision for smoldering multiple myeloma?
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How do you treat anaplastic multiple myeloma?
What features are used to distinguish anaplastic multiple myeloma (AMM), and what other conditions should be considered in a differential diagnosis (e...
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Would you consider using daratumumab in the first line setting for non-transplant eligible multiple myeloma?
To me, the recent NEJM study is flawed in that the control arm did not have maintenance treatment while the experimental arm used maintenance Dar...
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How would you manage a patient with a solitary plasmacytoma with a partial response to RT?
Would you recommend surgical resection if feasible? Or just monitor every 3-6 months as NCCN guidelines suggest? Would your management differ based o...
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What is your approach to a patient with systemic AL amyloidosis who has achieved a hematologic response but not an organ response with CyBorD?
Would you proceed to autologous transplant, or switch to an alternate regimen (eg. daratumumab-based) first? Would the type or degree of organ involv...
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How do you approach a patient with IgM monoclonal gammopathy associated with severe neuropathy of unclear etiology?
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Do you perform biomarker-based screening for AL amyloidosis in patients with newly diagnosed MGUS?
If so, what is your approach to laboratory and clinical testing?
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How do you approach the workup and initial treatment of systemic AL amyloidosis?
Once a tissue biopsy has confirmed light chain amyloid, what additional tests do you perform as part of a standard workup? In whom should treatment b...
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How would you decide on VRd vs DRd for initial management of transplant ineligible multiple myeloma?
Are there specific patient groups where you would choose one over the other? Are the cost differences significant enough to dissuade you from choosin...
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How do you manage patients who develop de novo or recurrent skin cancers (SCC or BCC) while on lenalidomide?
Do these events mandate discontinuation of lenalidomide therapy or switching to a different agent? Can appropriate therapy for these skin cancers be r...
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Do you recommend lenalidomide for high risk smoldering multiple myeloma?
Given the PFS benefit seen in the most recent ECOG-ACRIN, and the prior study of Rd showing an OS benefit, is your practice to put any high-risk SMM p...
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What dosing regimen of carfilzomib do you use in the front line setting for high risk transplant-eligible multiple myeloma?
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In a patient with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia doing well and feeling better on ibrutinib & rituximab, but with a rising IgM, do you switch treatment or continue?
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What is your preferred maintenance therapy in young, fit patients with de novo plasma cell leukemia who achieve complete response after autologous stem cell transplantation?
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How do you treat a gastric plasmacytoma which is not amenable to radiation?
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When do you offer consolidative tandem autologous stem cell transplantation for high-risk multiple myeloma?
For example - Would you offer tandem transplantation in a young, fit patient in a CR after first transplant, but with MRD detectable?
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Can post op RT be omitted in a surgically repaired pathological fracture site in multiple myeloma if the patient will receive systemic therapy?
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With recent measles outbreaks occurring in the US, would you consider offering multiple myeloma patients s/p ASCT on maintenance treatment vaccination, or an alternate means of immunity?
Although the MMR vaccine is contraindicated in immunosuppressed patients on anticancer treatment according to CDC/ACIP and IDSA guidelines, data on sa...
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Would detection of an adverse cytogenetic marker such as dup(1q) alone in the setting of MGUS satisfy criteria for a diagnosis of multiple myeloma?
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In transplant-eligible, fit patients with multiple myeloma who have an inadequate response to front-line therapy, what regimen would you choose for second-line?
Given the recent results presented from the Griffin trial, would you choose a daratumumab-based regimen (eg. D-VRd) over other salvage options (V...
1 Answer available
What is your preferred first-line therapy for a patient with standard risk multiple myeloma?
Has the recent data presented at ASH affected your choice of regimen? Would your choice differ between transplant-eligible and transplant-ineligible ...
1 Answer available
Is there a role for assessing measurable/minimal residual disease (MRD) in multiple myeloma at this time?
Would MRD assessments affect your clinical decision making for MM patients outside of a clinical trial?
1 Answer available
When do you choose to give CyBorD over RVd in a newly diagnosed myeloma patient?
Specifically, what regimen would you choose in a patient with new renal failure but not requiring dialysis?
3 Answers available
How do you utilize lenalidomide maintenance in non-transplant eligible myeloma?
Does the choice of initial induction regimen affect your decision for when to employ lenalidomide maintenance? Are there situations where you would c...
1 Answer available
What is your preferred approach to therapy in transplant ineligible multiple myeloma initially treated with CyBorD owing to acute renal failure, after achieving a VGPR (+IFE alone) with continued mild-moderate renal impairment?
Would you change to an alternative triplet therapy, or switch to maintenance therapy? Are there variations in depth of response short of CR that woul...
1 Answer available
What are some preferred steroid sparing regimens for untreated multiple myeloma patients who have type 1 diabetes mellitus?
1 Answer available
What is your preferred approach to the treatment of transplant ineligible multiple myeloma that has been treated with a triplet regimen and reached a plateau phase?
Would you observe until progression or would you place the patient on maintenance?
1 Answer available
How would you approach a patient with smoldering myeloma that has a quickly rising and very high M-spike (6 g/dL range)?
Once you decide to begin treatment, any special precautions you would use for protein levels starting that high.
1 Answer available
Do you ever consider the use of weekly (as opposed to bi-weekly bortezomib) for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who are transplant eligible?
1 Answer available
When treating a patient with multiple myeloma with bortezomib, how do you decide between subcutaneous vs intravenous dosing?
Subq has been shown to have lower risk of neuropathy. Is there any reason to use weekly IV still?
3 Answers available
How would you treat a fit, newly diagnosed, high-risk multiple myeloma patient with multiple poor risk factors and circulating plasma cells?
In a patient with multiple poor risk features including TP53 mutation, 1q amplification, stage III, and circulating plasma cells, would you consider a...
1 Answer available
When do you consider re-starting treatment for a patient with relapsed myeloma?
For example, how significant does the M protein have to increase for you to begin a conversation about new therapy?
2 Answers available
How do you choose among regimens for relapsed refractory myeloma?
Specifically, to you lean towards elotuzumab or a daratumumab-based regimen?
1 Answer available
Given the sensitivity and prognostic value of the serum free light chain ratio for light chain multiple myeloma, do you continue to check urine studies?
2 Answers available
In multiple myeloma patients on bortezomib and dexamethasone, who develop HZV reactivation while on HZV prophylaxis, do you stop bortezomib/dexamethasone permanently?
1 Answer available
If a patient with myeloma develops a symptomatic DVT or PE while on an immunomodulatory drug such as lenalidomide, would you stop the IMiD?
Would you ever give another IMiD?
2 Answers available
How do you manage the development of neuropathy in patients receiving bortezomib for multiple myeloma?
At what point is the neuropathy a contraindication to further bortezomib therapy?
1 Answer available
Has the combination of daratumumab, bortezomib, and dexamethasone been tried for the treatment of plasma cell leukemia?
1 Answer available


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