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Daratumumab monotherapy in patients with treatment-refractory multiple myeloma (SIRIUS): an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial

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Daratumumab monotherapy showed encouraging efficacy in heavily pretreated and refractory patients with multiple myeloma, with a favourable safety profile in this population of patients.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2016-04-09 and is currently open access. It has received 680 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Daratumumab & Population.

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Proteasome inhibitors in cancer therapy

TL;DR: Investigation of the mechanisms of resistance is essential to further maximize the utility of this class of drugs in the era of personalized medicine.
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CD38-Targeted Immunochemotherapy in Refractory Multiple Myeloma: A New Horizon

TL;DR: Daratumumab is a human monoclonal antibody that has potent anti- Multiple Myeloma activity both as monotherapy and in combination with other multiple myeloma treatments, and has breakthrough designation on this basis.
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Daratumumab, a Human CD38 Antibody Induces Apoptosis of Myeloma Tumor Cells Via Fc Receptor-Mediated Crosslinking.

TL;DR: In vitro data suggest that FcR-mediated crosslinking of DARA induces apoptosis of CD38 expressing tumor cells, and can thus be considered an additional mechanism of action for DARA.
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Elotuzumab and daratumumab: emerging new monoclonal antibodies for multiple myeloma.

TL;DR: This review focuses on the basic and clinical aspects of two emerging and promising novel MoAbs for MM, elotuzumab which targets CS1 and daratumumabWhich targets CD38, which are relatively specific to myeloma cells and expressed in more than 90% of MM patients.
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