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Every 2 Week or Every 4 Week Dosing with Elranatamab for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Light Chain Amyloidosis

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests how well giving elranatamab every 2 weeks or every 4 weeks works for the treatment of newly diagnosed light chain (AL) amyloidosis. AL amyloidosis is a rare blood disorder in which abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow produce misfolded proteins (light chains) that deposit in organs throughout the body, causing progressive organ damage. The current standard treatment — daratumumab plus bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone (Dara-CyBorD) — achieves complete blood responses in roughly half of patients. However, many patients do not achieve sufficiently deep or rapid responses, and some cannot tolerate the chemotherapy and steroids in this regimen due to their underlying organ damage and frailty. Elranatamab works by connecting the patient's immune cells (T-cells) directly to the abnormal plasma cells causing amyloidosis, triggering their immune system to destroy those cells. This approach does not use traditional chemotherapy. Giving elranatamab every 4 weeks, instead of every 2 weeks, may allow for the treatment to still be effective while also decreasing the risk of side effects.