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Pre-Transplant Purging and Post-Transplant MRD-Guided Maintenance Therapy with Elranatamab in Patients with High-Risk Multiple Myeloma

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial tests how well pre-transplant and post-transplant minimal residual disease (MRD)-guided elranatamab works in treating patients with newly diagnosed high-risk multiple myeloma. Treatment for multiple myeloma, an incurable cancer, typically includes combination induction therapy before an autologous stem cell transplant followed by maintenance therapy. Elranatamab is a monoclonal antibody that may interfere with the ability of cancer cells to grow and spread. Elranatamab binds to CD3 receptors on T cells (a type of immune cell) and the human B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) on plasma cells, causing an immune response against cancerous plasma cells that express BCMA. Emerging data has shown that MRD (cancer remaining after treatment) may be an effective marker to guide duration of treatment. Giving elranatamab before and after autologous stem cell transplant using MRD guidance may be an effective way to control disease in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.