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Radiation Therapy in Combination with Elranatamab for the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma Patients with Extramedullary and Paramedullary Disease

Trial Status: approved

This phase II trial tests how well radiation therapy induced immune priming to enhance how well elranatamab works in treating patients with multiple myeloma that has come back after a period of improvement (relapsed) or that does not respond to treatment (refractory) with extramedullary disease and paramedullary disease. Patients with extramedullary and paramedullary disease represent a critical unmet need in the management of multiple myeloma. These disease manifestations are associated with aggressive biology and marked resistance to standard therapies, resulting in poor survival outcomes. Extramedullary disease involves the infiltration of organs and soft tissues by malignant (clonal) plasma cells, most frequently affecting the skin, liver, lymph nodes, pleura, and central nervous system. Paramedullary disease refers to soft tissue plasma cell tumors that grow directly from the bone into surrounding tissue. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays, particles, or radioactive seeds to kill cancer cells and shrink cancers. A monoclonal antibody, such as elranatamab, is a type of protein that can bind to certain targets in the body, such as molecules that cause the body to make an immune response (antigens). Giving the combination of radiation therapy and elranatamab may help to better control relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma that has spread outside of the bone marrow.