Frontiers in Oncology (Dec 2020)

Long-Term Safety of Rapid Daratumumab Infusions in Multiple Myeloma Patients

  • Alessandro Gozzetti,
  • Francesca Bacchiarri,
  • Vincenzo Sammartano,
  • Marzia Defina,
  • Anna Sicuranza,
  • Bianca Mecacci,
  • Elisabetta Zappone,
  • Emanuele Cencini,
  • Alberto Fabbri,
  • Donatella Raspadori,
  • Monica Bocchia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.570187
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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Multiple myeloma survival has significantly improved in recent years, due to novel agents that are available for treatment. The anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody Daratumumab is particularly efficient for patients with relapse/refractory disease, and many studies have shown its unprecedented efficacy also as a first treatment. However, to avoid the incidence of infusion reactions, long infusion schedules of 8 h at first dose and 4 h in the following doses are required, which can reduce the compliance of patients and health care professionals. A reduced infusion time of 90 min has been reported previously, but data are missing on the prolonged safety of this over time as well as the efficacy of this approach. In this work, we investigate the safety of 484 rapid Daratumumab infusions given early after the second dose over a 22 months period in 39 myeloma patients.

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