Pomalidomide: The new immunomodulatory agent for the treatment of multiple myeloma

Blood Cancer Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chanan Khan, A A ^a   Swaika, A ^a,b   Paulus, A ^a   Kumar, S K ^c   Mikhael, J R ^d   Rajkumar, S V ^c   Dispenzieri, A ^c   Lacy, M Q ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunomodulatory agents; Multiple myeloma; Pomalidomide; Treatment

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE INDUCED MATURATION PROTEIN 1; BENDAMUSTINE; BORTEZOMIB; CARFILZOMIB; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; LENALIDOMIDE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; POMALIDOMIDE; PREDNISONE; RANTES; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGITATION; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOATING; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSTIPATION; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INSOMNIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MEDLINE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PNEUMONIA; RASH; REMISSION; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VOMITING;

EID: 84885367292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20445385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2013.38     Document Type: Review

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