Internal Medicine

University of Chicago

Questions discussed in this category

How do you approach treatment for patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMID) with end-stage renal disease who are considering kidney transplant?

Most patients with PGNMID have no detectable disease in their marrow or blood and urine protein cannot adequately be monitored.

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For relapsed/refractory myeloma, how long of a disease-free interval from first autologous transplant do you recommend before considering a second autologous transplant?

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How would one alter therapy in a transplant-ineligible AL amyloidosis with less than a complete response to six cycles of Dara-CyBorD?

Would you continue with daratumumab maintenance per ANDROMEDA or switch regimen?

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Papers discussed in this category

Blood Cancer J, 2021 Jan 11

Venetoclax induces deep hematologic remissions in t(11;14) relapsed/refractory AL amyloidosis.

N Engl J Med,

Daratumumab-Based Treatment for Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Amyloidosis.

Lancet Haematol,

The effect of salvage autologous stem-cell transplantation on overall survival in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma (final results from BSBMT/UKMF Myeloma X Relapse [Intensive]): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial.

Leukemia, 2020 Jul 21

Salvage autologous transplant and lenalidomide maintenance vs. lenalidomide/dexamethasone for relapsed multiple myeloma: the randomized GMMG phase III trial ReLApsE.

Kidney international, 2018-07

Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin G deposits is associated with high rate of early recurrence in the allograft.

BMC nephrology, 2019-02-14

Complete biopsy-proven resolution of deposits in recurrent proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMIGD) following rituximab treatment in renal allograft.

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