How do you approach transplant eligible myeloma patients with a partial or minimal response to treatment with 3-4 cycles of RVD?

After 3-4 cycles of RVD, would you automatically take the patient to transplant if he has achieved at least a partial response, or is there any benefit of deepening the response before transplant? If so would you consider adding another agent for that purpose?

Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution

This is something that occurs more often than is reported. Put another way, what to do when a patient's response plateaus after achieving a partial response? Evidence suggests that achieving at least a PR during induction is associated with better post-autologous transplant outcomes. What abo...

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