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May 1, 2021

Featuring an interview with Dr Morie A Gertz, including the following topics:

  • Recent advances in the treatment of amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis (0:00)
  • Case: A woman in her late 70s receiving medical care for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is diagnosed with AL amyloidosis (22:12)
  • Case: A man in his late 70s being monitored for multiple myeloma after a diagnosis of smoldering multiple myeloma is found to have AL amyloidosis (25:04)
  • Case: A man in his early 70s with amyloidosis with peripheral neuropathy receives a misdiagnosis of MGUS (26:29)
  • Pathophysiology and diagnosis of AL amyloidosis (28:32)
  • Case: A woman in her late 70s being monitored for MGUS is found to have AL amyloidosis (34:37)
  • Design, eligibility criteria and key endpoints of the Phase III ANDROMEDA study evaluating subcutaneous daratumumab in combination with CyBorD versus CyBorD alone for patients with newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis (39:22)
  • Activity and tolerability of pomalidomide, venetoclax or isatuximab in patients with AL amyloidosis (47:48)
  • Mechanism of action and efficacy of CAEL-101, an antibody targeting light chain amyloid fibrils, for AL amyloidosis (53:48)
  • Selection and sequencing of therapy for patients with AL amyloidosis (56:17)

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