Prevention of Bortezomib-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Newly Multiple Myeloma Patients Using Nervonic Acid, Curcuma Rizoma, and L-Arginine Compound: A Pilot Study.
Marta MaschioAndrea MaialettiFrancesco MarchesiSvitlana GumenyukFrancesco PisaniElena PapaEdvina GalièTatiana KoudriavtsevaGiuliana GrazianoDiana GiannarelliAndrea MengarelliPublished in: Integrative cancer therapies (2022)
In our study, the compound was not adequate to prevent BIPN. The incidence of subclinical PN in MM patients is a risk factor for the development of severe neurotoxicity during BTZ treatment. For this reason to evaluate the efficacy of any preventive compound, as well as to manage MM patients, it should be mandatory to include neurophysiological study as a standard procedure.