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Daratumumab in combination with proteasome inhibitors, rapidly decreases polyclonal immunoglobulins and increases infection risk among relapsed multiple myeloma patients: a single center retrospective study.

Roy VitkonDan NetanelyShai LeviTomer Ziv-BaranRonit Ben-YzakBen-Zion KatzNoam BenyaminiSvetlana TrestmanMoshe MittelmanYael CohenIrit Avivi
Published in: Therapeutic advances in hematology (2021)
Relapsed MM patients treated with Dara, often experience persistent hypogammaglobinemia, irrespective of responsiveness to treatment. Infections, especially respiratory, are frequent and apparently related to low Poly-IgG levels. IVIG should be considered for reducing infections in these patients.
Keyphrases
  • multiple myeloma
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • chronic kidney disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • acute myeloid leukemia
  • prognostic factors
  • diffuse large b cell lymphoma