Myeloma patient survey to inform development of personalised medicine tool
Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) is running a survey for European myeloma patients to understand their quality of life and how this is impacted by treatment side-effects.
Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) is running a survey for European myeloma patients to understand their quality of life and how this is impacted by treatment side-effects.
Today marks the official launch of a new international project consortium, known as “CARAMBA”, which will research an innovative immunotherapy for the treatment of multiple myeloma, known as Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T). Through strategic collaboration with a wide-range of stakeholders, the consortium aims to ensure the streamlined transition of CAR-T from the laboratory…
MPE is inviting members to express their interest in participating in a small pilot on patient information for newly diagnosed myeloma patients. As part of this pilot, MPE will be adapting and translating an Infopack for newly diagnosed patients (created by Myeloma UK) for use in small group of European countries. The Infopack provides information…
Myeloma Patients Europe will hold an online webinar to review the most recent myeloma findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) that took place in San Diego (California, United States) in December 2017. The talk will be given by Dr María Victoria Mateos, Associate Professor of Hematology and Consultant.…
The 59th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting will take place from 9 – 12 December in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (US). Myeloma Patients Europe (MPE) will be attending the meeting, alongside thousands of leading doctors, researchers and patient advocates in the field of blood cancer (hematology). Below we explain ASH and the importance…
53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) CHICAGO – In an early clinical trial, 33 out of 35 (94%) patients had clinical remission of myeloma upon receiving a new type of immunotherapy ̶ chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells targeting B-cell maturation protein or BCMA. Most patients had only mild side effects. The study was presented at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual…
53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Chicago – According to Phase 3 ‘482 study, the largest international multiple myeloma trial ever conducted with 1,718 patients involved, patients who receive denosumab (XGEVA) had a significantly lower rate of renal adverse events compared to zoledronic acid (10.0 percent versus 17.1 percent, p<0.001).…
53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) June, 2, 2017 CHICAGO – About 50% of all cancer survivors report moderate to high fear of recurrence. The fear can be so distressing that it negatively affects medical follow-up behavior, mood, relationships, work, goal setting, and quality of life, according to a study presented…