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Aquila did not have adequate crossover to prove that in 2025 there would be benefit of treating SMM. When the standard of care is a quad w/ anti-CD38. To say that Dara was beneficial for SMM but the control group only had a fraction receive the drug on progression is incomplete.
Daratumumab is the standard of care for high risk smoldering myeloma, and should be considered as Option 1 (if available) after discussing pros and cons. It’s limited duration therapy that is approved by the FDA, and is approved in Europe.
Observation alone is fraught with risk even in the best of centers. Patients find it hard to get appointments to see doctors and specialists and get the right monitoring done to prevent end organ damage. So while that option is OK for certain patients, if that option is chosen please watch closely like the control arm of AQUILA (easier said than done) and as with dara, do so after discussing pros and cons.
In my experience after doing many chart reviews and reviewing lots of lots of patient records, many physicians are super confident of being able to watch closely and prevent serious end organ damage but the reality is different.
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I need a drug company to have a clinical trial theme with espresso drinks. Latte-2, cappuccino-1, etc.
Then during medical decision making we can say “based on Cortado-5…”
AQUILA: Only 18% of control arm received Dara. The CI for this was 0.27 to 0.98
It’s hard to believe there would OS benefit in 2024,when most patients have Dara with tx. Also unlikely to be statistical significance if there was more crossover.
Not to mention other limitations