Key updates on CAR-T therapy for multiple myeloma

The treatment of multiple myeloma is a rapidly evolving field with advances in the understanding of myeloma disease biology contributing to the development of novel targeted therapies. Recently, there has been a rapid increase in the number of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies being trialed for patients with multiple myeloma, and in March 2021, idecabtagene vicleucel became the first CAR-T therapy to receive FDA approval for the treatment of myeloma.

In this podcast, Nina Shah of the University of California San Francisco, CA; Saad Usmani of the Levine Cancer Institute, NC; Sham Mailankody of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, NY; Adam Cohen of the Abramson Cancer Centre, PA; and Maria-Victoria Mateos of the University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain, discuss the use of CAR-T therapy in patients with multiple myeloma.