Thalidomide/Dexamethasone Treatment And PET Evaluation In Organ Involvemenet of Cardiac Amyloidosis

Summary

To prove the organ-reversing potential of thalidomide for amyloidosis with cardiac involvement

Timeline

Start

2016-10

Primary completion

2019-09

Completion

2019-09

Publications

• Background Kastritis E, Dimopoulos MA. Recent advances in the management of AL Amyloidosis. Br J Haematol. 2016 Jan;172(2):170-86. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13805. Epub 2015 Oct 22.
• Background Gatt ME, Palladini G. Light chain amyloidosis 2012: a new era. Br J Haematol. 2013 Mar;160(5):582-98. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12191. Epub 2013 Jan 7.
• Background Dispenzieri A, Buadi F, Laumann K, LaPlant B, Hayman SR, Kumar SK, Dingli D, Zeldenrust SR, Mikhael JR, Hall R, Rajkumar SV, Reeder C, Fonseca R, Bergsagel PL, Stewart AK, Roy V, Witzig TE, Lust JA, Russell SJ, Gertz MA, Lacy MQ. Activity of pomalidomide in patients with immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis. Blood. 2012 Jun 7;119(23):5397-404. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-02-413161. Epub 2012 Apr 4.
• Background Dispenzieri A, Lacy MQ, Zeldenrust SR, Hayman SR, Kumar SK, Geyer SM, Lust JA, Allred JB, Witzig TE, Rajkumar SV, Greipp PR, Russell SJ, Kabat B, Gertz MA. The activity of lenalidomide with or without dexamethasone in patients with primary systemic amyloidosis. Blood. 2007 Jan 15;109(2):465-70. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-07-032987. Epub 2006 Sep 28.
• Background Kastritis E, Terpos E, Roussou M, Gavriatopoulou M, Pamboukas C, Boletis I, Marinaki S, Apostolou T, Nikitas N, Gkortzolidis G, Michalis E, Delimpasi S, Dimopoulos MA. A phase 1/2 study of lenalidomide with low-dose oral cyclophosphamide and low-dose dexamethasone (RdC) in AL amyloidosis. Blood. 2012 Jun 7;119(23):5384-90. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-12-396903. Epub 2012 Apr 18.
• Background Lee SP, Lee ES, Choi H, Im HJ, Koh Y, Lee MH, Kwon JH, Paeng JC, Kim HK, Cheon GJ, Kim YJ, Kim I, Yoon SS, Seo JW, Sohn DW. 11C-Pittsburgh B PET imaging in cardiac amyloidosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jan;8(1):50-59. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.09.018. Epub 2014 Nov 4.

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