New immune therapies aim to tackle High-Risk myeloma early

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patient is, in the investigator's opinion, willing and able to comply with the protocol requirements. * Patient has given voluntary written informed consent before performance of any study-related procedure nor part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent may be withdrawn by the patient at any time without prejudice to their future medical care. * Patient is ≥ 18 years of age (or the legal age of consent in the jurisdiction in which the study is taking place) at the time of informed consent. * Patient has documented diagnosis of multiple myeloma according to IMWG diagnostic criteria, with at least one of the following high-risk features: 1. High-risk FISH: del(17p), t(4;14), t(14;16) and 1q amplifications. 2. R-ISS 3 3. Presence of extramedullary disease, defined as presence of paramedullary lesions or extramedullary plasmacytoma. Note: In order to have a representative population with high-risk features, 50% of patients included will have ultra-high risk disease defined as: i) R-ISS 3; ii) Double hit (at least two high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities); iii) One high-risk cytogenetic abnormality + extramedullary disease. * Patients eligible for transplant with age ≤ 70 years old (young and transplant-eligible) or patients not eligible for transplant with ECOG-PS modified frailty score of 0-1 (elderly-fit). * Patient has an ECOG performance status of 0, 1or 2. Exclusion Criteria: * Prior or current systemic therapy or SCT for any plasma cell dyscrasia, with the exception of 1 cycle of antimyeloma treatment or the emergency use of a short course (equivalent of dexamethasone 40 mg/day for a maximum 4 days) of corticosteroids before treatment while waiting for results of genetic analysis. A cycle of therapy may include treatment with proteasome inhibitors, immunomodulatory drugs, alkylators and corticosteroids, and/or anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies (i.e, bortezomib-thalidomide-dexamethasone, D-VTD, bortezomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone, or bortezomib-cyclophosphamide-dexamethasone, are valid options). * Peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain Grade 2 or higher, as defined by the NCI-CTCAE Version 5. * Patient has a diagnosis of primary light chain amyloidosis, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), plasma cell leukemia or active POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes) at the time of screening. * Myelodysplastic syndrome or active malignancies (ie, progressing or requiring treatment change in the last 24 months) other than relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. The only allowed exceptions are malignancies treated within the last 24 months that are considered completely cured: 1. Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (solitary Ta-papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignancy or low grade, \< 3 cm, no carcinoma in situ). 2. Skin cancer (non-melanoma skin cancers treated with curative therapy or localized melanoma treated with curative surgical resection alone). 3. Noninvasive cervical cancer. 4. Localized prostate cancer (M0, N0) with a Gleason score of ≤ 7a, treated locally only (radical prostatectomy/radiation therapy/focal treatment). 5. Breast cancer: adequately treated lobular carcinoma in situ or ductal carcinoma in situ, localized breast cancer and receiving antihormonal agents. 6. Other malignancy that is considered cured with minimal risk of recurrence. * Patient has CNS or exhibits clinical signs of meningeal involvement of multiple myeloma. If either is suspected, negative whole brain MRI and lumbar cytology are required.