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AURIGA: Daratumumab + lenalidomide maintenance in newly diagnosed MM

By Sheetal Bhurke

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Feb 24, 2025

Learning objective: After reading this article, learners will be able to cite a new clinical development in multiple myeloma.



Daratumumab is approved as monotherapy and combination therapy in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM). Results from the phase III AURIGA trial (NCT03901963) evaluating the safety and efficacy of daratumumab-lenalidomide (D-R) maintenance therapy in patients with NDMM who achieved ≥VGPR, were anti-CD38 naïve, or MRD-positive after transplant were published in Blood by Badros et al.1

Patients were randomized to either D-R (n = 99) or R (n = 101) maintenance.1 The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients who achieved MRD negativity (10–5) by 12 months after maintenance treatment initiation.1


Key learnings
D-R maintenance improved MRD-negative conversion rates, with MRD-negative rates (10–5) of 50.5% with D-R vs 18.8% with R (OR, 4.51; 95% CI, 2.37–8.57; p < 0.0001).
At a median follow-up of 32.3 months, overall MRD negative rates (10–5) (60.6% vs 27.7%; OR, 4.12; 95% CI, 2.26–7.52; p < 0.001) and MRD negativity for ≥12 months (17.2% vs 5.0%; OR, 4.08; 95% CI, 1.43–11.62; p = 0.0065) were higher with D-R vs R.
CRR (75.8% vs 61.4%; OR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.08–3.69; p = 0.0255), PFS (HR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.29–0.97), and estimated 30-month PFS (82.7% vs 66.4%) were higher with D-R vs R.
Grade 3 or 4 AEs occurred in 74.0% and 67.3% of patients in the D-R vs R groups, with SAEs in 30.2% and 22.4% of patients, respectively. Rates of Grade 3 or 4 cytopenia (54.2% vs 46.9%) and infections (18.8% vs 13.3%) were also higher in the D-R vs R group.
These findings suggest that D-R maintenance improved MRD-negative conversion rates, PFS, and achieved deeper responses after transplant in patients with NDMM, with no new safety concerns.

Abbreviations: AE, adverse event; CI, confidence interval; CRR, complete response rate; D-R, daratumumab-lenalidomide; HR, hazard ratio; MRD, measurable residual disease; NDMM, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma; OR, odds ratio; PFS, progression-free survival; R, lenalidomide; SAE, serious adverse event; VGPR, very good partial response.

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