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Once-weekly dosing of carfilzomib approved by FDA
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a once-weekly dosing regimen of carfilzomib (Kyprolis®) in combination with dexamethasone, to treat patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (MM). The new indication enables a single 70 mg/m2 dose to be administered once-weekly (along with dexamethasone), instead of the previous twice-weekly dose of 27 mg/m2.
The approval was based on the ARROW study presented at ASCO in June 2018, and previously detailed in an interview for the MM Hub by Maria Victoria Mateos. The study showed an improved PFS in patients receiving the once-weekly regimen and in addition, offers a more convenient regimen.
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