Oral melphalan, prednisone, and thalidomide in elderly patients with multiple myeloma: updated results of a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Blood on May 27, 2008

Authors

Antonio Palumbo1, Sara Bringhen, Anna M Liberati, Tommaso Caravita, Antonietta Falcone, Vincenzo Callea, Marco Montanaro, Roberto Ria, Antonio Capaldi, Renato Zambello, Giulia Benevolo, Daniele Derudas, Fausto Dore, Federica Cavallo, Francesca Gay, Patrizia Falco, Giovannino Ciccone, Pellegrino Musto, Michele Cavo, Mario Boccadoro

Author Affiliations

1: Divisione di Ematologia dell'Università di Torino, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy.

Associated clinical trials:

Melphalan, Prednisone and Thalidomide Versus Melphalan and Prednisone in Elderly Myeloma Patients | NCT00232934

Evaluation of the Use of Apixaban in Prevnetion of Thromboembolic Disease in Patients With Myeloma Trated With iMiDs (MYELAXAT) | NCT02066454

Study of Daratumumab in Multiple Myeloma (MM) Patients in >VGPR/MRD-positive (DART4MM) | NCT03992170

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