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Navigating Bispecific Antibodies in Myeloma Care with Alfred Garfall, MD and Bea Razzo

Posted on: Feb 10, 2024
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This show will not be live streamed, it will be recorded on February 1st. You can submit your questions in advance here. 

Bispecific antibodies are an increasingly popular choice for relapsed/refractory myeloma care. Learn more about this type of treatment with Dr. Alfred Garfall and Dr. Bea Razzo in this HealthTree Podcast. They will cover the FDA approved bispecific antibodies, those in development, how this changes the myeloma treatment landscape, sequencing, side effects and new strategies like a fixed duration that may reduce the treatment burden for patients. 

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Overview

Bispecific antibodies are an exciting new therapy in multiple myeloma. Learn from Dr. Alfred Garfall and Dr. Bea Razzo about this new type of treatment that now has three approved drugs and more options in development. Drs. Garfall and Razzo talk about how the therapies work, the different targets, side effects that occur with bispecific antibodies and the strategies to limit the duration of bispecifics to lower side effects. Dr. Razzo shares this open clinical trial at UPENN testing teclistamab as fixed duration therapy for patients who have expericed stable disease after 6 months on teclistamab. 

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Healthtree contact Jennifer Ahlstrom

Jennifer Ahlstrom

Myeloma survivor, patient advocate, wife, mom of 6. Believer that patients can help accelerate a cure by weighing in and participating in clinical research. Founder of the HealthTree Foundation.
Healthtree contact Alfred Garfall, MD

Alfred Garfall, MD

Dr. Garfall is Director of the Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation program and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Healthtree contact Bea Razzo

Bea Razzo

Beatrice Razzo is currently a Hematology-Oncology Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She performed her internship and residency at NYU Langone.
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