
Shaji Kumar
Indian cinematographer
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Sep 27, 2026
Smoldering Multiple Myeloma | Shaji Kumar, MD and Adeel Khan, MD | HemeHub.org
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Adeel KhanHOST
Are we better off calling this MGUS? Are we better off calling this smoldering myeloma? Should we average it to 7.5? What is really the best approach here?

Shaji KumarGUEST
Yeah, again, assuming that the IgG kappa monoclonal protein and the light chains don't kind of meet the threshold for smoldering myeloma, then I think it's reasonable to call it a muggers.
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Treatment Algorithm of Early Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM)
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Rahul GosainHOST
Shaji, today, can you touch on how do you pick one option over another here, keeping if the disease is len and dara exposed versus this disease being refractory to these options?

Shaji KumarGUEST
It's a good problem that we are facing right now for the treatment of first relapse multiple myeloma.

Shaji KumarGUEST
In the past, the typical approach had been somebody who is coming off len maintenance.

Shaji KumarGUEST
We had the choice of adding the anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody daratumumab, either in combination with pomalidomide or with carfilzomib.

Shaji KumarGUEST
And those regimens were associated with good progression-free survival, especially the carfilzomib-based regimens, approximately three years roughly in those patient population.
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ENDURANCE Trial - Time-limited Lenalidomide Maintenance for Standard Risk Myeloma
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Rohit GosainHOST
With that background in mind, Shaji, can you touch on the endurance study design and what are we trying to address here?

Shaji KumarGUEST
It's not necessarily about len maintenance or some other maintenance as much as it drives home the point that more is not necessarily better.

Shaji KumarGUEST
I think when we started the clinical trial or designed the clinical trial, originally it was conceptually focused on, yes, len maintenance continuously is what everyone's doing.

Shaji KumarGUEST
Is that really needed? Can we do less? And we said, "Let's do two years," based on the totality of data that was available at that time.

Shaji KumarGUEST
But the question has become even more germane over the past fifteen years that we've been following these patients because trial after trial has been designed to give patients treatment until the disease progression without necessarily exploring the alternative option that a limited duration therapy could be sufficient.

Shaji KumarGUEST
And I think that's where the impact of the study is, which expands well beyond just the question of when somebody's on len maintenance, do we just give len maintenance for a fixed duration? I think that question is very well answered by the study.
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Rohit GosainHOST
For this transplant eligible patient, can you forego transplant if MRD is negative after induction therapy?