Systemic light chain amyloidosis

V Sanchorawala - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Systemic Light Chain Amyloidosis Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis
is a rare disease that occurs when a plasma cell disorder produces monoclonal light chains …

Systemic amyloidosis recognition, prognosis, and therapy: a systematic review

MA Gertz, A Dispenzieri - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many patients with systemic amyloidosis are underdiagnosed. Overall, 25% of
patients with immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis die within 6 months of diagnosis …

Daratumumab-based treatment for immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis

E Kastritis, G Palladini, MC Minnema… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Systemic immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by
deposition of amyloid fibrils of light chains produced by clonal CD38+ plasma cells …

Phase 1a/b study of monoclonal antibody CAEL-101 (11-1F4) in patients with AL amyloidosis

CV Edwards, N Rao, D Bhutani… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Systemic immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis is characterized by pathologic deposition
of immunoglobulin light chains as amyloid fibrils in vital organs, leading to organ impairment …

How I treat AL amyloidosis

G Palladini, G Merlini - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
The treatment of patients with systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a challenge to
hematologists. Despite its generally small size, the underlying clone causes a rapidly …

AL Amyloidosis for Cardiologists: Awareness, Diagnosis, and Future Prospects: JACC: CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review

AD Wechalekar, M Fontana, CC Quarta, M Liedtke - Cardio Oncology, 2022 - jacc.org
Amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare, debilitating, often fatal disease. Symptoms of
cardiomyopathy are common presenting features, and patients often are referred to …

Graded cardiac response criteria for patients with systemic light chain amyloidosis

E Muchtar, A Dispenzieri, B Wisniowski… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Binary cardiac response assessment using cardiac biomarkers is prognostic in
light chain amyloidosis. Previous studies suggested four-level cardiac responses using N …

[PDF][PDF] Birtamimab plus standard of care in light-chain amyloidosis: the phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled VITAL trial

MA Gertz, AD Cohen, RL Comenzo, E Kastritis… - Blood, 2023 - ashpublications.org
Amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare, typically fatal disease characterized by the
accumulation of misfolded immunoglobulin light chains (LCs). Birtamimab is an …

Treatment of AL amyloidosis: Mayo stratification of myeloma and risk-adapted therapy (mSMART) consensus statement 2020 update

E Muchtar, A Dispenzieri, MA Gertz, SK Kumar… - Mayo Clinic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a clonal plasma cell disorder leading to
progressive and life-threatening organ failure. The heart and the kidneys are the most …

Recent advances in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of systemic light-chain amyloidosis

I Vaxman, M Gertz - Acta Haematologica, 2019 - karger.com
The term amyloidosis refers to a group of disorders in which protein fibrils accumulate in
certain organs, disrupt their tissue architecture, and impair the function of the effected organ …