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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) – improving the quality of life of myeloma patients while working toward prevention and a cure – today said a study just published in a major medical journal could change the way certain patients with early myeloma are treated. The standard of care for patients with smoldering myeloma – myeloma diagnosed so early there are no symptoms – is to wait and watch until symptoms occur. But a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that early intervention and maintenance with a REVLIMID®-based regimen in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma “significantly delayed the time to progression to symptomatic disease, and resulted in an overall survival benefit.”
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