Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022)
Health Technology Reviews

Lenalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone as Induction Therapy Before Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Myeloma

Published January 6, 2022

Key Messages

  • One relevant systematic review and network meta-analysis (which included 1 relevant randomized controlled trial), 4 non-randomized studies, and 6 evidence-based guideline reports, representing 5 evidence-based guidelines were identified in this report.
  • The clinical effectiveness regarding response, relapse, progression-free survival, and overall survival broadly favoured bortezomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone (RVd) over bortezomib-cyclophosphamide-dexamethasone (CyBorD), although the magnitude and direction of association was not always consistent, and few estimates were statistically significant.
  • Limited evidence on the safety of RVd relative to CyBorD was found.
  • No evidence on the cost-effectiveness of RVd as induction therapy before autologous stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma was found.
  • Among the 5 included guidelines, 3 specifically recommend RVd as a first option for induction therapy among transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients, and 2 recommend more broadly defined 3-drug induction regimens that include RVd.