Carfilzomib is an injectable antineoplastic agent (IV only). Chemically, it is a modified tetrapeptidyl epoxide and an analog of epoxomicin. It is also a selective proteasome inhibitor. FDA approved carfilzomib in July 2012 for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma as monotherapy or combination therapy.
Carfilzomib is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received one to three lines of therapy in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone; or dexamethasone; or daratumumab and dexamethasone; or daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj and dexamethasone; or isatuximab and dexamethasone. It is also indicated as a single agent for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received one or more lines of therapy.
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Florida Cancer Specialists South, Fort Myers, Florida, United States
Tennessee Oncology-Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
The John Theurer Cancer Center @ Hackensack UMC, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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