Real-world comparison of daratumumab-based regimens in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma using health record data

Abstract

Daratumumab (dara)-based triplet therapies are commonly used in the second-line (2L) and third-line (3L) settings in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM), usually in combination with dexamethasone and either bortezomib (dara-Vd), carfilzomib (dara-Kd), or pomalidomide (dara-Pd). We performed a real-world (rw) analysis to directly compare these regimens, to our knowledge, for the first time. This was an observational, retrospective cohort study using COTA’s rw database of patients with MM who have initiated 2L or 3L therapy with dara-Vd, dara-Kd, or dara-Pd. rw time to next treatment (rwTTNT) and rw overall survival (rwOS) were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method. Comparative analyses were conducted using a trimmed inverse probability of treatment weighting method to control for potential confounders. A total of 639 patients received a dara-based regimen as either 2L or 3L therapy (dara-Vd, n = 201; dara-Kd, n = 122; and dara-Pd, n = 316). A high proportion had functional (52%) or cytogenetic (26%) high-risk disease; 49% were lenalidomide refractory. Median rwTTNT for dara-Vd was 7.6 months and was 12.9 months for dara-Kd (hazard ratio [HR], 0.70; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.49-0.99). Similarly, median rwTTNT for dara-Vd was 6.9 months and 15.3 months for dara-Pd (HR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.43-0.77). Median rwTTNT for dara-Pd was 15.7 months, and for dara-Kd 13.2 months (HR, 1.1; 95% CI, 0.8-1.6). No regimen was associated with superior rwOS. Among patients with RRMM receiving 2L or 3L therapy with a dara-based triplet, dara-Vd was associated with inferior rwTTNT compared with both dara-Kd and dara-Pd. dara-Vd may not be a suitable control arm for most phase 3 studies.