Prior treatment exposure in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma may affect outcomes with subsequent therapies. We analyzed efficacy and safety according to prior treatment in the phase 3 TOURMALINE-MM1 study of ixazomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone (ixazomib-Rd) versus placebo-Rd. Patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma received ixazomib-Rd or placebo-Rd. Efficacy and safety were evaluated in subgroups defined according to type (proteasome inhibitor [PI] and immunomodulatory drug) and number (1 vs. 2 or 3) of prior therapies received. Of 722 patients, 503 (70%) had received a prior PI, and 397 (55%) prior lenalidomide/thalidomide; 425 patients had received 1 prior therapy, and 297 received 2 or 3 prior therapies. At a median follow up of ~15 months, PFS was prolonged with ixazomib-Rd vs. placebo-Rd regardless of type of prior therapy received; HR 0.739 and 0.749 in PI-exposed and -naïve patients, HR 0.744 and 0.700 in immunomodulatory-drug-exposed and -naïve patients, respectively. PFS benefit with ixazomib-Rd vs. placebo-Rd appeared greater in patients with 2 or 3 prior therapies (HR 0.58) and in those with 1 prior therapy without prior transplant (HR 0.60) versus those with 1 prior therapy and transplant (HR 1.23). Across all subgroups, toxicity was consistent with that seen in the intent-to-treat population. In patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, ixazomib-Rd was associated with a consistent clinical benefit vs. placebo-Rd regardless of prior treatment with bortezomib or immunomodulatory drugs. Patients with 2 or 3 prior therapies, or 1 prior therapy without transplant seemed to have greater benefit than patients with 1 prior therapy and transplant. TOURMALINE-MM1 registered at clinicaltrials.gov identifier: 01564537.

Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston MA USA

Hospital Universitario de Salamanca Instituto Biosanitario de Salamanca Spain

Institut Paoli Calmettes Marseille France

Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto Francisco Gentil Entidade Pública Empresarial Portugal

Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee WI USA

Medical University of Lublin and St John's Cancer Center Lublin Poland

Middlemore Hospital Auckland New Zealand

Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc Cambridge MA a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Cambridge MA USA

Skåne University Hospital Lund University Sweden

Spitalul Clinic Coltea Bucharest Romania

St István St László Hospital 3 Department of Internal Medicine Semmelweis University Budapest Hungary

University Hospital Brno Czech Republic

University Hospital Hôtel Dieu Nantes France

University Hospital Rigshospitalet Copenhagen Denmark

University of Alberta Edmonton Canada

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