Talquetamab for people living with relapsed/ refractory multiple myeloma: plain language summary of the MonumenTAL-1 study
Ajai Chari, Cyrille Touzeau, Jesus G Berdeja, Albert Oriol, Niels WCJ van de Donk, Paula Rodríguez-Otero, Daniel Morillo, Carmen Martinez-Chamorro, María-Victoria Mateos, Luciano J Costa, Jo Caers, Leo Rasche, Amrita Krishnan, Jing Christine Ye, Lionel Karlin, Brea Lipe, Tara Masterton, Jaszianne To · 2026
Read Talquetamab for people living with relapsed/ refractory multiple myeloma: plain language summary of the MonumenTAL-1 study by Ajai Chari, Cyrille Touzeau, Jesus G Berdeja, Albert Oriol, Niels WCJ van de Donk, Paula Rodríguez-Otero, Daniel Morillo, Carmen Martinez-Chamorro, María-Victoria Mateos, Luciano J Costa, Jo Caers, Leo Rasche, Amrita Krishnan, Jing Christine Ye, Lionel Karlin, Brea Lipe, Tara Masterton, Jaszianne To (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13685562.txt.
Description
Chari and co-authors wrote a plain language summary, published in 2026, of a study of a drug for a bone marrow cancer that had returned or stopped responding to care. The summary restates the study's findings in words meant for patients and families. It covers results at a midpoint follow-up of 17 to 26 months. The drug was given in two dose schedules, one weekly and one every two weeks.
More than 70 percent of patients on the weekly dose responded to the drug. On the two-week schedule, 69 percent responded. The summary also explains how long responses lasted and what side effects appeared. Side effects are described in plain terms, so readers can weigh gains against burdens. The piece lets patients follow a complex trial without reading the full medical report.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ajai Chari, Cyrille Touzeau, Jesus G Berdeja, Albert Oriol, Niels WCJ van de Donk, Paula Rodríguez-Otero, Daniel Morillo, Carmen Martinez-Chamorro, María-Victoria Mateos, Luciano J Costa, Jo Caers, Leo Rasche, Amrita Krishnan, Jing Christine Ye, Lionel Karlin, Brea Lipe, Tara Masterton, Jaszianne To |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |