In the phase II CAR-PRISM (PRecision Intervention Smoldering Myeloma) clinical trial, the first to investigate CAR T-cell therapy in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, all 20 patients were negative for minimal residual disease within two months of treatment and remained MRD-negative after a median of 15.3 months of follow-up.
The Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center has entered a partnership with Cancer Hope Network to launch Peer Access to Trials, Hope and Support, a peer-to-peer program that gives patients and caregivers access to one-on-one peer mentorship from trained volunteers who have faced cancer themselves, either as survivors or caregivers.
