%0 Journal Article %A Goldschmidt, Hartmut %A Baertsch, Marc-Andrea %A Schlenzka, Jana %A Becker, Natalia %A Habermehl, Christina %A Hielscher, Thomas %A Raab, Marc-Steffen %A Hillengass, Jens %A Sauer, Sandra %A Müller-Tidow, Carsten %A Luntz, Steffen %A Jauch, Anna %A Hose, Dirk %A Seckinger, Anja %A Brossart, Peter %A Goerner, Martin %A Klein, Stefan %A Schmidt-Hieber, Martin %A Reimer, Peter %A Graeven, Ullrich %A Fenk, Roland %A Haenel, Mathias %A Martin, Hans %A Lindemann, Hans W %A Scheid, Christoph %A Nogai, Axel %A Salwender, Hans %A Noppeney, Richard %A Besemer, Britta %A Weisel, Katja %T Salvage autologous transplant and lenalidomide maintenance vs. lenalidomide/dexamethasone for relapsed multiple myeloma: the randomized GMMG phase III trial ReLApsE. %J Leukemia %V 35 %N 4 %@ 1476-5551 %C London %I Springer Nature %M DKFZ-2020-01497 %P 1134-1144 %D 2021 %Z 2021 Apr;35(4):1134-1144 %X The role of salvage high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (sHDCT/ASCT) for relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) in the era of continuous novel agent treatment has not been defined. This randomized, open-label, phase III, multicenter trial randomized patients with 1st-3rd relapse of multiple myeloma (MM) to a transplant arm (n = 139) consisting of 3 Rd (lenalidomide 25 mg, day 1-21; dexamethasone 40 mg, day 1, 8, 15, and 22; 4-week cycles) reinduction cycles, sHDCT (melphalan 200 mg/m2), ASCT, and lenalidomide maintenance (10 mg/day) or to a control arm (n = 138) of continuous Rd. Median PFS was 20.7 months in the transplant and 18.8 months in the control arm (HR 0.87; 95 %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %$ pmid:32694619 %R 10.1038/s41375-020-0948-0 %U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/157227