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Immunomodulation by Durvalumab and Pomalidomide in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

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Scientists sought to understand how the programmed death ligand 1 inhibitor durvalumab and the immunomodulatory agent pomalidomide regulate immune cell activation and function in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
[Scientific Reports]
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Young, M. H., Pietz, G., Whalen, E., Copeland, W., Thompson, E., Fox, B. A., & Newhall, K. J. (2021). Immunomodulation by durvalumab and pomalidomide in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 16460. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95902-x Cite
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