- KYPROLIS® (carfilzomib) is indicated in combination with dexamethasone, or with lenalidomide plus dexamethasone, or with daratumumab plus dexamethasone, ... Read More Close
*Per NCI, standard of care is defined as a treatment that is accepted by medical experts as a proper treatment for a certain type of disease and that is widely used by healthcare professionals. Also called best practice, standard medical care, and standard therapy.8
†The primary endpoint was PFS. Patients included in these clinical trials had 1–3 prior lines of therapy.2-5
‡For patients at first relapse, ASCO recommends triplet therapies including KYPROLIS®-based regimens (Evidence quality: high, benefit outweighs harm; Strength of recommendation: strong).7
§For patients at first relapse, IMWG recommends KYPROLIS®-based triplet therapies as treatment options across both lenalidomide-sensitive and lenalidomide-refractory patients.6
ASCO‡ and IMWG§
KYPROLIS®-based triplet regimens are supported as treatment options by ASCO and the IMWG for relapsed refractory multiple myeloma6,7
Learn about your peers’ experience treating RRMM patients with KYPROLIS®
Dr. Jennifer Caudle with Dr. Joseph Mikhael
“While the majority of patients with multiple myeloma receive an immunomodulatory agent, or IMiD, as part of their initial treatment, there’s been growing interest in what their next treatment should be if they don’t respond or become refractory to IMiDs. But with the approval of a regimen based on the CANDOR study results, these patients now have an IMiD-free option. What that regimen is, and the key findings that came out of the CANDOR study are what we’ll be focusing on today.”
“You need two reasons to prescribe. Efficacy and safety. KYPROLIS® combinations have consistently demonstrated improvement in progression-free survival vs comparators across four phase 3 clinical trials.* ”
– Ariel F. Grajales-Cruz, MD
*Kd vs Vd, KRd vs Rd, DKd vs Kd, Isa-Kd vs Kd.
ASCO, American Society of Clinical Oncology; Dkd, carfilzomib + daratumumab + dexamethasone; IMWG, International Myeloma Working Group; Isa-Kd, carfilzomib + isatuximab-irfc + dexamethasone; Kd, carfilzomib + dexamethasone; KRd, carfilzomib + lenalidomide + dexamethasone; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®); NCI, National Cancer Institute; PFS, progression-free survival; Rd, lenalidomide + dexamethasone; RRMM, relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma; Vd, bortezumab + dexamethasone.
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Please see accompanying full Prescribing Information.
References: 1. Referenced with permission from the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Multiple Myeloma V3.2026. © National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Inc. 2025. All rights reserved. Accessed November 14, 2025. To view the most recent and complete version of the guideline, go online to NCCN.org. NCCN makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever regarding their content, use or application and disclaims any responsibility for their application or use in any way. 2. Dimopoulos MA, Moreau P, Palumbo A, et al. Carfilzomib and dexamethasone versus bortezomib and dexamethasone for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (ENDEAVOR): a randomized, phase 3, open-label, multicentre study. Lancet Oncol. 2016;17:27-38. 3. Stewart AK, Rajkumar VS, Dimopolous MA, et al. Carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone for relapsed multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med. 2015;372:142-152. 4. Martin T, Dimpolous M-A, Mikhael J, et al. Isatuximab, carfilzomib, and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma: updated results from IKEMA, a randomized Phase 3 study. Blood Cancer J. 2023;13:72. 5. Usmani SZ, Quach H, Mateos M-V, et al. Final analysis of carfilzomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab vs carfilzomib and dexamethasone in the CANDOR study. Blood Adv. 2023;7:3739-3748. 6. Moreau P, Kumar SK, Miguel JS, et al. Treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma: recommendations from the International Myeloma Working Group. Lancet Oncol. 2021;22:e105-e118. 7. Mikhael J, Ismaila N, Cheung MC, et al. Treatment of multiple myeloma: ASCO and CCO joint clinical practice guideline. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37:1228-1263. 8. NCI Dictionary of Cancer terms. Comprehensive Cancer Information - NCI. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/standard-of-care. Accessed November 13, 2025. 9. KYPROLIS® (carfilzomib) prescribing information, Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., an Amgen Inc. subsidiary. 10. Data on file [1], Amgen; 2024.