Lenalidomide and Melphalan interaction

Lenalidomide and Melphalan: the Lenalidomide prescribing label describes an interaction that usually calls for monitoring, a dose change, or spacing the doses.

Moderate

Usually manageable with monitoring or a dose change. Tell your pharmacist you take both.

What the FDA labels say

From the Lenalidomide (Revlimid) label · effective 2023-03-24

Moderate

An increase in hematologic SPM including AML and MDS occurred in 5.3% of patients with NDMM receiving REVLIMID in combination with oral melphalan compared with 1.3% of patients receiving melphalan without REVLIMID.

Warnings and precautionsnames MelphalanView label on DailyMed
Moderate

In patients receiving REVLIMID maintenance therapy following high dose intravenous melphalan and auto-HSCT, hematologic SPM occurred in 7.5% of patients compared to 3.3% in patients receiving placebo.

Warnings and precautionsnames MelphalanView label on DailyMed
Minor

The frequency of AML and MDS cases in patients with NDMM treated with REVLIMID in combination with dexamethasone without melphalan was 0.4%.

Warnings and precautionsnames MelphalanView label on DailyMed

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