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Lenalidomide

Lenalidomide is an immunomodulatory antineoplastic agent used primarily in hematologic malignancies.

Where the papers sit

17 papers from the last 6 months study lenalidomide directly · updated from PubMed 5 Oct 2026

  • Multiple Myeloma Therapy

    Multiple myeloma treatment is moving toward daratumumab-containing induction and maintenance strategies built around bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone. Progression-free survival and minimal residual disease guide comparisons of intensified combinations, fixed-duration therapy, and continuous maintenance. Infection risk, dosing differences, and other safety outcomes remain important trade-offs. IMiD-resistant disease is prompting molecular glue degraders and other approaches beyond lenalidomide.

    11 papers · 64.7%

  • B-Cell Lymphoma Therapy

    B-cell lymphoma treatment is expanding lenalidomide and rituximab combinations with the bispecific antibody epcoritamab. In follicular lymphoma, studies test this strategy in both relapsed disease and first-line therapy against usual care, with progression-free survival as a key endpoint. Long-term follow-up continues to define the durability of lenalidomide plus rituximab. R-CHOP-based comparisons extend the question to high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

    4 papers · 23.5%

  • Cereblon Structure and Targeting

    Cereblon characterization is being linked to lenalidomide-based molecular targeting. Backbone resonance assignments define the thalidomide-binding domain, while rhenium and technetium-99m η6-arene sandwich complexes explore radiolabeled derivatives. Chelator-free radiolabeling supports evaluation of these compounds as potential imaging or targeted agents. Their binding properties, stability, and in vivo performance remain open questions.

    2 papers · 11.8%

NEW DIRECTION

Lenalidomide is repurposed as a directly radiolabeled bioorganometallic imaging and drug-development platform

The rhenium- and technetium-99m–lenalidomide sandwich-complex study treated lenalidomide not primarily as a therapeutic cereblon-binding immunomodulatory agent, as in the other papers, but as a ligand for chelator-free radiolabeling and metallodrug development. It produced aqueous [99mTc(η6-lena)2]+, characterized a rhenium analogue, and demonstrated rapid blood clearance with predominant renal excretion in mice; the complexes retained measurable but substantially weaker cereblon binding than lenalidomide itself. This extends lenalidomide into pharmacokinetic imaging and bioorganometallic probe design, rather than another therapeutic regimen or treatment-response study 42627009Aug.

lenalidomide chemical structure

Papers

The 17 papers from the last 6 months that study lenalidomide directly, newest first, by theme and by study type. Study types come from PubMed publication types and MeSH headings.

By theme

Multiple Myeloma Therapy (11)
  1. Abemaciclib and lenalidomide presenting with central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with breast cancer and multiple myeloma: a possible treatment-related association. BMJ case reports · 28 Sept 2026 PMID 42805625
  2. Interim analysis in clinical trials: caution against premature conclusions-the SWOG multiple myeloma S0777 case study. Trials · 28 Aug 2026 PMID 42661196
  3. Discovery of molecular glue degrader for treatment of IMiDs-resistant multiple myeloma based on GLUT-mediated tumor targeting strategy. Bioorganic chemistry · 6 Aug 2026 PMID 42561560
  4. Selinexor combined bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma with high-risk factors: a single-arm, multi-center, prospective observational clinical study. Annals of medicine · 3 Aug 2026 PMID 42544613
  5. A Simulation-Based Assessment of Dosage Regimen Appropriateness for Multiple Myeloma Medicines Reflecting Demographic and Ethnic Differences. Clinical and translational science · 28 Jul 2026 PMID 42515832
  6. Continuous or Fixed-Duration Maintenance Therapy in Multiple Myeloma. The New England journal of medicine · 15 Jul 2026 PMID 42456135
  7. Effectiveness of daratumumab plus bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (DVRd) versus VRd for transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Future oncology (London, England) · 14 Jul 2026 PMID 42444515
  8. Circulating M-MDSC Expansion During Therapy Associates With Treatment Response in Multiple Myeloma: A Longitudinal Observational Study. Clinical and translational science · 30 Jun 2026 PMID 42374568
  9. Daratumumab in transplant-ineligible or -deferred newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: minimal residual disease in CEPHEUS. Blood advances · 3 Jun 2026 PMID 42234958
  10. The safety profile of lenalidomide, dexamethasone, daratumumab, and bortezomib combinations in multiple myeloma: a retrospective analysis of the FAERS database. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 22 May 2026 PMID 42171749
  11. Infections in patients receiving daratumumab for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a pooled analysis of MAIA and ALCYONE. Blood advances · 5 May 2026 PMID 42085642
B-Cell Lymphoma Therapy (4)
  1. Epcoritamab with rituximab and lenalidomide as first-line treatment for follicular lymphoma (EPCORE NHL-2): an open-label, multicentre, phase 1/2 b trial. The Lancet. Haematology · 27 Aug 2026 PMID 42660129
  2. Comparison of epcoritamab, lenalidomide, and rituximab versus usual care in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma. Oncoimmunology · 8 Jul 2026 PMID 42415230
  3. Tafasitamab plus lenalidomide and R-CHOP versus R-CHOP for first-line treatment of patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (frontMIND): a global, phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet (London, England) · 30 May 2026 PMID 42217458
  4. Lenalidomide Plus Rituximab for Relapsed/Refractory Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: 5-Year Follow-Up and Subgroup Analyses From the Phase III AUGMENT Trial. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 16 Apr 2026 PMID 41990300
Cereblon Structure and Targeting (2)
  1. Chelator Free Radiolabeling and Preclinical Evaluation of η6-Arene Sandwich Complexes of Lenalidomide With Rhenium and Technetium-99m. Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 21 Aug 2026 PMID 42627009
  2. Backbone resonance assignment of the Thalidomide Binding Domain (TBD) of cereblon. Biomolecular NMR assignments · 8 May 2026 PMID 42101529

By study type

Clinical trials (7)
  1. Interim analysis in clinical trials: caution against premature conclusions-the SWOG multiple myeloma S0777 case study. Trials · 28 Aug 2026 PMID 42661196
  2. Epcoritamab with rituximab and lenalidomide as first-line treatment for follicular lymphoma (EPCORE NHL-2): an open-label, multicentre, phase 1/2 b trial. The Lancet. Haematology · 27 Aug 2026 PMID 42660129
  3. Continuous or Fixed-Duration Maintenance Therapy in Multiple Myeloma. The New England journal of medicine · 15 Jul 2026 PMID 42456135
  4. Comparison of epcoritamab, lenalidomide, and rituximab versus usual care in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma. Oncoimmunology · 8 Jul 2026 PMID 42415230
  5. Daratumumab in transplant-ineligible or -deferred newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: minimal residual disease in CEPHEUS. Blood advances · 3 Jun 2026 PMID 42234958
  6. Tafasitamab plus lenalidomide and R-CHOP versus R-CHOP for first-line treatment of patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (frontMIND): a global, phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet (London, England) · 30 May 2026 PMID 42217458
  7. Lenalidomide Plus Rituximab for Relapsed/Refractory Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: 5-Year Follow-Up and Subgroup Analyses From the Phase III AUGMENT Trial. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 16 Apr 2026 PMID 41990300
Observational studies and case reports (4)
  1. Abemaciclib and lenalidomide presenting with central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with breast cancer and multiple myeloma: a possible treatment-related association. BMJ case reports · 28 Sept 2026 PMID 42805625
  2. Selinexor combined bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma with high-risk factors: a single-arm, multi-center, prospective observational clinical study. Annals of medicine · 3 Aug 2026 PMID 42544613
  3. Effectiveness of daratumumab plus bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (DVRd) versus VRd for transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Future oncology (London, England) · 14 Jul 2026 PMID 42444515
  4. Circulating M-MDSC Expansion During Therapy Associates With Treatment Response in Multiple Myeloma: A Longitudinal Observational Study. Clinical and translational science · 30 Jun 2026 PMID 42374568
Human data, design not indexed (3)
  1. A Simulation-Based Assessment of Dosage Regimen Appropriateness for Multiple Myeloma Medicines Reflecting Demographic and Ethnic Differences. Clinical and translational science · 28 Jul 2026 PMID 42515832
  2. Backbone resonance assignment of the Thalidomide Binding Domain (TBD) of cereblon. Biomolecular NMR assignments · 8 May 2026 PMID 42101529
  3. Infections in patients receiving daratumumab for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a pooled analysis of MAIA and ALCYONE. Blood advances · 5 May 2026 PMID 42085642
Preclinical: animal, cell and lab studies (2)
  1. Chelator Free Radiolabeling and Preclinical Evaluation of η6-Arene Sandwich Complexes of Lenalidomide With Rhenium and Technetium-99m. Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 21 Aug 2026 PMID 42627009
  2. Discovery of molecular glue degrader for treatment of IMiDs-resistant multiple myeloma based on GLUT-mediated tumor targeting strategy. Bioorganic chemistry · 6 Aug 2026 PMID 42561560
Unclassified: not yet indexed with MeSH (1)
  1. The safety profile of lenalidomide, dexamethasone, daratumumab, and bortezomib combinations in multiple myeloma: a retrospective analysis of the FAERS database. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 22 May 2026 PMID 42171749