Acknowledgements
The authors thank the LocoMMotion study team, including Jonathan Squire, Kensa Hatch, Lorenzo Acciarri, Henrieke Bruin, Jeannie Kearl, and all researchers and site staff who contributed to the running of the LocoMMotion study. The authors also thank the patients and their families for taking part in this study.
Disclosure statement
Michael Delforge has received honoraria from Amgen, BMS, GSK, and Janssen; and has served on the speakers’ bureau for Janssen. Eilidh Duncan and Kate Morgan are employed by Myeloma Patients Europe, which receives grant funding and consultancy fees from pharmaceutical companies and public sources. Imene Haddad, Jozefien Buyze, Wafae Iraqi and Silva Koskinen are Janssen employees. Maria-Victoria Mateos has received honoraria from or served on the board of directors or on an advisory committee for AbbVie, Amgen, BMS/Celgene, GSK, Janssen, Kite, Oncopeptides, Pfizer, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi, Stemline, and Takeda. Philippe Moreau has received honoraria and/or served on advisory boards for AbbVie, Amgen, Celgene, Janssen, Sanofi, and Takeda. Katja Weisel has received research grants from Pfizer and Takeda; received research grants to their institution from Abbvie, Amgen, BMS, Celgene, Janssen, GSK and Sanofi; received honoraria from Abbvie, Amgen, Adaptive Biotech, Astra Zeneca, Beigene, BMS, Celgene, Janssen, GSK, Karyopharm, Menarini, Novartis, Oncopeptides, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, Stemline and Takeda and has served on advisory boards for Abbvie, Amgen, Adaptive Biotech, Beigene, BMS, Celgene, Janssen, GSK, Karyopharm, Menarini, Novartis, Oncopeptides, Pfizer, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi and Takeda. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
Medical writing and editorial support were provided by Natasha Bradley and Ntando Mnisi, Ashfield MedComms, an Inizio company, under the direction of the authors, and funded by Janssen Research and Development and Legend Biotech USA Inc.
Patient reviewers on this PLSP have received honorarium from Future Oncology for their review work but have no other relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Peer reviewers on this manuscript have received an honorarium from Future Oncology for their review work but have no other relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Ethical declaration
This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was provided by all patients and the study protocol was approved by an independent ethics committee/institutional review board at each center.
Funding
This study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04035226 ) was funded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC and Legend Biotech USA Inc. The funders were involved in the study design and decision to publish.