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Treatment with bortezomib in multiple myeloma is associated with only a transient and brief increase of bone specific alkaline phosphatase
Leukemia Research, 08/16/2012
Clinical Article
Haidl F et al. – The main findings are that bone specific alkaline phosphatase (bALP) increase is of short duration and declines significantly even during continued treatment with bortezomib. Only myeloma response was associated with a significant increase of bALP; whereas previous treatment with bortezomib, previous or concomitant treatment with zoledronic acid i.v., dose of bortezomib, line of treatment, or combination with other chemotherapy was not.
