AUG 7, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Limited duration of dexamethasone in newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis: impact on response, toxicity, and survival.
Annals of Medicine
Retrospective cohort study of 216 newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis patients demonstrating that limited dexamethasone (≤3 months) achieves similar overall response rates with faster deep hematologic response and reduced toxicity compared to prolonged exposure, with multivariable adjustment for confounding.
Reported
Sample size216
VGPR or better at 6 months (limit…77.5% vs 56.5%
p-value for VGPR comparison0.001