Cristina Gasparetto

Dr. Gasparetto performs both laboratory and clinical research in the field of multiple myeloma. Her primary research interests are in developing immunotherapy approaches to treating multiple myeloma particularly in conjunction with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Ongoing laboratory research projects include the development of dendritic cell vaccines and antibody therapies. Clinical studies include a recently approved trial involving vaccination with autologous dendritic cells pulsed with idiotypic protein following high dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cells transplant. Upcoming trials include novel antibody therapies for multiple myeloma. Dr. Gasparetto is also an investigator on several other clinical trials for myeloma including non-myeloablative allogeneic transplantation, high dose sequential chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation and transplantation of partially HLA matched unrelated cord blood.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine · 2018 - Present Medicine, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapy, Medicine

Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 1993 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications

Food insecurity prior to hematopoietic stem cell transplant is associated with malnutrition and worse outcomes.

Journal Article Bone Marrow Transplant · April 12, 2025 Food insecurity (FI), defined as the lack of continuous access to adequate food, affects 17-55% of cancer patients. Effects may be exacerbated in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients, who face nutritional challenges due to treatment side effe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Expert Perspectives on Current Challenges and Emerging Approaches for Multiple Myeloma: Narrative Review of an Inaugural Bridging the Gaps in Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Multiple Myeloma.

Journal Article Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk · March 11, 2025 PURPOSE: The management of multiple myeloma (MM) is becoming increasingly more complex. The approval of novel treatment approaches provides much-needed opportunities but also raises questions and controversies about how to optimally sequence therapies and ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics and Treatment Patterns of Long-surviving Patients With Multiple Myeloma: Over 13 Years of Follow-up in the ConnectⓇ MM Registry.

Journal Article Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk · January 2025 BACKGROUND: Over the last 15 years, improvements in patient management and treatments have been associated with longer survival in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). The Connect MM Registry is a long-running, US, multicenter, prospective observational co ... Full text Link to item Cite

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Recent Grants

Celgene: CA057-001 - A PHASE 3, TWO-STAGE, RANDOMIZED, MULTICENTER, OPEN-LABEL STUDY COMPARING CC-92480, BORTEZOMIB AND DEXAMETHASONE (480Vd) VERSUS POMALIDOMIDE, BORTEZOMIB AND DEXAMETHASONE (PVd) IN SUBJECTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYE

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Celgene Corporation · 2024 - 2029

A Phase 3, Two-stage, Randomized, Multi-center, Controlled, Open-label Study Comparing Iberdomide Maintenance to Lenalidomide Maintenance Therapy after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT) in Participants with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Celgene Corporation · 2024 - 2029

A Phase 1, Multicenter, Open-Label Study of CB-011, a CRISPR-Edited Allogeneic Anti-BCMA CAR-T Cell Therapy in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (CaMMouflage Trial)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Caribou Biosciences, Inc. · 2023 - 2028

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Education, Training & Certifications

Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) · 1986 M.D.