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Pomalidomide

  • Prescription medicine
  • Prescription only
  • Identity checked
  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Pomalidomide does in the body

The treatment of adult patients

From the FDA-approved label: Pomalidomide is an analogue of thalidomide with immunomodulatory, antiangiogenic, and antineoplastic properties. Cellular activities of pomalidomide are mediated through its target cereblon, a component of a cullin ring E3 ubiquitin ligase enzyme complex. In vitro , in the presence of drug, substrate proteins (including Aiolos and Ikaros) are targeted for ubiquitination and subsequent degradation leading to direct cytotoxic and immunomodulatory effects. In in vitro cellular assays, pomalidomide inhibited proliferation and induced apoptosis of hematopoietic tumor cells.

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · D2UX06XLB5 · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

No recorded sentence describes the change this makes in a way that stands on its own. The page opens with what it is taken for instead, and the recorded explanation follows below.

Shown as the opening line on this page.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 97 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Stand-in result

A stand-in result is a number measured because the real result takes too long.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like judging a journey by the speedometer rather than by arriving.

Where that stops being true. Speed does predict arrival. Many stand-in results do not predict the real one.

What people get wrong. A stand-in result is often reported as the result itself.

A surrogate endpoint substituted for a clinical endpoint, valid only where the substitution has been shown to hold.

Enzyme

An enzyme is a protein that speeds up one chemical change.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

An enzyme is like a machine on a production line doing one cut.

Where that stops being true. A machine is switched on and off by a person. Enzymes are controlled by the cell.

What people get wrong. Enzymes are thought to be used up. They are not; they work again and again.

A catalytic protein that lowers the activation energy of a specific reaction.

Receptor

A receptor is a part of a cell that a signal fits into.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A receptor is like a lock waiting for one key.

Where that stops being true. A lock either opens or does not. A receptor can be half-triggered, or worn out.

What people get wrong. Fitting a receptor is read as causing a benefit. It causes a step, and nothing more.

A protein that binds a specific ligand and converts that binding into a cellular response.

Pathway

A pathway is a chain of steps inside a cell, each one setting off the next.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A pathway is like a row of dominoes.

Where that stops being true. Dominoes fall one way. Pathways loop back and can switch themselves off.

What people get wrong. Changing one step is read as changing the outcome. Other steps often absorb it.

An ordered series of molecular interactions producing a defined cellular change.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Occurrence of Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT07222761
How many people
915
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Part 1 Safety Lead-In: Incidence of dose limiting toxicities

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05020236
How many people
893
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05455320
How many people
864
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Progression Free Survival (PFS)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT06208150
How many people
838
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Progression-free Survival (PFS)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05519085
How many people
810
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
Living longer, or avoiding a major event
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Number of Participants With Treatment Emergent Adverse Events (TEAE)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT01712789
How many people
682
Study design
Phase 3
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 6 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How close this is to real life

The top step is something a person would feel or care about. The bottom is a guess from software. Filled steps are where evidence exists for this substance.

  1. Living longer, or avoiding a major event Evidence recorded. Death, a heart attack, a stroke, a hospital stay.2 registered measures of this kind. 3 written-up studies measured this and did not show a benefit.
  2. What a body can do day to day No evidence recorded. Walking, dressing, breathing, recovering.No registered study measures this.
  3. Measured performance No evidence recorded. How much was lifted, how far was run, how fast.No registered study measures this.
  4. Symptoms and quality of life No evidence recorded. Pain, tiredness, mood, sleep, as the person rated it.No registered study measures this.
  5. A number that stands in for health Evidence recorded. Cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density. A stand-in, not the thing itself.2 registered measures of this kind.
  6. A step measured inside a person Evidence recorded. Something measured in human tissue or human cells.A human record sits on the stored organism ladder.
  7. Animals Evidence recorded. Mice, rats, dogs. Useful for ideas, not proof about people.Stored records in Mouse. A result in animals says what to test next. It does not say what happens in people.
  8. Cells in a dish Evidence recorded. Cells or chemistry on a bench, far from a whole body.Stored mechanism abstracts describe steps measured in cells or tissue.
  9. A guess from software No evidence recorded. Nobody measured it. RNAWiki never publishes one as a finding.RNAWiki stores no prediction for this record. Software can suggest a link. RNAWiki does not publish one as a finding.

Higher on these steps means closer to something a person would feel. It does not mean better done.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Felt, measured, or meaningful

Three different things that get called the same word. Registered studies measured all three, and mixing them is how a blood test becomes a health claim.

Felt

Things a person could notice without a test.

No registered study measured anything of this kind.

Measured

Things only a test, a scale or a device shows.

  • area under the plasma concentration time curve
  • time to maximum observed plasma concentration

Meaningful

Things that change how a life goes, not only a number.

  • progression free survival
  • time to disease progression

A registered study says what someone planned to measure. It does not say what they found. A number moving is not the same as a life going better. The two are shown apart here.

Felt, but not shown to help. A person notices a change. No study showed it leads anywhere good.

Measured, but not felt. A number moves. The person notices nothing. Both can be true.

Measured, but not shown to matter. A number moves in the good direction. Nobody showed that lives went better.

Matters, but takes years. The result that counts may take longer than anyone would keep watching.

Names that fit none of the three (36)
  • a clinical response within the first 6 cycles of treatment
  • maximum tolerated dose
  • dose limiting toxicity
  • confirmed hematologic responses
  • overall response
  • phase 1 dose limiting toxicities in cycle 1
  • best overall response
  • overall response rate
  • hematologic response
  • achieving a primary response at week 32
  • phase i maximum tolerated dose
  • phase ii overall response rate
  • adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability
  • adverse events
  • area under the curve extrapolated to infinity
  • treatment emergent adverse events
  • predicted forced vital capacity at week 52
  • maximum tolerated dose of ace 011
  • pk renal clearance
  • pk apparent volume of distribution

These are harms, study-process measures, or names the rules did not recognise. They are shown rather than dropped.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How long anything takes

Nine different lengths of time that get confused with each other. None of them is worked out from another.

  1. Before anything is noticed. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  2. Before a test result moves. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  3. Before performance moves. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  4. How long the result was watched. No finished study window is recorded for a study that tested this substance.

  5. How long people took it. How long people actually took it is not stored. The study window is not the same thing.

  6. How long people were followed. Follow-up length is not stored separately. It is never read off the study window, which would be a different thing.

  7. How fast the body clears it. 9.5 hours hours

    Read from the label, which states: “Pomalidomide is eliminated with a median plasma half-life of 9.5 hours in healthy subjects and 7.5 hours in patients with MM or KS.”

  8. How long effects linger. RNAWiki does not store this separately, and never works it out from another figure on this page.

  9. Beyond the studies. Nothing is recorded about the long term.

    The longest finished study sets the edge of what anyone measured.

A study window is not how long people took it, and neither is how long they were followed. Where RNAWiki holds only one of the three, it shows one.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • POMALYST is a thalidomide analogue indicated for the treatment of adult patients: • in combination with dexamethasone, for patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who have received at least two prior therapies including lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor and have demonstrated disease progression on or within 60 days of completion of the last therapy ( 1.1 ).

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “The safety and effectiveness of POMALYST have not been established in pediatric patients.”

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “Multiple Myeloma Of the total number of patients in clinical studies of POMALYST, 44% were aged older than 65 years, while 10% were aged older than 75 years.”

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Exposure Registry There is a pregnancy exposure registry that monitors pregnancy outcomes in females exposed to POMALYST during pregnancy as well as female partners of male patients who are exposed to POMALYST.”

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Risk Summary There is no information regarding the presence of pomalidomide in human milk, the effects of POMALYST on the breastfed child, or the effects of POMALYST on milk production.”

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced liver function, the label states: “Pomalidomide is metabolized primarily by the liver.”

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced kidney function, the label states: “In patients with severe renal impairment requiring dialysis, the AUC of pomalidomide increased by 38% and the rate of SAE increased by 64% relative to patients with normal renal function; therefore, starting dose adjustment is recommended.”

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

  • This is a scope explorer, not a diagnosis engine.
  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied for a different goal

The studies measured something else entirely.

On this record: Some registered studies measured things that match no goal on this page.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (10)
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
Missed days change the result, and studies count them. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Suppression classes recorded: S1, S3, S5, S6.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as capsule, given by the oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Reports sent to a regulator

  • These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction.
  • Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing.
  • The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete.
  • News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report.
  • A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Pomalidomide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 9 most-reported reaction terms, 11292 reaction mentions were counted. One report can name several reactions.

The recorded terms (9)
  • pneumonia — 3550 reaction mentions
  • plasma cell myeloma — 2229 reaction mentions
  • white blood cell count decreased — 2038 reaction mentions
  • neuropathy peripheral — 1445 reaction mentions
  • full blood count decreased — 1049 reaction mentions
  • laboratory test abnormal — 902 reaction mentions
  • condition aggravated — 44 reaction mentions
  • drug interaction — 26 reaction mentions
  • injection site pain — 9 reaction mentions
  • open-targets-adr · recorded 2026-06-24 · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 41 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 41 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 54893-0038 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as capsule and powder, taken oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 54893-0038 · read 2026-08-29

  • The regulator's established pharmacologic class for it is thalidomide analog [epc].

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 54893-0038 · read 2026-08-29

  • 7 published labels name it as an active ingredient. 7 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-29

  • Pomalyst is oral at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS • Capsules:1 mg, dark blue opaque cap and yellow opaque body, imprinted "POML" on the cap in white ink and "1 mg" on the body in black ink • 2 mg, dark blue opaque cap and orange opaque body…, recorded as fda label in effect 2025-02-26 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · 2b25ef01-5c9e-11e1-b86c-0800200c9a66 · read 2026-08-30

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

Self-experiment planning is not offered for a prescription or clinician-supervised medicine. The questions below are for a clinician or pharmacist.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Pomalidomide studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Pomalidomide are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

How many documents were read

  • 7 documents were read for this substance.

    RNAWiki source record

  • 7 of them state the same halfLife, and they agree.

    RNAWiki source record

  • 7 of them state the same proteinBinding, and they agree.

    RNAWiki source record

  • 7 of them state the same volumeOfDistribution, and they agree.

    RNAWiki source record

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
D2UX06XLB5
RxNorm concept
1369718

Checks this page had to pass

  • Passed

    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

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    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA204026 · read 2026-08-29

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What did Pomalidomide's largest trial (915 people) and its longest (16 years) measure?


915 people in Pomalidomide's largest registered study, 16 years in its longest registered window, measuring area under the plasma concentration-time curve. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

138 phase2, 109 phase1, 46 phase3, 9 na or unstated, 6 na, 2 phase4, 1 early phase1; NCT01562405; 2027-12. Last human test completed 2026, NCT07018401.

Interpretation These counts include studies where Pomalidomide was a comparison treatment, a background treatment or an exposure in an observational study, and the longest window may be a planned end date. Trial roles have not yet been classified for this record.

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  • phase2
    138
  • phase1
    109
  • phase3
    46
  • na or unstated
    9
  • na
    6
  • phase4
    2
2 more recorded rows
  • early phase1
    1
  • Last recorded human test NCT07018401
    2026-06-01

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

From mouse to human: where has Pomalidomide shown biomarker?


mouse: mechanism-only and human: biomarker (264): the rungs where Pomalidomide has a recorded finding. Europe PMC and ClinicalTrials.gov · organism ladder · 2026-09-01

Interpretation area under the plasma concentration-time curve — the recorded outcome words.

Yeast C. elegans Drosophila Mouse mechanism-onlyRat Dog Non-human primate Human biomarker
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  • mouse
    mechanism-only
  • human NCT01474330
    biomarker; area under the plasma concentration-time curve; 264

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

51 of Pomalidomide's trials stopped: safety, futility/efficacy, accrual/recruitment, funding/business, sponsor decision unspecified, other?


safety (7), futility/efficacy (1), accrual/recruitment (19), funding/business (9), sponsor decision unspecified (3) and other (12): Pomalidomide's stop wording, clustered. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

"This study was terminated for administrative reasons."; 51 of 264 registered studies

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Trial

  • NCT00537511
    terminated; "This study was terminated for administrative reasons."
  • NCT00717522
    terminated; "Study enrollment was terminated due to a corporate strategic decision unrelated to patient safety."
  • NCT01078974
    terminated; "Safety concerns (IgM Flare)"
  • NCT01198067
    terminated; "\<75% participant accrual"
  • NCT01464034
    terminated; "Lack of enrollment"
  • NCT01537861
    terminated; "Unexpected toxicity (2 early deaths)"
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT01559129
    terminated; "Enrollment was stopped early (see limitations and caveats section)."
  • NCT01728259
    terminated; "FDA placed the study on a clinical hold, due to the concerns by the FDA and Health Canada, Celgene decided to permanently close the study."
  • NCT01807286
    terminated; "Sponsor requested termination"
  • NCT01889420
    terminated; "Low accrual"
  • NCT01946152
    terminated; "Per PI at time of CR"
  • NCT01979276
    terminated; "this study was terminated due to losing financial support, and enrollment challenges"
  • NCT01997840
    terminated; "Change in business priorities."
  • NCT01999335
    terminated; "A program evaluation identified that the safety profile and pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics of the formulation used in all oprozomib studies required further optimization and thus enrollment in OPZ007 was halted during dose-expansion."
  • NCT02188368
    terminated; "Lack of enrollment"
  • NCT02289222
    terminated; "Due to the inclusion of an IMid in combination with pembrolizumab, Study Sponsor terminated the study."
  • NCT02294357
    terminated; "Early termination due to the difficulties to enroll subjects."
  • NCT02400242
    terminated; "Lack of efficacy"
  • NCT02462525
    terminated; "No Go decision for ABBV-838"
  • NCT02548962
    terminated; "After completing Phase 1, the Sponsor elected not to move forward with Phase 2."

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Human studies of Pomalidomide used Pomalidomide 0.5 mg — over how long?


studies of Pomalidomide used the recorded amount. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

6 recorded entries; human; also "Pomalidomide 0.5 mg", "Pomalidomide 2 MG Oral Capsule [Pomalyst]", "Pomalidomide 4 MG"

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human

  • NCT01178281
    Pomalidomide 0.5 mg
  • NCT03113942
    Pomalidomide 2 MG Oral Capsule [Pomalyst]
  • NCT03242460
    Pomalidomide 4 MG
  • NCT03424928
    Pomalidomide 4 MG Oral Capsule
  • NCT03424928
    Pomalidomide 4 MG Oral Capsule-Pomalyst
  • NCT06660498
    Pomalidomide 2 mg

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Pomalidomide's half-life is 9.5 hours — which schedules were studied?


9.5 hours, the half-life Pomalidomide's label states. openfda-label · b1a1c713-d23b-5ede-1ae0-0bbba47221df · 2026-08-30

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  • half life
    9.5 hours hours; Pomalidomide is eliminated with a median plasma half-life of 9.5 hours in healthy subjects and 7.5 hours in patients with MM or KS.
  • tmax
    Effect of Food Co-administration of pomalidomide with a high-fat meal (approximately 50% of the total caloric content) and high-calorie meal (approximately 800 to 1000 calories) (the meal contained approximately 150, 250, and 500 to 600 calories from protein, carbohydrates, and fat, respectively) delays the T max by 2.5 hours, decreased mean plasma C max and AUC in healthy subjects by about 27%…
  • metabolism
    Metabolism Pomalidomide is primarily metabolized in the liver by CYP1A2 and CYP3A4.

recorded 2026-08-30 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of a clinical response within the first 6 cycles of treatment, achieving a primary response at week 32 and adverse events did Pomalidomide's trials measure?


a clinical response within the first 6 cycles of treatment, achieving a primary response at week 32 and adverse events lead 40 outcome terms across Pomalidomide's trials. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

confirmed hematologic responses, overall response, phase 1 dose limiting toxicities in cycle 1, best overall response, overall response rate and hematologic response follow.

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  • a clinical response within the first 6 cycles of treatment
    1
  • maximum tolerated dose
    1
  • dose limiting toxicity
    1
  • confirmed hematologic responses
    1
  • overall response
    1
  • phase 1 dose limiting toxicities in cycle 1
    1
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  • best overall response
    1
  • overall response rate
    1
  • hematologic response
    1
  • achieving a primary response at week 32
    1
  • phase i maximum tolerated dose
    1
  • phase ii overall response rate
    1
  • adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability
    1
  • adverse events
    1
  • area under the plasma concentration time curve
    1
  • time to maximum observed plasma concentration
    1
  • progression free survival
    1
  • area under the curve extrapolated to infinity
    1
  • treatment emergent adverse events
    1
  • predicted forced vital capacity at week 52
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which of Pomalidomide's 100 ongoing trials reports first?


100 registered trials of Pomalidomide are open; earliest completion 2025-06. ClinicalTrials.gov · 2026-09-01

Maximum Tolerated Dose of ACE-011; Phase 1 (Dose-escalation): Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD); latest 2034-08-23

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Trial

  • NCT01562405
    "Sotatercept (ACE-011) With Lenalidomide or Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 33; "Maximum Tolerated Dose of ACE-011"; 2027-12
  • NCT02343042
    "Selinexor and Backbone Treatments of Multiple Myeloma Patients"; n 300; "Phase 1 (Dose-escalation): Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD)"; 2027-04
  • NCT02406222
    "Pomalidomide in Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM)"; n 124; "Progression free survival"; 2025-06
  • NCT02542657
    "Ixazomib with Pomalidomide, Clarithromycin and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients with Multiple Myeloma"; n 30; "MTD of clarithromycin when given in combination with ixazomib citrate, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone assessed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0 (Phase I)"; 2025-12
  • NCT02659930
    "Pomalidomide in Combination With Liposomal Doxorubicin in People With Advanced or Refractory Kaposi Sarcoma"; n 62; "safety/tolerability of dose combinations"; 2029-01-01
  • NCT02718833
    "A Study of Elotuzumab With Pomalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma"; n 52; "Overall response rate by International Myeloma Working Group criteria."; 2027-12
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT03030261
    "Elotuzumab, Pomalidomide, & Dexamethasone (Elo-Pom-Dex) With Second Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma"; n 25; "Event-free Survival (EFS) Rate"; 2027-09-26
  • NCT03539744
    "A Study Designed to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Venetoclax Plus Dexamethasone (VenDex) Compared With Pomalidomide Plus Dexamethasone (PomDex) in Participants With t(11;14)-Positive Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma."; n 265; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS)"; 2027-11
  • NCT03715478
    "Multi-Center Study of GSK2857916 in Combination With Pomalidomide and Dex"; n 120; "Recommended Phase 2 Dose (RP2D)"; 2026-12-31
  • NCT03756896
    "Carfilzomib, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients With High-Risk Multiple Myeloma"; n 29; "≥ Complete response (CR) rates"; 2026-06-30
  • NCT04068597
    "Study to Evaluate CCS1477 (Inobrodib) in Haematological Malignancies"; n 250; "Incidence of treatment-related adverse events"; 2027-03-31
  • NCT04094961
    "Ixazomib + Pomalidomide + Dexamethasone In MM"; n 52; "Number of participants with dose limiting toxicity"; 2027-01-01
  • NCT04108195
    "A Study of Subcutaneous Daratumumab Regimens in Combination With Bispecific T Cell Redirection Antibodies for the Treatment of Participants With Multiple Myeloma"; n 290; "Part 1: Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT)"; 2027-04-07
  • NCT04124497
    "A Trial for Relapsed and Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients"; n 45; "Minimal residual disease (MRD)"; 2027-07-01
  • NCT04126200
    "Platform Study of Belantamab Mafodotin as Monotherapy and in Combination With Anti-cancer Treatments in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM)"; n 208; "Number of Participants Randomized Across Sub-studies"; 2027-03-11
  • NCT04176718
    "Daratumumab, Carfilzomib, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone In MM"; n 44; "Objective response rate of the daratumumab, carfilzomib, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone combination"; 2028-05
  • NCT04181827
    "A Study Comparing JNJ-68284528, a CAR-T Therapy Directed Against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA), Versus Pomalidomide, Bortezomib and Dexamethasone (PVd) or Daratumumab, Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone (DPd) in Participants With Relapsed and Lenalidomide-Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 419; "Progression Free Survival (PFS)"; 2027-03-31
  • NCT04270175
    "Daratumumab, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone (DPd) in Relapsed/Refractory Light Chain Amyloidosis Patients Previously Exposed to Daratumumab"; n 15; "Percentage of Participants With Overall Complete Hematologic Response"; 2028-01
  • NCT04302324
    "A Phase II Study of Daratumumab, Clarithromycin, Pomalidomide And Dexamethasone (D-ClaPd) In Multiple Myeloma Patients Previously Exposed to Daratumumab"; n 11; "Very Good Partial Response Rate or Better Within 8 Cycles of Induction Therapy"; 2027-12-28
  • NCT04484623
    "Belantamab Mafodotin Plus Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone (Pd) Versus Bortezomib Plus Pd in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 302; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS)"; 2029-06-25

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Which running trial of Pomalidomide could settle lifespan?


NCT02406222 measures Progression free survival, reading out 2025-06.

23 open trials; n 124; "Pomalidomide in Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM)"

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Trial

  • NCT02406222
    "Pomalidomide in Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM)"; n 124; "Progression free survival"; 2025-06
  • NCT04181827
    "A Study Comparing JNJ-68284528, a CAR-T Therapy Directed Against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA), Versus Pomalidomide, Bortezomib and Dexamethasone (PVd) or Daratumumab, Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone (DPd) in Participants With Relapsed and Lenalidomide-Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 419; "Progression Free Survival (PFS)"; 2027-03-31
  • NCT03030261
    "Elotuzumab, Pomalidomide, & Dexamethasone (Elo-Pom-Dex) With Second Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma"; n 25; "Event-free Survival (EFS) Rate"; 2027-09-26
  • NCT03539744
    "A Study Designed to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Venetoclax Plus Dexamethasone (VenDex) Compared With Pomalidomide Plus Dexamethasone (PomDex) in Participants With t(11;14)-Positive Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma."; n 265; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS)"; 2027-11
  • NCT06158841
    "Study Assessing Activity of Intravenous (IV) Etentamig Monotherapy Versus Standard Available Therapies in Adult Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 421; "Progression Free Survival (PFS)"; 2027-12
  • NCT06152575
    "MagnetisMM-32: A Study to Learn About the Study Medicine Called Elranatamab in People With Multiple Myeloma (MM) That Has Come Back After Taking Other Treatments (Including Prior Treatment With an Anti-CD38 Antibody and Lenalidomide)"; n 492; "Progression free survival per International Myeloma Working Group criteria"; 2027-12-30
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT05455320
    "A Study Comparing Talquetamab in Combination With Daratumumab or in Combination With Daratumumab and Pomalidomide Versus Daratumumab in Combination With Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone in Participants With Multiple Myeloma That Returns After Treatment or is Resistant to Treatment"; n 864; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS)"; 2028-05-25
  • NCT05083169
    "A Study of Teclistamab in Combination With Daratumumab Subcutaneously (SC) (Tec-Dara) Versus Daratumumab SC, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone (DPd) or Daratumumab SC, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone (DVd) in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 587; "Progression Free Survival (PFS)"; 2028-09-15
  • NCT06208150
    "A Study Comparing Talquetamab Plus Pomalidomide, Talquetamab Plus Teclistamab, and Elotuzumab, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone or Pomalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Myeloma Who Have Received an Anti-CD38 Antibody and Lenalidomide"; n 838; "Progression Free Survival (PFS)"; 2028-12-31
  • NCT05028348
    "A Study of Combination of Selinexor, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone (SPd) Versus Elotuzumab, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone (EloPd) in Subject With Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma"; n 117; "Progression-free survival (PFS)"; 2029-03
  • NCT04484623
    "Belantamab Mafodotin Plus Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone (Pd) Versus Bortezomib Plus Pd in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 302; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS)"; 2029-06-25
  • NCT06956170
    "All Japanese Population: Belantamab Mafodotin Plus Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone (Pd) Versus Bortezomib Plus Pd in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 21; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS)"; 2029-06-25
  • NCT07760610
    "Pomalidomide Plus Rituximab Maintenance in Young High-Risk Newly Diagnosed DLBCL After First-Line Response"; n 27; "1-Year Progression-Free Survival Rate"; 2029-07
  • NCT07138209
    "A Study Comparing QLS32015 Monotherapy Versus Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone (Pd) or Selinexor, Dexamethasone (Sd) in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 228; "Progression-free Survival (PFS)"; 2029-12
  • NCT07452198
    "A Study of GR1803 Injection Versus Daratumumab, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone (DPd) in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 358; "Progression Free Survival (PFS)"; 2030-03
  • NCT06464991
    "A Phase III Study of Eque-cel in Subjects With Len-refractory RRMM (FUMANBA-03)"; n 240; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS) as assessed by Independent Review Committee (IRC)"; 2030-12
  • NCT07569757
    "Clinical Study of TQB2934 Injection in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 260; "Progression-free survival (PFS)"; 2030-12
  • NCT06413498
    "A Study Comparing Anitocabtagene Autoleucel to Standard of Care Therapy in Participants With Relapsed/ Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 452; "Progression-Free Survival (PFS)"; 2031-07
  • NCT05572515
    "A Study Comparing Teclistamab Monotherapy Versus Pomalidomide, Bortezomib, Dexamethasone (PVd) or Carfilzomib, Dexamethasone (Kd) in Participants With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 614; "Part 1: Progression-free Survival (PFS)"; 2031-08-31
  • NCT07772024
    "Inobrodib, Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone Versus Standard Available Therapy in Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma"; n 450; "Progression-free Survival (PFS) assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR)"; 2031-11

Which 40 trials of Pomalidomide posted no result?


Posted no result
40 of 40 completed trials
Registrations
NCT00072722, NCT01474330, NCT00482521, NCT01707407, NCT01522547 and NCT01986894, and 34 more
Completion dates
oldest 2005-04; newest 2024-07-30
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Trial

  • NCT00072722
    2005-04
  • NCT01474330
    2011-10-01
  • NCT00482521
    2012-08
  • NCT01707407
    2012-11-01
  • NCT01522547
    2013-12-01
  • NCT01986894
    2013-12-02
14 further recorded trials
  • NCT01835561
    2014-08-21
  • NCT02168205
    2014-09-19
  • NCT01053949
    2015-04
  • NCT01568294
    2015-07-08
  • NCT01745640
    2015-12
  • NCT02103335
    2016-11-30
  • NCT00949364
    2016-12-14
  • NCT02046915
    2017-08-17
  • NCT03424928
    2018-02-06
  • NCT02206425
    2018-03-06
  • NCT02189343
    2018-04-30
  • NCT01575925
    2018-08-07
  • NCT03242460
    2019-05-02
  • NCT02176213
    2019-05-07

At the median, Pomalidomide's trials enrolled 54 people — anything larger?


Median enrolment
54
Largest enrolment
915
Registered trials counted
262

What do 11292 spontaneous reports say about Pomalidomide — and not say?


These are reports people sent to a regulator. They do not show the medicine caused the reaction. Nobody counted how many people took the medicine and reported nothing. The same event can be reported more than once, and many reports are incomplete. News coverage, lawsuits and new warnings change how often people report. A count is not a rate and not a risk.

Pomalidomide appears in spontaneous reports to regulators. Across the 9 most-reported reaction terms, 11292 reaction mentions were counted: pneumonia 3550; plasma cell myeloma 2229; white blood cell count decreased 2038; neuropathy peripheral 1445. open-targets-adr · CHEMBL43452 · 2026-06-24

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  • pneumonia
    3550
  • plasma cell myeloma
    2229
  • white blood cell count decreased
    2038
  • neuropathy peripheral
    1445
  • full blood count decreased
    1049
  • laboratory test abnormal
    902
3 more recorded rows
  • condition aggravated
    44
  • drug interaction
    26
  • injection site pain
    9

recorded 2026-06-24 · last checked 2026-09-04

Pomalidomide and CYP3A4, CYP1A2 and P-GP: shared by which compounds?


CYP3A4, CYP1A2 and P-GP appear in Pomalidomide's recorded interaction sentences, 11 in all. openfda-label+europepmc · 2026-08-30

Interpretation pharmacokinetics

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CYP1A2

  • pharmacokinetics
    Metabolism Pomalidomide is primarily metabolized in the liver by CYP1A2 and CYP3A4.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Strong CYP1A2 Inducers: Co-administration of POMALYST with drugs that are CYP1A2 inducers has not been studied and may reduce pomalidomide exposure.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Co-administration of POMALYST with drugs that are CYP1A2 inducers has not been studied.
  • pharmacokinetics
    CYP1A2 Inhibitors: Co-administration of fluvoxamine (a strong CYP1A2 inhibitor) with POMALYST increased mean [90% confidence interval] pomalidomide exposure by 125% [98% to 157%] compared to POMALYST alone in healthy subjects.
  • CYP2C19 pharmacokinetics
    Minor contributions from CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 were also observed in vitro .
  • CYP2D6 pharmacokinetics
    Minor contributions from CYP2C19 and CYP2D6 were also observed in vitro .

CYP3A4

  • pharmacokinetics
    Metabolism Pomalidomide is primarily metabolized in the liver by CYP1A2 and CYP3A4.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Drug Interaction Studies Clinical Studies Co-administration of POMALYST with the following drugs did not increase pomalidomide exposure to a clinically significant extent: ketoconazole (a strong CYP3A4 and P-gp inhibitor), carbamazepine (a strong CYP3A4 inducer) and dexamethasone (a weak to moderate CYP3A4 inducer).
  • pharmacokinetics
    Strong CYP3A4 Inducers: Co-administration of carbamazepine to 16 healthy male subjects decreased AUC of pomalidomide by 20% with a 90% confidence interval [13% to 27%] compared to when pomalidomide was administered alone.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Dexamethasone: Co-administration of multiple doses of 4 mg POMALYST with 20 mg to 40 mg dexamethasone (a weak to moderate inducer of CYP3A4) to patients with MM had no effect on the pharmacokinetics of pomalidomide compared to when pomalidomide was administered alone.
  • pharmacokinetics
    Strong CYP3A4 and P-gp Inhibitors: Co-administration of ketoconazole (a strong CYP3A4 and P-gp inhibitor) in 16 healthy male subjects increased AUC of pomalidomide by 19% compared to POMALYST administered alone.

recorded 2026-08-30 · last checked 2026-09-04

What is recorded about Pomalidomide and mTOR?


"When applied to myeloma, mTOR inhibitors restored sensitivity to pomalidomide, one of the best characterized MGDs, in resistant cell lines and reduced malignant plasma cells in relapsed/refractory patients." — where Pomalidomide and mTOR appear together. Europe PMC · pathway abstract search · 2026-04-01

mTOR, autophagy; PMID 41529091, 40398155, 40373598, 36436947

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mTOR

  • PMID 41529091
    "When applied to myeloma, mTOR inhibitors restored sensitivity to pomalidomide, one of the best characterized MGDs, in resistant cell lines and reduced malignant plasma cells in relapsed/refractory patients."
  • PMID 40398155
    "In this study, we developed mTOR-targeting PROTACs by conjugating the mTOR agonist MHY-1485 to the Cereblon (CRBN) ligand pomalidomide, demonstrating that even activators can serve as effective warheads for targeted protein degradation."

autophagy

  • PMID 40373598
    "Importantly, pomalidomide enhanced autophagy in a manner dependent on HDAC6."
  • PMID 40373598
    "In conclusion, our findings suggest that pomalidomide resists intracellular Mtb infection through HDAC6-mediated autophagy pathway, positioning it as a promising candidate for TB immunotherapy."
  • mTOR PMID 36436947
    "In this study, the mTOR kinase inhibitor MLN0128 was used as the ligand to the protein of interest and conjugated with pomalidomide by diverse intermediate linkage chains."

recorded 2026-04-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL43452
PubChem CID
9965330
CAS number
202271-89-4
RxCUI
1369718
InChIKey
UVSMNLNDYGZFPF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Also called
Actimid, Pomalidomida, imid, pom, 3-(3-Amino)-Phtalamido-Glutarimide, Pomalidomide [EMA EPAR], Pomalidomide [INN], Pomalidomide [JAN], Pomalidomide [MI], Pomalidomide [ORANGE BOOK]
Development code
CC-4047, IMID 3, IMID3
Trade name
Imnovid, Pomalidomide accord, Pomalidomide krka, Pomalidomide viatris, Pomalidomide zentiva, Pomalyst, Pomalidomide Teva
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4 more sources
  • open-targets-adr CHEMBL43452 ·
  • openfda-label b1a1c713-d23b-5ede-1ae0-0bbba47221df ·
  • openfda-label+europepmc K1:D2UX06XLB5 ·
  • national registers US, EU, CA ·

ChEMBL ATC CC BY-SA · ClinicalTrials.gov — US Government work · Europe PMC — metadata only, under the recorded legal gate · Open Targets 26.06 — CC0 · derived from this page's own recorded fields; no external licence · mixed register set; per-register licences in docs/specs/corpus-20k-sources.md · openFDA / DailyMed — US Government work

How these records are assembled · Which registers were checked

Index-quality checks
  • identity passed: no open identity hold
  • required summary fields resolved: 5 required field(s) not terminal: Why people use it, Best-supported result, Most important common problem, Biggest unanswered question, Human evidence
  • public claims reviewed: 0 reviewed claim(s); drafts are never rendered
  • source coverage passed: 10 source rows
  • no critical contamination: no quarantine open
  • canonical metadata passed: slug and display name present
  • no raw internal fields: enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

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