Study to Determine Efficacy and Safety of Lenalidomide Plus Low-dose Dexamethasone Versus Melphalan, Prednisone, Thalidomide in Patients With Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma (FIRST)
Multiple Myeloma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Multiple Myeloma focused on measuring newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, Lenalidomide, Revlimid, phase III
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must understand and voluntarily sign informed consent form
- Age ≥ 18 years at the time of signing consent
Previously untreated, symptomatic multiple myeloma as defined by the 3 criteria below:
- MM diagnostic criteria (all 3 required):
- Monoclonal plasma cells in the bone marrow ≥10% and/or presence of a biopsy-proven plasmacytoma
- Monoclonal protein present in the serum and/or urine
- Myeloma-related organ dysfunction (at least one of the following) [C] Calcium elevation in the blood (serum calcium >10.5 mg/dl or upper limit of normal) [R] Renal insufficiency (serum creatinine >2 mg/dl) [A] Anemia (hemoglobin <10 g/dl or 2 g < laboratory normal) [B] Lytic bone lesions or osteoporosis
AND have measurable disease by protein electrophoresis analyses as defined by the following:
- IgG multiple myeloma: Serum monoclonal paraprotein (M-protein) level ≥ 1.0 g/dl or urine M-protein level ≥ 200 mg/24 hours
- IgA multiple myeloma: Serum M-protein level ≥ 0.5 g/dl or urine M-protein level ≥ 200 mg/24 hours
- IgM multiple myeloma (IgM M-protein plus lytic bone disease documented by skeletal survey plain films): Serum M-protein level ≥ 1.0 g/dl or urine M-protein level ≥ 200mg/24hours
- IgD multiple myeloma: Serum M-protein level ≥ 0.05 g/dl or urine M-protein level ≥ 200 mg/24 hours
- Light chain multiple myeloma: Serum M-protein level ≥ 1.0 g/dl or urine M-protein level ≥ 200 mg/24 hours
AND are at least 65 years of age or older or, if younger than 65 years of age, are not candidates for stem cell transplantation because:
- The patient declines to undergo stem cell transplantation or
- Stem cell transplantation is not available to the patient due to cost or other reasons
- ECOG performance status of 0, 1, or 2
- Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
Females of child-bearing potential (FCBP)^2:
- Must agree to undergo two medically supervised pregnancy tests prior to starting study therapy with either Rd or MPT. The first pregnancy test will be performed within 10-14 days prior to the start of Rd or MPT and the second pregnancy test will be performed within 24 hours prior to the start of Rd or MPT. She must also agree to ongoing pregnancy testing during the course of the study and after the end of study therapy. This applies even if the patient practices complete and continued sexual abstinence.
- Must commit to either continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse (which must be reviewed on a monthly basis) or agree to use and be able to comply with effective contraception without interruption, 28 days prior to starting study drug, during the study therapy (including during periods of dose interruptions), and for 28 days after discontinuation of study therapy.
Male Patients:
- Must agree to use a condom during sexual contact with a FCBP, even if they have had a vasectomy, throughout study drug therapy, during any dose interruption and after cessation of study therapy.
- Must agree to not donate semen during study drug therapy and for a period after end of study drug therapy.
- Must practice complete abstinence or agree to use a condom during sexual contact with a pregnant female or a female of childbearing potential while participating in the study, during dose interruptions and for at least 28 days following study drug discontinuation, even if he has undergone a successful vasectomy.
All patients must:
- Have an understanding that the study drug could have a potential teratogenic risk.
- Agree to abstain from donating blood while taking study drug therapy and following discontinuation of study drug therapy.
- Agree not to share study medication with another person. All FCBP and male patients must be counseled about pregnancy precautions and risks of fetal exposure.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Previous treatment with anti-myeloma therapy (does not include radiotherapy, bisphosphonates, or a single short course of steroid [i.e., less than or equal to the equivalent of dexamethasone 40 mg/day for 4 days; such a short course of steroid treatment must not have been given within 14 days of randomization]).
- Any serious medical condition that places the patient at an unacceptable risk if he or she participates in this study. Examples of such a medical condition are, but are not limited to, patient with unstable cardiac disease as defined by: Cardiac events such as MI within the past 6 months, NYHA heart failure class III-IV, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation or hypertension; patients with conditions requiring chronic steroid or immunosuppressive treatment, such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus, that likely need additional steroid or immunosuppressive treatments in addition to the study treatment.
- Pregnant or lactating females.
Any of the following laboratory abnormalities:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1,000/µL (1.0 x 109/L)
- Untransfused platelet count < 50,000 cells/µL (50 x 10^9/L)
- Serum SGOT/AST or SGPT/ALT > 3.0 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Renal failure requiring hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
Prior history of malignancies, other than multiple myeloma, unless the patient has been free of the disease for ≥ 3 years. Exceptions include the following:
- Basal cell carcinoma of the skin
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
- Carcinoma in situ of the cervix
- Carcinoma in situ of the breast
- Incidental histological finding of prostate cancer (TNM stage of T1a or T1b)
- Patients who are unable or unwilling to undergo antithrombotic therapy.
- Peripheral neuropathy of > grade 2 severity.
Known HIV positivity or active infectious hepatitis, type A, B, or C. Primary AL (immunoglobulin light chain) amyloidosis and myeloma complicated by amyloidosis.
- 1 A variety of other types of end organ dysfunctions can occasionally occur and lead to a need for therapy. Such dysfunction is sufficient to support classification as myeloma if proven to be myeloma-related.
- 2 A FCBP is a sexually mature woman who: 1) has not undergone a hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy or 2) has not been naturally postmenopausal (i.e., amenorrhea following cancer therapy does not rule out childbearing potential) for at least 24 consecutive months (i.e., has had menses at any time in the preceding 24 consecutive months).
Sites / Locations
- University of AL Birmingham
- Cedar Sinai Medical Center Dept of Medicine
- University of California, San Francisco- California
- Stanford University Stanford
- Gainesville Heme Oncology Associates
- Baptist Cancer Institute
- Integrated Community Oncology Network
- Gulf Coast Oncology
- Palm Beach Cancer Institute, LLC
- Southern Illinois Hematology Oncology
- Orchard Healthcare Research, Inc.
- John H Stroger Hospital of Cook County
- Rush University Medical Center
- Ingalls Cancer Institute
- Cancer Center of Kansas
- Maine Center for Cancer Medicine Blood Disorders
- Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- Billings Clinic
- Arena Oncology Associates, PC
- Dakota Cancer Institute
- Gabrail Cancer Center Research
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- Cleveland Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Northwest Oncology Hematology
- St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network
- University of Pennsylvania
- The Cancer Center
- University of Tennessee Cancer Institute
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- Swedish Cancer Institute
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Divsion of Haematology Medical Oncology
- Western Hospital
- Frankston Hospital
- Flinders Medical Centre
- Geelong Hospital
- Gosford Hospital
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
- Cabrini Hospital
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Royal Perth Hospital
- Gold Coast Hospital
- Royal North Shore Hospital
- Westmead Hospital
- Border Medical Oncology
- Wollongong Hospital
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Hospital Leoben
- Hospital of Barmherzige Schwestern Linz
- Hospital of Elisabethinen Linz
- General Hospital Linz
- MM-015. Salzburger Landkliniken, St. Johanns-Spital, Universitätsklinik fur Innere Medizin III
- Hospital St. Polten
- Hospital of the Barmherzigen Bruder Vienna
- MM-015.Wihelminenspital
- MM-015. Medizinische Universität Wien
- Hospital Wels
- Hospital Wiener Neustadt
- ZNA Stuivenberg Centrumziekenhuis
- Les Cliniques du Sud Luxembourg
- AZ St-Jan Brugge Oostende AV
- Hopital Erasme
- AZ-VUB
- Jules Bordet Institut
- Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
- UZ Gent
- Virga Jesse Ziekenhuis
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg
- H. Hartziekenhuis Roeselare-Menen vzw campus Wilgenstraat
- Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godine
- University of Calgary
- Cross Cancer Institute
- British Columbia Cancer Agency
- Royal Columbian Hospital
- BC Cancer Agency - Fraser Valley Centre
- Leukemia/BMT Program of BCDiv of Hem, Vancouver Gen Hosp
- Vancouver Island Cancer Center
- Saint John Regional Hospital
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center
- Juravinski Cancer Centre
- London Health Science Centre
- Ottawa Hospital
- Odette Cancer Centre
- Princess Margaret Hospital
- Hospital Charles LeMoyne
- Hopital de la Cite-de-la-Sante
- Hotel-Dieu de Levis
- Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal
- Hospital Maisonneuve - Rosemont
- CHUM- Hopital Notre-Dame
- McGill University
- Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish Genl
- CHUQ - Hotel-Dieu de QuebecHematology - Oncology
- Chaoyang Hospital
- Peking University People's Hospital
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University
- Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Blood Disease Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College
- Clinique Claude BernardOncologie
- CHU Sud
- CHRU Hopital du bocage
- CH Argenteuil Victor Dupouy
- Centre Hospitalier de la cote basque
- Centre Hospitalier
- Hopital Avicenne
- Institut Bergonie Centre Regional de Lutte Contre Le Cancer de Bordeaux Et Sud Ouest
- Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine
- Hopital de Fleyriat
- Hopital Augustin Morvan
- Centre Francois Baclesse
- CHU
- CH
- CH Rene Dubois
- Centre Hospitalier William Morey
- Hopital dinstruction des armees Percy
- Hopital Antoine Beclere
- Chu Estaing
- CH Louis Pasteur
- Hopital Henri Mondor
- CHRU Hopital du bocage
- Centre Hospitalier General
- CHRU
- Institut Prive de Cancerologie
- Centre Hospitalier Departemental
- CH
- Hopital J MonodRhumato Nord
- Kremlin Bicetre
- Centre Hospitalier
- Centre Jean Bernard
- CHRU-Hopital Claude Huriez
- GH de Institut Catholique St Vincent
- CH - Hôpital Dupuytren
- CHU Hopital Edouard Herriot
- Centre Leon Berard
- Centre Hospitalier de Valence
- Institut Paoli-Calmettes
- Hopital de Mercy
- Clinique Pont de chaume Oncologie et Radiotherapie
- CHU Montpellier - Hôpital Lapeyronie
- Hopital Emile Muller
- CHRU - Hotel Dieu
- Centre Antoine Lacassagne Oncologie medicale et Hematologie
- Hopital de lArchet 1
- CH La Source
- Hopital Cochin
- Hopital Saint Louis
- Hopital Necker
- CHU Hôpital St-Antoine
- CHRU - Hopital du Haut Leveque
- CU CHU Clemenceau
- Hopital R. Debre
- CHU Reims - Hôpital Maison Blanche
- CHRU Hopital sud Medecine Interne
- CHRU Hôpital de Pontchaillou
- CHG Rodez
- Centre Henri Becquerel
- Centre Rene Huguenin
- Institut de Cancerologie de Loire
- Centre Hospitalier Yves Le Foll
- CHRU Hôpital de Hautepierre
- CHRU Hopital Purpan
- CHRU Hopital Bretonneau
- CHRU Hopital Trousseau
- CHRU Hôpitaux de Brabois
- CH P. Chubert
- Institut Gustave Roussy
- Medizinische Kinik und Poliklinik I
- Universitaetsklinikum Dusseldorf Klinik fuer Haematologie
- Universitatsklinikum Essen-
- Staedtische Kliniken Frankfurt am Main Hochst
- Universitatsklinikum Giessen
- Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald
- Askepios Klinik St. Georg
- Universitatsklinikum Jena
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II
- Universitatsklinikum schleswig-Holstein
- Poliklinik A
- Klinikum der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universtat
- Medizinische Klinik III Klinikum der Universität München-Großhadern
- Medizinische Fakultat der Universitat Rostock
- Zentrum F. Innere Medizin II Robert- Bosch-Krankenhaus GmBH
- Medizinische Klinik - Abteilung II
- Klinik fur Innere Medizin III
- Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens
- Attiko Hospital of Athens
- Evangelismos Hospital of Athens
- University of Athens
- Metaxa Hospital Peiraias
- Theagenio Anticancer Hospital of Thessaloniki
- Adelaide and Meath Hospital
- Mater Misercordiae Hospital
- University Hospital Galway
- Policlinico S. Orsola
- Oncologia Medica, Università della Magna Grecia
- Clinica Ematologica, A.O.U. San Martino di Genova
- Ematologia ed Immunologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Vito Fazzi di Lecce
- Unità Operativa di Oncoematologia, Ospedale di Matera
- U.O. di Ematologia e Trapianto di Midollo Osseo
- Istituto Europeo di Oncologia - IEO
- Presidio Ospedaliero A. Perrino
- Policlinico di Modena
- Oncoematologia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale
- Casa di Cura La Maddalena, Divisione di Ematologia
- Policlinico San Matteo Universita Di Pavia
- Ospedale Civile
- A.O. Universitaria Ospedale S.Chiara Dip.Oncologia, Div. Ematologia
- Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova
- Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena, Struttura Complessa Ematologia ed Unita di Cellule Staminali
- Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Universita La Sapienzadi Roma
- Ospedale Molinette
- Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital
- Inje University Busan Paik Hospital
- Daegu Catholic University Medical Center 3056-6
- Chungnam National University Hospital
- National Cancer Center
- Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital
- Gachon University Gil Hospital
- Chonbuk National University Hospital 42
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Severance Hospital
- Seoul National University Hospital
- Samsung Medical Center
- The Catholic University of Korea Seoul - Saint Mary's Hospital
- Asan Medical Center
- Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
- Auckland City Hospital
- Christchurch Hospital
- Wellington Hospital
- Hospital de Sao Marcos
- Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
- Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Lisboa
- Hospital de Santa Maria
- Instituto Português de Oncologia Porto
- Hospital de Santo Antonio- Porto
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
- Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
- Instituto Catalan de Oncologia-Hospital Duran
- Hospital Reina Sofia
- Hospital Univ. Josep Trueta
- Hospital Clinico San Carlos
- Hospital 12 de Octubre
- Hospital Universitario La Paz
- Hospital General Universitario Morales Messeguer
- Hospital Clinico Virgen de la Victoria
- Hospital Son Llatzer
- Clinica Universitaria de Navarra,
- Hospital Sant Pau
- Hospital de Donosti
- Hospital Universtario Marques de Valdecilla
- Hospital Clinico Santiago de Compostela
- Hosptial La Fe
- Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia
- Hospital Clinico Universitario Lozano Blesa
- Hospital Miguel Servet
- Linkoping University Hospital
- Karolinska University HospitalSolna
- St. Görans Hospital
- Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge
- Abteilung Onkologie Haematologie des Kantonsspitals Aarau
- UniversitatsSpital Basel
- Inselsspital Bern
- Kantonsspital Graubunden
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV
- Kantonsspital Munsterlingen
- Kantonsspital Winterthur
- China Medical University Hospital
- Veteran General Hospital - Taipei
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Gwynedd Hospital
- Royal United Hospital
- Belfast City Hospital Haematology Department
- Birminghman QE
- Royal Bournemouth Hosp
- Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre
- Addenbrooke's Hospital
- University Hospital of Wales - Cardiff
- The Beatson West of Scotland Centre
- Dept of Haematology St Bartholomews Hospital
- Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital - London
- Royal Free Hospital
- Churchhill Hospital
- Derriford Hospital
- Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Pinderfields General Hospital
- New Cross Hospital- Wolverhampton
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
Lenalidomide / Dexamethasone until disease progression
Lenalidomide / Dexamethasone for 18 cycles
Melphalan, Prednisone, and Thalidomide (MPT) for 12 cycles
Lenalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone given until disease progression
Lenalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone given for 18 four-week cycles
Combination of Melphalan, Prednisone and Thalidomide given for 12 six-week cycles