Phase 3 Study of Carfilzomib, Melphalan, Prednisone vs Bortezomib, Melphalan, Prednisone in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (CLARION)
Multiple Myeloma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Multiple Myeloma
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Newly diagnosed symptomatic multiple myeloma (per International Myeloma Working Group [IMWG] diagnostic criteria)
- Transplant ineligibility
Measurable disease, as defined by 1 or more of the following (assessed within 21 days prior to randomization):
- Serum M-protein ≥ 0.5 g/dL, or
- Urine M-protein ≥ 200 mg/24 hours, or
- In subjects without detectable serum or urine M-protein, serum free light chain (SFLC) > 100 mg/L (involved light chain) and an abnormal kappa lambda ratio (SFLC kappa lambda ratio < 0.26 or > 1.65)
- No prior treatment for multiple myeloma
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2
Exclusion Criteria:
- Multiple myeloma of IgM (immunoglobulin M) subtype
- Glucocorticoid therapy within 14 days prior to randomization that equals or exceeds a cumulative dose of 160 mg of dexamethasone
- POEMS syndrome (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, and skin changes)
- Plasma cell leukemia (> 2.0 × 10^9/L circulating plasma cells by standard differential)
- Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM)
- Known amyloidosis
Sites / Locations
- California Cancer Associates for Research & Excellence, Inc. (cCARE)
- Marin Cancer Care
- Sutter Gould Medical Foundation
- Innovative Clinical Research Institute
- UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital
- Evanston KelIogg Cancer Center
- Billings Clinic Cancer Center
- Maimonides Cancer Center
- Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Gabrail Cancer Center Research
- Saint Francis Health System
- Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
- Santee Hematology Oncology
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
- Centro de educacion medica c investigacioncs clinicas "Norberto Quimo' (CEMIC)
- Sanatorio Britanico S.A.
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney
- Central Coast Local Health District
- Calvary Mater Newcastle
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital
- St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
- The Alfred Hospital
- Border Medical Oncology
- Royal North Shore Hospital, Haematology Department
- Medical University of Innsbruck, University Clinic for Internal Medicine V
- Elisabeth Linz Hospital
- Vienna Wilhelminen Hospital
- ZNA, Stuivenberg
- Saint Joseph Clinic Arlon, Department of Hematology
- CHR de La Citadelle (ENG: Citadelle Regional Hospital Center)
- CHU Mont-Godinne
- University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Sveti Georgi", Plovdiv, Hematology Clinic
- University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Sveti Georgi", Plovdiv, Oncology and Hematology Clinic
- Military Medical Academy - Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment, Sofia, Hematology and Oncology Clinic
- Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment of Hematological Diseases, Sofia, Hematology Clinic
- Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Sveta Marina", Varna
- CSSS-Champlain-Charles LeMoyne
- Fujian Medical University Union Hospital
- Guangdong General Hospital
- Guangzhou First People's Hospital
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
- The First Hospital of Jilin University
- The First Affiliated Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University of PLA
- The First Affiliated Hospital of College of Medicine, Zhejiang University - Dr. Jie Jin
- The First Affiliated Hospital of College of Medicine, Zhejiang University
- 307 Hospital of PLA
- Beijing Chao Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
- Peking University Third Hospital
- Rui Jin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
- Shanghai Changzheng Hospital
- Institute on Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Scicnces & Peking Union Medical University
- Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital
- University Hospital Brno, Department of Internal Hematology and Oncology
- University Hospital Brno, Hospital Pharmacy - Department of Dilution of Cytostasis
- University Hospital Hradec Kralove
- University Hospital Olomouc, 3rd Clinic of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology
- University Hospital Ostrava, Clinic of Hematooncology of UHO and MFUO
- University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady - Internal Hematology Clinic
- General University Hospital Prague, 1st Department of Medicine - Department of Hematology
- CHU de Caen, Côte de Nacre
- CHU Estaing
- UHC Dijon, Children's Hospital
- CHRU Hopital Huriez, Departement of Hematology
- CHRU Lille Hôpital Claude Huriez
- Paoli Calmettes Institute, Department ofHematology 2
- Nantes University Hospital Center
- Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Nimes, Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire Caremeau
- Hopital Saini Louis, Service d'immuno-Hematologie
- Hopital Saint Antoine
- Hospital Necker
- South Lyon Hospital Center
- Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Service d'hématologie Clinique
- Hopital Pontchaillou
- Hospital Purpan
- CHU de Tours Hopital Bretonneau
- Freiburg University Medical Center
- Ulm University Hospital, Center for Internal Medicine, Clinic of Internal Medicine III
- Ludwig Maximilians University Hospital - Medical Clinic III
- University Hospital Cologne
- Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Medical Clinic and Policlinic III
- Saarland University Hospital
- Group Practice for Hematology and Oncology
- Stiftungsklinikum Mittelrhein GmbH, Clinic of Internal Medicine
- Evangelismos Hospital
- University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital
- St. Istvan and St. Laszlo Hospital of Budapest, Department of Haematology and Stem-cell Transplant
- National Institute of Oncology, Department of Oncology, Internal Medicine "A" and Hematology
- University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center, Institute for Medicine, Chair of Hematology
- Bekes County Pandy Kalman Hospital 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology
- Kaposi Mor County Teaching Hospital, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology
- Bacs-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital, II. Department of Internal Medicine
- Medical Center of the University of Pecs, 1st Clinic for Internal Medicine
- Soroka University Medical Center
- Rambam Medical Center, Department of Hematology
- Ein Kerem Hospital, Department of Hematology
- The Chaim Sheba Medical Center
- UO Clinica Ematologica, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino
- A.O.U. San Luigi Gonzaga
- Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona Umberto I, G.M. Lancisi, G. Salesi
- Maggiore della Carita Hospital of Novara
- Local NHS of Piacenza Hospital Guglielmo da Saliceto Department Oncology-Hematology, Unit of Hema
- Ospedale S. Eugenio
- Policlinico Universitario "Umberto I"
- AO Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Division of Hematology
- Nagoya City University Hospital
- Toyohashi Municipal Hospital
- Kyushu University Hospital
- National Hospitalization Organization Kyushu Cancer Center
- Ogaki Municipal Hospital
- Gunma University Hospital
- Sapporo Medical University Hospital
- National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center
- Osaka University Hospital
- Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
- Tochigi Cancer Center
- The Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine
- National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center
- University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital
- National Cancer Center
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital
- Pusan National University Hospital
- Inje University Busan Paik Hospital
- Kyungpook National University Hospital
- Gachon University Gil Medical Center
- Seoul National University Hospital
- Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
- Samsung Medical Center
- The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
- Asan Medical Center
- Hospital Universitario "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez"
- Fundacion Centro Oncologieo de Integracion Regional - COIR
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
- Consultorio Privado del Dr. Guillermo Jose Ruiz y Arguelles
- Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum (VUMC), Department of Hematology
- St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Department of Hematology
- Erasmus Medical Center
- Isala Clinics in Zwolle, Department of Oncology
- North Shore Hospital
- Auckland City Hospital
- Canterbury Health Laboratories
- Wellington Hospital
- Independent Public Healthcare Facility of the Ministry of Internal Affairs & Warminsko-Mazurskie Oncology Centre in Olsztyn
- Independent Public Healthcare Facility Municipal Hospital Group, Department of Hematology
- Andrzej Mielecki Independent Public Clinical Hospital of Medical University of Silesia in Katowice
- Independent Public Healthcare Facility University Hospital
- Nicolaus Copernicus Memorial Provincial Specialist Hospital
- Independent Public Teaching Hospital No.1 in Lublin, Dept. of Hematology-Oncology
- Nicolaus Copernicus Municipal Specialist Hospital, Department of Hematology
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology
- "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta" Institut of Oncology, Hematology Department
- Iasi Regional Institute for Oncology, Medical Hematology Department
- Brasov County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Hematology Department
- Fundeni Clinical Institute, Hematology Department
- Coltea Clinical Hospital, Hematology Department
- Bucharest Emergency University Hospital, Hematology Department
- Targu-Mures County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Clinic of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation
- State Medical Institution: Republican Hospital n a.V.A. Baranov, Department of Hematology
- Arkhangelsk Regional Clinical Hospital, Department of internal diseases #2
- State Medical Institution: First Republican Clinical Hospital under the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Udmurtia
- Institution of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Russian Oncological Research Center n.a. N.N.Blokhin under the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
- City Clinical Hospital N.A.S.P. Botkin, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Intensive Chemotherapy for Patients with Myeloproliferative Disorders
- State Higher Educational Institution St. Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University
- The Federal State Budget Institute The Nikiforov Russian Center of Emergency and Radiation Medicine the Ministry of Russian
- Federal State Institution: Russian Research Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion under the Federal Agency for High-Tech Medical Care
- City Clinical Hospital #31, Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Intensive Chemotherapy for Patients with Myeloproliferative Disorders
- National University Hospital
- Singapore General Hospital
- Singapore Oncology Consultants, Gleneagles Hospital
- OncoCare Cancer Center
- Singapore General Hospital
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol
- University Hospital of Navarra
- Hospital Clinic i Provincial Barcelona
- Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre
- Hospital Universitario, Salamanca
- Hospital Virgen del Rocio University
- Universitari i Politècnic la Fe de Valencia Consulta Externa de Hematología
- Hospital Quiron Zaragoza
- University Hospital Center Vaudois
- County Hospital Saint Gallen
- Changhua Christian Hospital
- Kuohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- China Medical University Hospital
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital
- Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou
- Ege University Medical Faculty
- Ankara University Medical Faculty, Cebeci Research and Application Hospital, Hematology Department
- Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital
- Cherkasy Regional Oncology Center
- Dnipropetrovsk City Multispecialty Clinical Hospital #4, Hematology Centre
- Kharkiv Regional Clinical Oncology Center, Department of Hematology
- Khmelnytskyi Regional Hospital, Hematology Department
- Kyiv Center for Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine
- Poltava M.V. Sklifosovskyi Regional Clinical-Hospital
- A. Novak Zakarpattia Regional Clinical Hospital
- M.I. Pyrohov Vinnytsya Regional Clinical Hospital, Hematology Department
- O.F. Herbachevskyi Regional Clinical Hospital, Hematology Center
- Kent and Canterbury Hospital
- Maidstone Hospital, Kent Oncology Centre
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Raigmore Hospital
- University College London, Cancer Centre
- Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Churchill Hospital
- The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, New Cross Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Carfilzomib, Melphalan, Prednisone
Bortezomib, Melphalan, Prednisone
Participants received carfilzomib administered in combination with melphalan and prednisone for nine 42-day cycles. Carfilzomib was administered as an intravenous (IV) infusion on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 22, 23, 29, and 30 of each 42-day cycle. The carfilzomib dose was at 20 mg/m² on cycle 1, days 1 and 2 followed by 36 mg/m² thereafter. On days 1 to 4, melphalan was administered at 9 mg/m² and prednisone was administered at 60 mg/m².
Participants received bortezomib in combination with melphalan and prednisone for nine 42-day cycles. Bortezomib was administered either IV or subcutaneously at 1.3 mg/m² during cycles 1 to 4 on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 22, 25, 29, and 32 followed by 1.3 mg/m² during cycles 5 to 9 on days 1, 8, 22, and 29. On days 1 to 4 of each cycle, melphalan was administered at 9 mg/m² and prednisone was administered at 60 mg/m².