Active clinical trials for "Multiple Myeloma"

This study is to understand how well elranatamab (PF-06863135) may be used for relapsed refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). Sometimes MM might improve at first, but then gets resistant to the treatment and starts growing again (known as relapsed refractory). This study medicine will be compared with standard-of-care (SOC) therapies used in real-world clinical practice. For people receiving elranatamab, we will use data from the phase 2 clinical trial (MagnetisMM-3). We will also use data from two real-world databases, representing the SOC in clinical practice. This study does not seek any participants for enrollment. We will compare the experiences of people receiving elranatamab to people receiving SOC therapies. This way, it will help us to know how well elranatamab can be used for RRMM treatment.

In the present study, we have trained 10 patients in subcutaneous self-administration of Velcade. After their training, patients will alternately receive their treatment in the hospital and at home by self-administration. In keeping with common practice, a nurse contacts the patients by telephone before 9.00 am on the day of treatment to ensure that the patient is physically "fit" to receive the medication and to discuss any side effects. To highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the changed treatment practice from the perspectives of both patients and healthcare professionals, data is collected from two consecutive semi-structured interviews with n = 10 patients and n = 1 focus group interview of the healthcare professionals involved. Moreover, time registration of medication administration both at the hospital and in the patients' home is done. The qualitative data will be analyzed via the method of condensation and continual quantitative data will form the basis of a cost-benefit analysis.

The 3-drug therapy of Bortezomib-Melphalan-Prednisolone (VMP) is a standard therapy that is commonly used currently in South Korea as a first-line treatment for treatment-naïve patients with multiple myeloma who are ineligible for hematopoietic transplantation. Despite the fact that VMP therapy is outstanding in terms of cost-effectiveness, treatment discontinuation rates due to adverse drug reactions is high. In addition, when considering that the percentage of elderly patients aged 70 years or above in the target patient group is 20% or above, there have been attempts to devise a plan that can decrease side effects while maintaining effectiveness. For example, there have been previous reported cases of overseas applications of modified VMP therapies with reduced doses, but they have applied various combinations in terms of the total cycles, administration intervals, doses, etc. This study was planned to evaluate the overall safety and efficacy of VMP therapy by following up on the actual VMP therapies applied in domestic clinics, patient characteristics, side effect occurrences, administration discontinuation rates, survival data, etc., as well as to collect exploratory data for a more effective study of modified VMP therapies. This study was planned to evaluate the overall safety and efficacy of VMP therapy by following up on the actual VMP therapies applied in domestic clinics, patient characteristics, side effect occurrences, administration discontinuation rates, survival data, etc., as well as to collect exploratory data for a more effective study of modified VMP therapies.

The purpose of this study is to see whether 89Zr-bevacizumab PET scanning is feasible in relapsing multiple myeloma patients.

The purpose of this study is to observe correction of haemoglobin (Hb) levels in patients receiving chemotherapy as a consequence of a solid tumour, a malignant lymphoma or a multiple myeloma and who are treated with Retacrit™.

This is a prospective study investigating the relationship between vitamin D and peripheral neuropathy (PN) among multiple myeloma (MM) patients treated with either bortezomib or thalidomide. The study consists of a screening period of up to 14 days, followed by a single assessment visit to evaluate vitamin D levels, incidence and severity of PN, neuropathic pain, and markers of depression. Patient charts will also be utilized to assess the frequency of skeletal-related events.

The purpose of this non-interventional study is to collect data on the efficiency and safety of pomalidomide in combination with dexamethasone in the routine application

The purpose of this study is to better define and understand potential cardiac toxicities of proteasome inhibitors and to understand optimal management strategies to treat and prevent cardiovascular events.

RATIONALE: Infection prophylaxis and management may help prevent cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection caused by a stem cell transplant. PURPOSE:This clinical trial studies infection prophylaxis and management in treating cytomegalovirus infection in patients with hematologic malignancies previously treated with donor stem cell transplant.

Theranostics is the use of a diagnostic test to decide which patients will benefit from a certain treatment. The current standard treatment for patients with myeloma is induction chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplant. Although there are options for timing of treatments, patient outcomes are variable and the investigators do not currently know which patients benefit from which treatment schedule. There is evidence to suggest that residual disease on imaging after treatment is an indicator for a worse prognosis, however the best time point for this imaging is currently not known. This study is designed to show if there is an optimum time point for correlation between imaging and prognosis. Several studies have indicated that MRI is better at detecting disease than FDG PET/CT and the investigators will confirm this when patients are first diagnosed, by performing both FDG PET/CT and whole body diffusion weighted MRI. Patients will then be followed up with whole body diffusion weighted MRI after induction chemotherapy and 3 months post autograft. The investigators will look at the amount of disease present on these scans and correlate this with outcomes. There are likely to be other factors which influence patient outcomes (such as genetics) and the investigators will also look at some of these. Patients who undergo autograft have regular blood tests and marrow samples taken as part of routine care, the investigators will use some of these samples (without compromising the patients treatment) to analyses some of these other factors. If the investigators are able to determine a correlation of genetic factors with outcome this information could be used in future research. Theranostics is the use of a diagnostic test to decide which patients will benefit from a certain treatment. The current standard treatment for patients with myeloma is induction chemotherapy followed by peripheral stem cell transplant. Although there are options for timing of treatments, patient outcomes are variable and the investigators do not currently know which patients benefit from which treatment schedule. There is evidence to suggest that residual disease on imaging after treatment is an indicator for a worse prognosis, however the best time point for this imaging is currently not known. This study is designed to show if there is an optimum time point for correlation between imaging and prognosis. Several studies have indicated that MRI is better at detecting disease than FDG PET/CT and the investigators will confirm this when patients are first diagnosed, by performing both FDG PET/CT and whole body diffusion weighted MRI. Patients will then be followed up with whole body diffusion weighted MRI after induction chemotherapy and 3 months post autograft. The investigators will look at the amount of disease present on these scans and correlate this with outcomes. There are likely to be other factors which influence patient outcomes (such as genetics) and the investigators will also look at some of these. Patients who undergo autograft have regular blood tests and marrow samples taken as part of routine care, the investigators will use some of these samples (without compromising the patients treatment) to analyses some of these other factors. If the investigators are able to determine a correlation of genetic factors with outcome this information could be used in future research.