Active clinical trials for "Multiple Myeloma"

This is the first study of digital life coaching (DLC) to engage patients during the peri-HCT period that is punctuated by intensive life changes. DLC may circumvent these limitations by combining the integrative cross-dimensional nature of life coaching with the advantages of mobile health technology. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether ongoing participant engagement with a DLC platform is feasible for multiple myeloma (MM) patients actively undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT).

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.

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell disorder, characterized by the presence of more than 10 % of clonal plasma cells in the bone marrow. Therapeutic intervention is recommended when at least one of the myeloma defining events occurs (CRAB features). Renal impairment (RI) is one of the most common complications of MM, accounting for 20-30 % of MM patients at diagnosis and 40-50% of patients during the course of their disease. To date, there is no defined consensus for the management of myeloma patients with renal failure. It is then of clinical importance to better considering available therapeutic options to improve responses and survival of these patients.

Cancer-induced peripheral neuropathies (CIPN) remain a real problem in oncology (Balayssac et al., 2011). These CIPN are induced by certain classes of anticancer drugs such as taxanes (paclitaxel and docetaxel), platinum salts (cisplatin and oxaliplatin), alkaloids of Madagascar periwinkle (vincristine), bortezomib, thalidomide and eribulin (Balayssac et al., 2011; Vahdat et al., 2013). These CIPN essentially translate into sensory disorders such as paresthesia, dysesthetics or numbness. More rarely, these CIPN may be associated with motor or vegetative disorders (Balayssac et al., 2011). According to the recent meta-analysis by Hershman et al., no treatment can be proposed as a "gold standard" for preventing or treating CIPN (Hershman et al., 2014). As a result, oncologists reduce or stop doses of neurotoxic anticancer drugs because patients with CIPN have a marked deterioration in quality of life and co-morbidities such as anxiety, depression and sleep disorders (Hong et al., 2014; Mols et al., 2014). Therefore, understanding the pathophysiology of CIPN is essential to propose new therapeutic strategies. Among neurotoxic anticancer drugs, bortezomib remains relatively little studied in terms of pathophysiology compared to platinum salts or taxanes, while the neurotoxicity of bortezomib remains a limiting factor in treatment. Since 2012, the FDA and EMA have validated the administration of bortezomib subcutaneously instead of intravenously in order to limit the neurotoxicity of bortezomib (Minarik et al., 2015). Indeed, a large study (N=222) reported that subcutaneous administration of bortezomib allowed the same therapeutic efficacy to be maintained while improving the safety profile and in particular limiting peripheral neuropathies (CIPN all grades: 38% vs. 53%, p=0.044, grade> 2: 24% vs. 41%, p=0.012 and grade> 3: 6% vs. 16%, p=0.026) However, a recent retrospective study (N=446) reports that the prevalence of bortezomib-induced peripheral neuropathies after subcutaneous administration remains relatively high: all grade: 41%, grade> 2: 18%, grade> 3: 4%, and above all that this prevalence is not different between subcutaneous and intravenous routes (Minarik et al., 2015).

There are limited data concerning the use of biosimilars of filgrastim in autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). This study aimed to evaluate G-CSF efficiency and safety (based on haemograms, transfusion needs and complications) of two biosimilars (Zarzio and Ratiograstim®) compared to those of Neupogen® for our patients who underwent ASCT.

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.

This study aims to realize an economic evaluation of the introduction of Plerixafor in addition to G-CSF and alternative options, in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) who failed or insufficiently mobilize peripheral blood stem and progenitor cells in response to G-CSF alone.

This study, a national, multicenter, observational, ambispective, non-interventional study, will be conducted in French hospitals prescribing pomalidomide and already participating in the ongoing Imnovid registry. This study will add to the registry. Indeed, pomalidomide-prescribing physicians and pharmacists dispensing pomalidomide have to enter into the Imnovid registry all patients who have been prescribed this drug since the date on which it was marketed regardless of the initiation date of pomalidomide or the indication for which it was prescribed.

To understand the safety and efficacy of Revlimid® 5 mg Capsules (hereinafter referred to as Revlimid) in patients with "relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma" (hereinafter referred to as "relapsed or refractory MM") who have received long-term treatment with it under the actual condition of use. Planned registration period This period started on the date of initial marketing of Revlimid and will end at the time when the planned number of patients to be enrolled, 300, is reached (estimated to be approximately 1 year and 3 moths). Planned surveillance period This period started on the date of initial marketing of Revlimid and will end 3 years after the last enrolled patient begins receiving Revlimid (estimated to be approximately 4 years and 3 months).