Active clinical trials for "Multiple Myeloma"

Proposition of a sensory rehabilitation program that could reduce the olfactory-gustatory alterations in patients who have been treated with Melphalan for therapeutic intensification with autologous transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells for multiple myeloma or lymphoma, and also improve their life quality, psychological well-being, and nutrition.

Multiple myeloma (MM) survival has been improved during the last decade owing to new treatments. Hence, it has become a matter of importance to precisely define the depth of MM response to therapy. 18F-FDG PET/CT (FDG-PET) has proved to be superior to X-rays for the initial staging of MM. It is now recommended by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) during the initial work-up and for response evaluation, as it is superior to MRI in that setting. However, sensitivity of FDG-PET remains inferior to that of MRI for the initial staging of MM. Indeed, FDG-PET remains limited for the evaluation of skull lesions (due to brain physiological background) or spine infiltrative disease. Therefore, there is a need for a new diagnostic tool which could have equivalent sensitivity to that of MRI at diagnosis, and could bring better baseline information than FDG PET for therapy evaluation. Ultimately, this tool would be a one-stop-shop exam for diagnosis and patient follow-up during treatment. 18F-Choline, a tracer of phospholipids of cell membrane, has shown potential as compared to 18F-FDG in a recent retrospective study, with about 70% more lesions detected in MM patients with suspected relapsing disease. Following that perspective, our main objective is to compare prospectively, in a cohort of newly diagnosed MM, the detection rate of MM lesions by 18F-Choline PET/CT (FCH-PET) vs. FDG-PET. Our secondary objectives will be to compare the performance of both PET modalities as regard to MRI as well as the detection rate of extra-medullary lesions. Patients with MM will proceed to FCH-PET, FDG-PET and then Whole-Body MRI within 3 weeks.

A PET-CT will be performed on patients with myeloma after a standard first-line treatment. The PET-positive patients will receive 4 cycles of Carfilzomb-Revlimid-Dexamethason (KRd), before a new PET-CT will be performed.

This is a phase II trial using a non-myeloablative cyclophosphamide/ fludarabine/total body irradiation (TBI) preparative regimen with modifications based on factors including diagnosis, disease status, and prior treatment. Single or double unit selected according to current University of Minnesota umbilical cord blood graft selection algorithm.

A) Phase 1: To determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) of lenalidomide that can be safely added to high-dose melphalan prior to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). B) Phase 2: To determine whether the addition of high-dose lenalidomide to ASCT followed by maintenance standard-dose lenalidomide improves the response rate and duration of response for relapsed multiple myeloma (RMM).

The purpose of this study is to test whether giving high doses of carfilzomib along with the other drugs (lenalidomide and dexamethasone) is safe and which dose is best tolerated by patients. In addition, the study is designed to test the amount of remaining myeloma cells in the body after treatment with higher carfilzomib doses which is known as minimal residual disease (MRD).

The objective of this study is to recruit healthy adult identical and fraternal twins for the collection of one teaspoon of blood to be sent to the Clinical Lab at San Francisco General Hospital. The serum will be tested to determine the reference range for free light chains.

This study wil assess somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expression via the uptake of Gallium-68 labelled DOTA-conjugated SSTR targeting peptide using PET/CT imaging in multiple myeloma lesions pre-identified on 18F-FDG PET/CT in order to evaluate the feasibility of molecular radionuclide therapy in refractory and relapsing mutiple myeloma using the Lutetium-177 radiolabelled targeting peptide.

This study is a prospective open label interventional multicenter study evaluating the impact of the update multiple myeloma criteria on the natural history of smoldering myeloma in order to establish new recommendations about follow up and prognostic evaluation of smoldering myeloma.

This phase II trial studies how well giving an umbilical cord blood transplant together with cyclophosphamide, fludarabine, and total-body irradiation (TBI) works in treating patients with hematologic disease. Giving chemotherapy, such as cyclophosphamide and fludarabine, and TBI before a donor umbilical cord blood transplant helps stop the growth of cancer and abnormal cells and helps stop the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. When the healthy stem cells from a donor are infused into the patient they may help the patient's bone marrow make stem cells, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil after transplant may stop this from happening.