Active clinical trials for "Multiple Myeloma"

The purpose of this study is to determine if recipients of non-myeloablative ex-vivo T-cell depleted peripheral blood (PBSC) stem cell transplantation using a mismatched related donor will have less severe graft versus host disease (GVHD), transplant related mortality, and less graft failure compared to alternative haploidentical stem cell transplantation.

The purpose of this study is to develop a standard of care treatment using allogeneic stem cells for patients with cancers of the blood. The protocol was revised to reflect that this study is considered "treatment guidelines", rather than a research study.

Multiple myeloma is the second most common haematological cancer with a cancer incidence of around 500 new cases in Austria per year . Novel treatment methods have significantly increased the cancer-specific survival rate in patients with multiple myeloma. For Austria, this means that 5- and 10-year survival rates rose from 32.1 to 46.4% and from 19.0 to 25.6% from the end of the 1980s to the end of the 2000s. Longer survival is associated with the need to maintain independence and quality of life in the longer term. In this context, regular physical training has seen a significant increase in the importance of cancer in recent years.The guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine still contain very general training recommendations for cancer patients. Either 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of intensive endurance training per week are recommended, supplemented by at least two units of strengthening training and stretching exercises for the large muscle groups. In a recent cross-sectional and pilot study with multiple myeloma patients that was carried out at the Clinic for Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna (EK 1725/2018), it was on the one hand identified that there was a discrepancy between these patients on the one hand has given actual and perceived risk of falling, and on the other hand it is concluded that training recommendations should be carried out separately in group and individual training according to the actual risk of falling and fracture. The present project is the follow-up to this cross-sectional investigation. The aim is to examine the feasibility and effects of a structured, physical training program carried out over a period of 12 weeks on physical performance, quality of life, body composition and the risk of falling. The effects of patients with increased risk in individual training sessions are compared to those of lower risk patients in group training sessions. Furthermore, the study patients will be able to bring training partners with them to their own training units if available and for their own security. They are evaluated separately according to qualitative criteria.

The aim of this study was to evaluate SERUM neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin, emerging indicator of tubular damage and examine their relationship with established measures of renal function (serum creatinine, and estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR) among MM patients with and without renal impairment (RI), and at various stages of MM progression.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the immune profile of plasma cells and immune effector cells in paired peripheral whole blood and bone marrow samples from MM patients by standardized flow cytometry. The quantitative and/or qualitative variation of these immune effectors according to the different status of myeloma pathology (diagnosis, relapse or refractory). It is interesting to assess the extent to which a particular immune profile is associated with a better therapeutic response for a given treatment. In addition, the study will validate the stability of the samples between T0 (< 4 hours after sampling) and T0 + 72 hours.

This phase Ib trial studies the side effects of combination chemotherapy and donor stem cell transplant followed by ixazomib citrate maintenance therapy in treating patients with multiple myeloma that has returned after a period of improvement and is likely to recur (come back), or spread. Giving chemotherapy before a donor peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cells in the bone marrow, including normal blood-forming cells (stem cells) and cancer 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. Giving ixazomib citrate after the transplant may improve the overall treatment outcome without causing additional toxicities.

The primary objective of this trial is to determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of BI 836909 administered by continuous i.v. infusion in patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma. If the MTD is not reached based on safety findings, a recommended dose for further development will be determined. This will depend on the safety data, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics data and potentially preliminary efficacy data. Secondary objectives are to document the safety and tolerability of BI 836909, to perform pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analyses and to evaluate relevant biological effects in terms of parameters of efficacy.

Overview of Study Design: This is an open phase II, single-arm, multi-center study to evaluate progression free survival in patients receiving ixazomib in combination with thalidomide and dexamethasone (ITD) followed by an ixazomib maintenance phase of a maximum period of 12 months. The patient population will consist of adult male and female patients with multiple myeloma (MM) with relapsed and/or refractory disease after at least one prior treatment line. In case of enrollment patients will receive ixazomib 4.0mg at days 1, 8, 15, thalidomide 100mg at days 1 to 28 (50mg in patients aged ≥75 years), and dexamethasone 40mg (20mg in patients aged ≥75 years) at days 1, 8, 15 of a 28-day treatment cycle. The proposed number of cycles is 8. Treatment will be discontinued in case of progressive disease or in case of no response after 4 cycles (≤ SD after 4 cycles). After discontinuation of therapy an end of treatment visit (EOT) will be performed within 14 days after the last dose of the last combination treatment cycle. After 8 cycles of ITD therapy, maintenance treatment with 4.0mg ixazomib (3.0mg in patients aged ≥ 75 years at first day of maintenance phase) on days 1, 8, 15 of 28-day cycles will be administered to patients with ≥ MR for a maximum period of 12 months. Patients who completed less than 8 cycles of ITD treatment do not qualify for maintenance phase. Follow-up visits will be performed in 3-monthly intervals until the last patient on ixazomib maintenance therapy has concluded or discontinued the maintenance phase. A safety analysis will be conducted after enrollment of the first 6 patients and completion of at least two cycles in every patient.

The purpose of this study is to use genomic information from individual patients to create simulation avatars that will be used to predict novel drug combinations with therapeutic potential.

Bortezomib and cyclophosphamide in combination with dexamethasone has already demonstrated high response rates in refractory multiple myeloma. Low dose continuous cyclophosphamide, also called metronomic scheduling, minimize toxic side effects and eliminate the obligatory rest periods. Combining cyclophosphamide with bortezomib might target distinct aspects of a myeloma functionality. The objectives of the present study are whether patients with refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma after reinduction with bortezomib, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone will benefit from maintenance therapy with bortezomib and cyclophosphamide with acceptable side-effects. Recently two studies have shown with thalidomide that maintenance therapy might improve EFS and one study also the OS.