Active clinical trials for "Multiple Myeloma"

This study uses a sequence of high-dose chemotherapy drugs and a stem cell transplant to treat multiple myeloma. The study is being performed to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of treatment. Specifically, the study is designed to reduce the risk of interstitial pneumonitis.

RATIONALE: Biological therapies, such as antithymocyte globulin, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well antithymocyte globulin works in treating patients undergoing stem cell transplant for multiple myeloma.

This protocol is planned as a multicentric, national, open-label trial designed to evaluate, first, optimal dose of Velcade® (Bortezomib) in combination with melphalan and prednisone. After optimal dose is known, the second aim is evaluate safety and tolerance of V-MP plan, in respond terms, in a cohort of 60 patients. Finally, the entire results will be compared with those obtained from a series of 100 patients, all of them over 70 years old, diagnosed of Multiple Myeloma belonging to the GEM protocol finished in May 2003

MBL deficient patients enrolled in this protocol are scheduled to be treated with melphalan-based high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for their multiple myeloma. Patients are randomized to 0.5 mg/kg, 1.0 mg/kg, or no rhMBL.

This phase II trial studies how well bortezomib works in treating patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

The purpose of this study is to assess the toxicity of PS-341 combined with one of four doses of thalidomide in patients with refractory multiple myeloma, and to find the most appropriate doses of PS-341 and thalidomide in the combination.

This study has been designed to evaluate whether "anti-angiogenesis" therapy with thalidomide and whether additional chemotherapy after transplant will be beneficial. Another objective is to find out what kinds of side effects occur with this combination of treatment and how often they occur.

Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for their growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as flavopiridol, work in different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Bortezomib may increase the effectiveness of flavopiridol by making cancer cells more sensitive to the drug. Giving bortezomib together with flavopiridol may kill more cancer cells. This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of bortezomib and flavopiridol in treating patients with recurrent or refractory indolent B-cell neoplasms.

Bortezomib (Velcade) has just recently been approved by the FDA for the treatment of multiple myeloma in patients who have received at least two prior therapies and have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy. This study will determine if Velcade is effective in treating patients with multiple myeloma that have had no prior treatment for the disease. We will also use whole-genome scanning to identify drug response biomarkers in bone marrow samples as well as nerve fiber studies to compare nerves prior to the use of Velcade and after treatment with Velcade.

The purpose of the study is to select the dose regimen of CDC-501 that provides the most promising evidence of efficacy.