Active clinical trials for "Neoplasms, Plasma Cell"

This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of bendamustine hydrochloride in treating patients with previously treated multiple myeloma. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as bendamustine hydrochloride, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading.

This is an open-label, randomized clinical study with two stages to assess the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), efficacy, and safety of selinexor, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (SLd) in patients with relapsed/refractory (RR) multiple myeloma (MM). The stages are dose escalation (Phase 1) and expansion (Phase 2).

The purpose of this study is to see how long lenalidomide therapy can maintain or improve the disease response obtained after induction therapy that does not include lenalidomide, pomalidomide or thalidomide; and consequently reduce worsening of disease and to evaluate the activity of lenalidomide. Patients will receive lenalidomide or be under observation. All patients will attend regular clinic visits to evaluate their disease and health. Patients will have the option to participate in additional biomarker correlative studies in addition to their participation in the main study.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the overall response rate of Trametinib when administered orally to patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

Bone disease in multiple myeloma (MM) is routinely assessed by skeletal X-ray (XR) and magnetic resonance of the spine (S-MRI). Diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) is a functional MRI that detects water diffusion through cells. This prospective phase II study compared whole-body DW-MRI with XR and S-MRI for the assessment of MM bone lesions. METHODS. Thirty-six consecutive symptomatic patients at diagnosis or at relapse performed XR, S-MRI, whole-body MRI, and whole-body DW-MRI before treatment, after treatment, and 6 months after treatment. A substudy evaluated 12 asymptomatic patients at diagnosis, after 6 and 12 months. Radiology exams were independently read by 3 experienced radiologists, and the techniques were compared by the count of segments with focal lesions (FL) (>=5mm).

The purpose of this study is to investigate the anti-myeloma effect of panobinostat given at two different doses (10 mg and 20 mg oral) in combination with carfilzomib (20/56 mg/m2 i.v.) and low dose dexamethasone (20 mg oral) vs carfilzomib plus low-dose dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma. Safety and efficacy will be evaluated. Treatment will be administered in 4-week cycles until patients discontinue due to disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or for other reasons. Patients who discontinue the study treatment for reasons other than documented disease progression will be followed for disease assessments every 8 weeks until progression. All patients will be followed for survival until 3 years have passed from their entry into the study, or they have discontinued the follow up earlier.

This is a phase II, open label, single-center study of ultra-high dose dexamethasone administered intravenously and orally as monotherapy for the treatment of relapsed multiple myeloma. Dexamethasone has known anti-myeloma activity, and has been studied extensively both alone, and in combination with other agents, in the treatment of multiple myeloma. This study implements an optimal 2-stage design. In Stage 1, 10 patients will be enrolled. Each patient will receive 100mg of intravenous dexamethasone once on Day 1, immediately followed by 24mg of oral (PO) dexamethasone every 6 hours for 3 days (Days 1-3) in a 28-day cycle. After 4 cycles, the patients will be evaluated for efficacy and safety. If 2 or more of the original 10 patients experience a CR, very good partial response (VGPR), or PR, an additional 20 patients will be enrolled in Stage 2. The enrollment for Stage 2 will occur after the completion of 4 cycles of ultra-high dose dexamethasone. If <2 patients experience a CR, VGPR, or PR, the study will be discontinued. Patients will be treated until progression, intolerable side effects, or death. The purpose of the proposed phase II study is to determine the overall response rate, progression free survival, and tolerability of "ultra-high" dose dexamethasone.

Background: - Recent studies have shown that the premalignant conditions monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) have a high risk of progressing to multiple myeloma (MM). There are currently no known effective treatments to prevent MGUS or SMM from developing into MM, and there are no known tests for determining whether an individual with MGUS or SMM will develop MM. Researchers are investigating new and improved imaging techniques that may be able to better detect the progression of MGUS or SMM into MM. Objectives: To compare the results of three imaging techniques in individuals with MGUS, SMM, and MM. To correlate the information from the imaging studies with established clinical markers of progression from MGUS/SMM to MM. Eligibility: - Individuals at least 18 years of age who have been diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, smoldering multiple myeloma, or multiple myeloma. Design: Participants will be screened with a physical examination and medical history, and will provide baseline blood, urine, and bone marrow samples before beginning the imaging studies. Participants will have three imaging studies on separate days: a standard 18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan (18-FDG PET/CT), a PET/CT scan with an experimental sodium fluoride-based drug (18-NaF PET/CT), and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI). Participants will be closely monitored during each scan, and will provide additional blood samples before and after the scans. Participants may provide additional blood, urine, tissue, and bone marrow samples for optional research studies.

Observe the safety/tolerability and effectiveness in terms of response rate and duration of response of the combination pasireotide + everolimus in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple melanoma.

The purpose of this study test the hypothesis that the combination of simvastatin and zoledronic acid (for reversal of drug resistance), with bortezomib, high-dose methylprednisolone and bendamustine on a day 1,8 schedule (to reduce toxicity) will be an effective and well-tolerated treatment for relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma