The purpose of this study is to determine whether this disease will get better if treated with higher doses of Lenalidomide even if the disease returns while taking low doses of Lenalidomide. In patients with multiple myeloma treated with Lenalidomide maintenance, the disease will return. However, the physician currently does not know if the disease would respond to treatment with higher doses of Lenalidomide. This is very important for patients with multiple myeloma because the number of drugs available to treat the disease are limited. It is important to know if Lenalidomide remains still effective and if it can still be used in this situation. This study will try to find out what effects, good and/or bad higher doses of Lenalidomide has on the patient and the disease after it has returned.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
11
patients will begin therapy with lenalidomide 25 mg daily, 21 days out of a 28 day schedule. All patients will be evaluated monthly after every cycle. The dose will be adjusted downward in response to side effects and according to specific guidelines. Symptomatic POD occurring at any time during the study will result in removal of the patient from the study. After 2 cycles of lenalidomide, patients with at least stable disease (SD) will continue lenalidomide indefinitely until asymptomatic POD, at which time dexamethasone will be added at a dose of 40mg weekly. On the other hand, patient with asymptomatic POD after 2 cycles of lenalidomide will have dexamethasone added at a dose of 40 mg weekly. Patients with any type of POD after any cycle that includes dexamethasone will be taken off study. Patients can remain on study on lenalidomide or lenalidomide/dexamethasone indefinitely as long as they do not have POD as stated above and they tolerate the treatment.
Stamford Hospital
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York, United States
North Shore LIJ
New Hyde Park, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering at Mercy Medical Center
Rockville Centre, New York, United States
Memoral Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at Phelps
Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
...and 1 more locations
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), \>=30% decrease in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.
Time frame: 6 months
Number of Participants Evaluated for Toxicity
All toxicities with a maximum grade and status of ≥ grade 2 will be graded using the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 4.0.
Time frame: every 28 days before initiation of a new cycle through study completion until disease progression up to 5 years
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