The study is being done to compare the combination of lenalidomide and dexamethasone followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) and lenalidomide and dexamethasone without PBSCT in patients with untreated multiple myeloma. This comparison will include how the subjects respond to each study treatment combination, and what side effects are caused by each combination.
Multiple myeloma is a malignant plasma cell proliferative disorder responsible for 11, 000 deaths each year in the United States. Approximately one third of myeloma patients develop hypercalcemia and about two thirds present with anemia. As the second most common hematologic malignancy, myeloma remains incurable. In the last forty years, options for therapy have included melphalan-prednisone, anthracyclines, and vinca alkaloids; however, relapse with those regimens continues to be inevitable with a median survival of 3 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
Subjects deemed suitable by the principal investigator will undergo autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation on day 0.
Administered orally at a dose 25 mg daily on days 1-21 of each 28-day cycle.
Administered orally at a dose of 40 mg daily on days 1, 8, 15, 22 of each cycle.
Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
Complete Response Rate
The primary objective of this study is to determine the complete response rate of lenalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone versus that of lenalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (will include unconfirmed complete response (CR), CR and stringent complete response (sCR)).
Time frame: 3 years
Overall Survival Rate (OS)
To compare overall survival in subjects receiving autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant after undergoing induction therapy with lenalidomide and dexamethasone versus in those receiving only lenalidomide and dexamethasone, followed by lenalidomide maintenance in both arms. Only patients who achieved at least a partial response (PR) following 4 cycles of induction were included in the analysis.
Time frame: 4 years
Overall Survival Rate (OS)
To compare overall survival in subjects receiving autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant after undergoing induction therapy with lenalidomide and dexamethasone versus in those receiving only lenalidomide and dexamethasone, followed by lenalidomide maintenance in both arms. Only patients who achieved at least a partial response (PR) following 4 cycles of induction were included in the analysis.
Time frame: 2 years
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
PFS is the length of time during and after the treatment of a disease, such as cancer, that a patient lives with the disease but it does not get worse.
Time frame: 4 years
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
PFS is the length of time during and after the treatment of a disease, such as cancer, that a patient lives with the disease but it does not get worse.
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Peripheral stem cell collection will be performed at marrow recovery, usually when white blood cell (WBC) is \>2500 x 109 cells/liter; platelet count is \>20 x 103/mm3.
Subjects undergoing autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant will receive melphalan 200 mg/m2 intravenously on days -2 and -1 or only on day -2.
Subjects will receive G-CSF subcutaneously daily beginning on day 5 and until blood counts recover.
Subjects may receive up to the maximum recommended high-dose of cyclophosphamide at 4 gm/m2 intravenously.
Mesna will be provided with the cyclophosphamide.
Time frame: 2 years