This pilot clinical trial studies whether using high throughput drug sensitivity and genomics data is feasible in developing individualized treatment in patients with multiple myeloma or plasma cell leukemia that has come back or does not respond to treatment. High throughput screen tests many different drugs that kill multiple myeloma cells in individual chambers at the same time. Matching a drug or drug combination to a patient using high throughput screen and genetic information may improve the ability to help patients by choosing drugs that work well for their disease.
OUTLINE: Patients undergo collection of bone marrow aspirate and blood for high-throughput drug sensitivity assay and mutational analysis using next generation sequencing. Patients and their treating physicians receive the results of the tests. Treatment decisions are then made by the patients and their treating physicians. After completion of study, patients are followed up every 3 months for 2 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Undergo collection of bone marrow aspirate and blood
Anti-tumor drugs are tested against myeloma cells in the laboratory, in a high-throughput drug sensitivity assay
Correlative studies
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, United States
Number of Participants With Actionable Assay Response
The feasibility of this approach will be assessed in terms of obtaining an actionable response from the proposed assay in at least 50% of patients examined.
Time frame: Up to 21 days
Overall Response Rate to the Therapy Chosen After Performing the Assay
Will be assessed by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) response criteria. The response among all patients who received the assay as well as among patients who obtained an actionable result from the assay will be estimated.
Time frame: Up to 2 years
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