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Tandem Auto Stem Cell Transplant With Melphalan Followed by Melphalan and Bortezomib in Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Tandem Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant With Melphalan Followed by Melphalan and Bortezomib in Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01241708
Acronym
(Mel/MelVel)
Enrollment
148
Registered
2010-11-16
Start date
2010-04-08
Completion date
2023-07-15
Last updated
2025-09-17

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Conditions

Auto Stem Cell Transplant, Multiple Myeloma

Brief summary

High dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplantation is commonplace in the treatment of multiple myeloma. This treatment uses a chemotherapy drug called Melphalan that has been used in several thousand bone marrow transplant recipients worldwide for the same or similar disorders.

Detailed description

Many patients with multiple myeloma receive 2 stem cell transplantations within a few months of each other as part of their treatment. Usually the drug Melphalan is used for both transplants. Bortezomib is a drug that is used for treating multiple myeloma and has been used in combination with melphalan for stem cell transplantation for patients with multiple myeloma. The purpose of this trial is to study the effects of doing 2 transplants, first using melphalan and second using melphalan and bortezomib. The trial is aiming to find out if adding the Bortezomib to the second transplant will increase the chances of staying in remission longer.

Interventions

DRUGBortezomib

Bortezomib 1.6mg/m2 on day -4 and day -1

Sponsors

Hackensack Meridian Health
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Changed from: Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of multiple myeloma with either Durie-Salmon stage I, II, or III or ISS stage I, II or III, less than 12 months since initiation of systemic therapy * ≥8x106 CD34+cells/kg available in cryopreservation in aliquots appropriate for tandem transplants * Age: 18-75 years at time of transplantation * KPS 70-100% * Recovery from complications of prior therapies * Gender: There is no gender restriction

Exclusion criteria

* Diagnosis other than multiple myeloma * Chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 8 days of initiating treatment in this study * Prior autologous or allogeneic transplantation (except as enrolled into this study) * Uncontrolled bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To Determine the Progression-free Survival of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With Tandem Cycles of High-dose Melphalan Followed by High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib With Autologous HSC Transplantation.3 yearsProgression-free survival of participants that received tandem transplants on study

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
To Determine the Response Rate of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With High-dose Melphalan or High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib Given in Tandem Transplants.3 yearsOverall response rate of participants after completing tandem transplant. Overall Response rate defined as the composite endpoint of response to treatment which includes Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR), stable disease (SD) as defined in International Response Criteria.
To Determine the Overall Survival of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With High-dose Melphalan or High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib Given in Tandem Transplants.3 yearsSurvival rate of participants after completion of tandem transplant

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Tandem Transplantation With Melphalan and Bortezomib
Tandem autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with melphalan followed by melphalan and bortezomib in patients with multiple myeloma Bortezomib: Bortezomib 1.6mg/m2 on day -4 and day -1
142
Total142

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyDid not move forward with 2nd Transplant39
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up5
Overall StudyScreen Failure6
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject6

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicTandem Transplantation With Melphalan and Bortezomib
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
16 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
126 Participants
Age, Continuous56.4 years
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
15 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
123 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
4 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
7 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
13 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
12 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
108 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
142 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
52 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
90 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
46 / 142
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
67 / 142

Outcome results

Primary

To Determine the Progression-free Survival of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With Tandem Cycles of High-dose Melphalan Followed by High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib With Autologous HSC Transplantation.

Progression-free survival of participants that received tandem transplants on study

Time frame: 3 years

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Tandem Transplantation With Melphalan and BortezomibTo Determine the Progression-free Survival of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With Tandem Cycles of High-dose Melphalan Followed by High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib With Autologous HSC Transplantation.73.8 Percent
Secondary

To Determine the Overall Survival of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With High-dose Melphalan or High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib Given in Tandem Transplants.

Survival rate of participants after completion of tandem transplant

Time frame: 3 years

Population: 94 participant survival assessed after completion of tandem transplant

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Tandem Transplantation With Melphalan and BortezomibTo Determine the Overall Survival of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With High-dose Melphalan or High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib Given in Tandem Transplants.76 Participants
Secondary

To Determine the Response Rate of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With High-dose Melphalan or High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib Given in Tandem Transplants.

Overall response rate of participants after completing tandem transplant. Overall Response rate defined as the composite endpoint of response to treatment which includes Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR), stable disease (SD) as defined in International Response Criteria.

Time frame: 3 years

Population: 94 participant response assessed after completion of tandem transplant

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Tandem Transplantation With Melphalan and BortezomibTo Determine the Response Rate of Patients With Multiple Myeloma Treated With High-dose Melphalan or High-dose Melphalan in Combination With Bortezomib Given in Tandem Transplants.86 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026