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Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell NeoplasmPhase 2NCT00008268

Melphalan and Filgrastim to Stimulate Peripheral Stem Cells in Patients With Multiple Myeloma

A Phase 2 study testing filgrastim and melphalan in people with Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Melphalan and colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of melphalan combined with filgrastim in stimulating peripheral stem cells in patients who have multiple myeloma. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
filgrastim and melphalan
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Aug 2000to Jun 2003
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of multiple myeloma
  • Must have received induction therapy within the past 3 months
  • Chemoresponsive disease
  • Greater than 50% reduction of monoclonal paraprotein with reduction in marrow plasma cell infiltrate or greater than 50% reduction in marrow plasma cell infiltrate if disease is non-secretory
  • No symptomatic pleural effusions
  • Eligible for stem cell transplantation

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-3 (ECOG 3 allowed only if due to bone disease or neuropathy)

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Platelet count at least 150,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 mg/dL

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.5 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance greater than 51 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No symptomatic cardiomyopathy
  • No medically documented symptomatic cardiac arrhythmias within the past 60 days
  • No New York Heart Association class III congestive heart failure
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months

Other:

  • No other concurrent medical conditions that would preclude study
  • No uncontrolled infections
  • No other active malignancy within the past 5 years except for non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior stem cell mobilization or transplantation

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No more than 200 mg prior oral melphalan

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No more than 3000 cGy of prior radiotherapy for myeloma

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10021

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About this study

Official title: A Phase II Study Of Blood Stem Cell Mobilization With Intravenous Melphalan (60 MG/M2) + G-CSF In Patients With Multiple Myeloma

RATIONALE: Melphalan and colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of melphalan combined with filgrastim in stimulating peripheral stem cells in patients who have multiple myeloma.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the safety and efficacy of melphalan when used with filgrastim (G-CSF) for stem cell mobilization in patients with multiple myeloma.
  • Analyze how this mobilization regimen affects parameters of stem cell (CD34+) mobilization and collection in these patients.
  • Determine how this mobilization regimen affects disease status and clonotypic (i.e., tumor cell) contamination in stem cell components in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) mobilization consisting of melphalan IV on day 1 and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously beginning on day 2 and continuing until PBSC collection is complete.

Patients are followed at 1 month.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 11-32 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Being tested
filgrastim, melphalan
Keywords
stage I multiple myeloma, stage II multiple myeloma, stage III multiple myeloma
Medical subject headings
Multiple Myeloma, Neoplasms, Plasma Cell

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startAug 2000
  3. Primary completionJun 2003
  4. Study completionJun 2003

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00008268
Sponsor's protocol ID
00-067
Other IDs
CDR0000068392, NCI-G00-1895
Status last verified
Jun 2013
First submitted
6 Jan 2001
Last updated
18 Jun 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing filgrastim and melphalan in people with Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Jun 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

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Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Jun 2013.

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