Multiple MyelomaPhase 3NCT00560053
Pethema Multiple Myeloma 2000
A Phase 3 study testing Alternating chemotherapy, Autologous Transplantation and Maintenance in people with Multiple Myeloma, run by PETHEMA Foundation.
Trial summary
The study objectives are to investigate the toxicity and the BUMEL response rate; in patients who reach the CR after autotransplantation, investigate if negativization of IF, influences in disease evolution; in patients in PR after autotransplantation, analyze if the second intensive procedure is capable of increasing… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages Up to 69 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Multiple Myeloma
- What is being tested?
- Alternating chemotherapy, Autologous Transplantation and Maintenance
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- How many people
- 500 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Jan 2000to Feb 2005
- Phase
- Phase 3
- 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 Up to 69 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Less 70 years
- ECOG 0-2
- Symptomatic MM (pain, anemia, infection, haemorrhage, loss of weight, hypercalcemia, extramedulary plasmocytoma, creatinine >2 mg/dl).
- No previous chemotherapy
Who cannot join
- >70 years
- ECOG 3-4
- myeloma quiescent
- cardiopathy
- liver disfunction
- HIV+
- Hepatitis B-C +
- Previous chemotherapy
About this study
Official title: Multiple Myeloma 2000. Multicentric Evaluation of a Therapeutic Strategy Optimized in Multiple Myeloma. Analysis of Efficiency and Possible Pronostic Impact of Minimal Residual Disease (Measured By PCR And Citometry of Flow) in Patients With Complete Response
The study objectives are to investigate the toxicity and the BUMEL response rate; in patients who reach the CR after autotransplantation, investigate if negativization of IF, influences in disease evolution; in patients in PR after autotransplantation, analyze if the second intensive procedure is capable of increasing the response rate and increasing the survival so that patients who reached the CR with the first transplantation; Patients with MM primarily resistant to the chemotherapy, investigate the efficacy of a double transplantation; patients submitted to double transplantation, control the efficacy of the second transplantation in front of allogenic transplantation.
- Conditions
- Multiple Myeloma
- Being tested
- Alternating chemotherapy, Autologous Transplantation, Maintenance, Second transplantation, ALOGENIC MINI TRASPLANTATION
- Keywords
- Multiple Myeloma, Alternating chemotherapy, Transplantation
- Medical subject headings
- Multiple Myeloma
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Alternating chemotherapyDrug
4 cycles of alternating chemotherapy VBMCP/VBAD (every 5 weeks). VBMCP: Vcr 2 mg ev day 1, BCNU 0.5 mg/kg ev day 1, Cyclophosphamide 10 mg/kg day 1, Melphalan 0.25 mg/kg v.o. days 1-4, Prednisone 1 mg/kg v.o. days 1-4, 0.5 mg/kg days 5-8 and 0.25 mg/kg days 9-12.
VBAD: Vcr 1 mg e.v. day 1, BCNU 30 mg/m 2 e.v. day 1, Adriamycine 40 mg/m 2 day 1, Dexamethasone 40 mg/m 2 days 1-4, 9-12 and 17-20.
Autologous TransplantationProcedure or surgery
Autologous Transplantation :
BUMEL:Busulfan, total dose 12 mg/kg (days -6 a -3; prophylaxis with difenilhidantoine) Melphalan 140 mg/m 2 , ev day -2 TASPE: To investigator criteria
MaintenanceDrug
At 3 months of transplantation or with >1.500 neutrophiles/ > 75.000 platelets mm 3 .
Prednisone: 50 mg alternating days during 2 years Interferon alfa 2-b: 3 M UI s.c. Three times a week until relapse.
Second transplantationProcedure or surgery
In cases that no reach CR with BUMEL is programmed second transplantation, after 4-8 months .
ALOGENIC MINI TRASPLANTATIONProcedure or surgery
ALOGENIC MINI TRASPLANTATION Fludarabine 30 mg / m 2 / day, days -7, -6, -5, -4, -3 Melphalan 70 mg / m 2 / day, day -2 Prophylaxis EICH: CsA + MTX or CsA + MOFETIL
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted19 Nov 2007 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2000
- Study completionFeb 2005
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (8)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Multiple MyelomaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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 3
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 500 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- PETHEMA Foundation
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Investigators
- Joan Bladé, Dr, Study chair, Hospital Clinic of BarcelonaJuan Jose Lahuerta, Dr, Study chair, Hospital Doce de Octubre MadridAdrián Alegre, Dr, Study chair, Hospital La Princesa MadridAnna Sureda, Dr, Study chair, Hospital Sant Pau BarcelonaJoaquín Díaz Mediavilla, Dr, Study chair, Hospital Clinico MadridJavier De la Rubia, Dr, Study chair, Hospital Universitario La FeJoan Bargay, Dr, Study chair, Hospital Son Dureta Palma de MallorcaJose García-Laraña, Dr, Study chair, Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00560053
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PETHEMA MM-2000
- Status last verified
- Nov 2008
- First submitted
- 15 Nov 2007
- Last updated
- 27 Nov 2008
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Martinez-Lopez J, Fernandez-Redondo E, Garcia-Sanz R, Montalban MA, Martinez-Sanchez P, Pavia B, Mateos MV, Rosinol L, Martin M, Ayala R, Martinez R, Blanchard MJ, Alegre A, Besalduch J, Bargay J, Hernandez MT, Sarasquete ME, Sanchez-Godoy P, Fernandez M, Blade J, San Miguel JF, Lahuerta JJ; GEM (Grupo Espanol Multidisciplinar de Melanoma)/PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) cooperative study group. Clinical applicability and prognostic significance of molecular response assessed by fluorescent-PCR of immunoglobulin genes in multiple myeloma. Results from a GEM/PETHEMA study. Br J Haematol. 2013 Dec;163(5):581-9. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12576. Epub 2013 Oct 3.
PubMed 24117042Blanes M, Lahuerta JJ, Gonzalez JD, Ribas P, Solano C, Alegre A, Blade J, San Miguel JF, Sanz MA, de la Rubia J. Intravenous busulfan and melphalan as a conditioning regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a matched comparison to a melphalan-only approach. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2013 Jan;19(1):69-74. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.08.009. Epub 2012 Aug 13.
PubMed 22897964Rosinol L, Garcia-Sanz R, Lahuerta JJ, Hernandez-Garcia M, Granell M, de la Rubia J, Oriol A, Hernandez-Ruiz B, Rayon C, Navarro I, Garcia-Ruiz JC, Besalduch J, Gardella S, Lopez Jimenez J, Diaz-Mediavilla J, Alegre A, San Miguel J, Blade J; PETHEMA/Spanish Myeloma Group. Benefit from autologous stem cell transplantation in primary refractory myeloma? Different outcomes in progressive versus stable disease. Haematologica. 2012 Apr;97(4):616-21. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2011.051441. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
PubMed 22058223Lahuerta JJ, Mateos MV, Martinez-Lopez J, Grande C, de la Rubia J, Rosinol L, Sureda A, Garcia-Larana J, Diaz-Mediavilla J, Hernandez-Garcia MT, Carrera D, Besalduch J, de Arriba F, Oriol A, Escoda L, Garcia-Frade J, Rivas-Gonzalez C, Alegre A, Blade J, San Miguel JF; Grupo Espanol de MM and Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatia Maligna Cooperative Study Groups. Busulfan 12 mg/kg plus melphalan 140 mg/m2 versus melphalan 200 mg/m2 as conditioning regimens for autologous transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients included in the PETHEMA/GEM2000 study. Haematologica. 2010 Nov;95(11):1913-20. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2010.028027. Epub 2010 Jul 27.
PubMed 20663944Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Perez JJ, Mateo G, Montalban MA, Mateos MV, Blade J, Lahuerta JJ, Orfao A, San Miguel JF; GEM (Grupo Espanol de MM) cooperative study group; PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) cooperative study group. Multiparameter flow cytometry quantification of bone marrow plasma cells at diagnosis provides more prognostic information than morphological assessment in myeloma patients. Haematologica. 2009 Nov;94(11):1599-602. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2009.009100.
PubMed 19880781Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Mateo G, Perez JJ, Montalban MA, Sureda A, Montejano L, Gutierrez NC, Garcia de Coca A, de las Heras N, Mateos MV, Lopez-Berges MC, Garcia-Boyero R, Galende J, Hernandez J, Palomera L, Carrera D, Martinez R, de la Rubia J, Martin A, Gonzalez Y, Blade J, Lahuerta JJ, Orfao A, San-Miguel JF; GEM (Grupo Espanol de MM)/PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) Cooperative Study Groups. The persistence of immunophenotypically normal residual bone marrow plasma cells at diagnosis identifies a good prognostic subgroup of symptomatic multiple myeloma patients. Blood. 2009 Nov 12;114(20):4369-72. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221689. Epub 2009 Sep 15.
PubMed 19755674Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Cervero J, Mateo G, Perez JJ, Montalban MA, Sureda A, Montejano L, Gutierrez NC, Garcia de Coca A, de Las Heras N, Mateos MV, Lopez-Berges MC, Garcia-Boyero R, Galende J, Hernandez J, Palomera L, Carrera D, Martinez R, de la Rubia J, Martin A, Blade J, Lahuerta JJ, Orfao A, San Miguel JF; GEM (Grupo Espanol de MM)/PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) Cooperative Study Groups. Multiparameter flow cytometric remission is the most relevant prognostic factor for multiple myeloma patients who undergo autologous stem cell transplantation. Blood. 2008 Nov 15;112(10):4017-23. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-05-159624. Epub 2008 Jul 31.
PubMed 18669875Rosinol L, Perez-Simon JA, Sureda A, de la Rubia J, de Arriba F, Lahuerta JJ, Gonzalez JD, Diaz-Mediavilla J, Hernandez B, Garcia-Frade J, Carrera D, Leon A, Hernandez M, Abellan PF, Bergua JM, San Miguel J, Blade J; Programa para el Estudio y la Terapeutica de las Hemopatias Malignas y Grupo Espanol de Mieloma (PETHEMA/GEM). A prospective PETHEMA study of tandem autologous transplantation versus autograft followed by reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Blood. 2008 Nov 1;112(9):3591-3. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-141598. Epub 2008 Jul 8.
PubMed 18612103
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Nov 2008. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Multiple Myeloma 2000. Multicentric Evaluation of a Therapeutic Strategy Optimized in Multiple Myeloma. Analysis of Efficiency and Possible Pronostic Impact of Minimal Residual Disease (Measured By PCR And Citometry of Flow) in Patients With Complete Response
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00560053
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PETHEMA MM-2000
- Conditions
- Multiple Myeloma
- Keywords
- Multiple Myeloma, Alternating chemotherapy, Transplantation
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 500 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- PETHEMA FoundationUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jan 2000
- Study completion
- Feb 2005 (actual)
- First posted
- 19 Nov 2007 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The study objectives are to investigate the toxicity and the BUMEL response rate; in patients who reach the CR after autotransplantation, investigate if negativization of IF, influences in disease evolution; in patients in PR after autotransplantation, analyze if the second intensive procedure is capable of increasing the response rate and increasing the survival so that patients who reached the CR with the first transplantation; Patients with MM primarily resistant to the chemotherapy, investigate the efficacy of a double transplantation; patients submitted to double transplantation, control the efficacy of the second transplantation in front of allogenic transplantation.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
Who may qualify
- Ages
- Up to 69 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Less 70 years
- ECOG 0-2
- Symptomatic MM (pain, anemia, infection, haemorrhage, loss of weight, hypercalcemia, extramedulary plasmocytoma, creatinine >2 mg/dl).
- No previous chemotherapy
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- >70 years
- ECOG 3-4
- myeloma quiescent
- cardiopathy
- liver disfunction
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Alternating chemotherapy4 cycles of alternating chemotherapy VBMCP/VBAD (every 5 weeks). VBMCP: Vcr 2 mg ev day 1, BCNU 0.5 mg/kg ev day 1, Cyclophosphamide 10 mg/kg day 1, Melphalan 0.25 mg/kg v.o. days 1-4, Prednisone 1 mg/kg v.o. days 1-4, 0.5 mg/kg days 5-8 and 0.25 mg/kg days 9-12. VBAD: Vcr 1 mg e.v. day 1, BCNU 30 mg/m 2 e.v. day 1, Adriamycine 40 mg/m 2 day 1, Dexamethasone 40 mg/m 2 days 1-4, 9-12 and 17-20. | Drug | – |
| Autologous TransplantationAutologous Transplantation : BUMEL:Busulfan, total dose 12 mg/kg (days -6 a -3; prophylaxis with difenilhidantoine) Melphalan 140 mg/m 2 , ev day -2 TASPE: To investigator criteria | Procedure or surgery | – |
| MaintenanceAt 3 months of transplantation or with >1.500 neutrophiles/ > 75.000 platelets mm 3 . Prednisone: 50 mg alternating days during 2 years Interferon alfa 2-b: 3 M UI s.c. Three times a week until relapse. | Drug | – |
| Second transplantationIn cases that no reach CR with BUMEL is programmed second transplantation, after 4-8 months . | Procedure or surgery | – |
| ALOGENIC MINI TRASPLANTATIONALOGENIC MINI TRASPLANTATION Fludarabine 30 mg / m 2 / day, days -7, -6, -5, -4, -3 Melphalan 70 mg / m 2 / day, day -2 Prophylaxis EICH: CsA + MTX or CsA + MOFETIL | Procedure or surgery | – |
Primary outcome
Not reported in the source record.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Nov 2008.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 24117042Martinez-Lopez J, Fernandez-Redondo E, Garcia-Sanz R, Montalban MA, Martinez-Sanchez P, Pavia B, Mateos MV, Rosinol L, Martin M, Ayala R, Martinez R, Blanchard MJ, Alegre A, Besalduch J, Bargay J, Hernandez MT, Sarasquete ME, Sanchez-Godoy P, Fernandez M, Blade J, San Miguel JF, Lahuerta JJ; GEM (Grupo Espanol Multidisciplinar de Melanoma)/PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) cooperative study group. Clinical applicability and prognostic significance of molecular response assessed by fluorescent-PCR of immunoglobulin genes in multiple myeloma. Results from a GEM/PETHEMA study. Br J Haematol. 2013 Dec;163(5):581-9. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12576. Epub 2013 Oct 3.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 22897964Blanes M, Lahuerta JJ, Gonzalez JD, Ribas P, Solano C, Alegre A, Blade J, San Miguel JF, Sanz MA, de la Rubia J. Intravenous busulfan and melphalan as a conditioning regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a matched comparison to a melphalan-only approach. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2013 Jan;19(1):69-74. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2012.08.009. Epub 2012 Aug 13.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 22058223Rosinol L, Garcia-Sanz R, Lahuerta JJ, Hernandez-Garcia M, Granell M, de la Rubia J, Oriol A, Hernandez-Ruiz B, Rayon C, Navarro I, Garcia-Ruiz JC, Besalduch J, Gardella S, Lopez Jimenez J, Diaz-Mediavilla J, Alegre A, San Miguel J, Blade J; PETHEMA/Spanish Myeloma Group. Benefit from autologous stem cell transplantation in primary refractory myeloma? Different outcomes in progressive versus stable disease. Haematologica. 2012 Apr;97(4):616-21. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2011.051441. Epub 2011 Nov 4.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 20663944Lahuerta JJ, Mateos MV, Martinez-Lopez J, Grande C, de la Rubia J, Rosinol L, Sureda A, Garcia-Larana J, Diaz-Mediavilla J, Hernandez-Garcia MT, Carrera D, Besalduch J, de Arriba F, Oriol A, Escoda L, Garcia-Frade J, Rivas-Gonzalez C, Alegre A, Blade J, San Miguel JF; Grupo Espanol de MM and Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatia Maligna Cooperative Study Groups. Busulfan 12 mg/kg plus melphalan 140 mg/m2 versus melphalan 200 mg/m2 as conditioning regimens for autologous transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients included in the PETHEMA/GEM2000 study. Haematologica. 2010 Nov;95(11):1913-20. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2010.028027. Epub 2010 Jul 27.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 19880781Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Perez JJ, Mateo G, Montalban MA, Mateos MV, Blade J, Lahuerta JJ, Orfao A, San Miguel JF; GEM (Grupo Espanol de MM) cooperative study group; PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) cooperative study group. Multiparameter flow cytometry quantification of bone marrow plasma cells at diagnosis provides more prognostic information than morphological assessment in myeloma patients. Haematologica. 2009 Nov;94(11):1599-602. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2009.009100.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 19755674Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Mateo G, Perez JJ, Montalban MA, Sureda A, Montejano L, Gutierrez NC, Garcia de Coca A, de las Heras N, Mateos MV, Lopez-Berges MC, Garcia-Boyero R, Galende J, Hernandez J, Palomera L, Carrera D, Martinez R, de la Rubia J, Martin A, Gonzalez Y, Blade J, Lahuerta JJ, Orfao A, San-Miguel JF; GEM (Grupo Espanol de MM)/PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) Cooperative Study Groups. The persistence of immunophenotypically normal residual bone marrow plasma cells at diagnosis identifies a good prognostic subgroup of symptomatic multiple myeloma patients. Blood. 2009 Nov 12;114(20):4369-72. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-05-221689. Epub 2009 Sep 15.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 18669875Paiva B, Vidriales MB, Cervero J, Mateo G, Perez JJ, Montalban MA, Sureda A, Montejano L, Gutierrez NC, Garcia de Coca A, de Las Heras N, Mateos MV, Lopez-Berges MC, Garcia-Boyero R, Galende J, Hernandez J, Palomera L, Carrera D, Martinez R, de la Rubia J, Martin A, Blade J, Lahuerta JJ, Orfao A, San Miguel JF; GEM (Grupo Espanol de MM)/PETHEMA (Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas) Cooperative Study Groups. Multiparameter flow cytometric remission is the most relevant prognostic factor for multiple myeloma patients who undergo autologous stem cell transplantation. Blood. 2008 Nov 15;112(10):4017-23. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-05-159624. Epub 2008 Jul 31.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 18612103Rosinol L, Perez-Simon JA, Sureda A, de la Rubia J, de Arriba F, Lahuerta JJ, Gonzalez JD, Diaz-Mediavilla J, Hernandez B, Garcia-Frade J, Carrera D, Leon A, Hernandez M, Abellan PF, Bergua JM, San Miguel J, Blade J; Programa para el Estudio y la Terapeutica de las Hemopatias Malignas y Grupo Espanol de Mieloma (PETHEMA/GEM). A prospective PETHEMA study of tandem autologous transplantation versus autograft followed by reduced-intensity conditioning allogeneic transplantation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Blood. 2008 Nov 1;112(9):3591-3. doi: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-141598. Epub 2008 Jul 8.
- spanish hematology associationLink provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Joan Bladé, Dr study chair
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Juan Jose Lahuerta, Dr study chair
Hospital Doce de Octubre Madrid
Adrián Alegre, Dr study chair
Hospital La Princesa Madrid
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 3 study testing Alternating chemotherapy, Autologous Transplantation and Maintenance in people with Multiple Myeloma, run by PETHEMA Foundation.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. 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 27 Nov 2008. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
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 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.
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.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00560053, which also lists 8 linked publications.
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 27 Nov 2008.