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Multiple MyelomaPhase 1/2NCT01541332

Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone and Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

A Phase 1/2 study testing Pomalidomide, Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD) and Dexamethasone in people with Multiple Myeloma, run by Oncotherapeutics at 8 sites in United States.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this clinical research study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness (good and bad effects) of a combination of three different drugs, pomalidomide, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, and dexamethasone when used to treat relapsed (the disease came back) or refractory (the disease did not respond to… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Multiple Myeloma
What is being tested?
Pomalidomide, Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD) and Dexamethasone
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
70 participants
Where
8 sitesUnited States
Study dates
Feb 2012to Dec 2016
Phase
Phase 1/2
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

Who may be able to join

  • Diagnosis of MM based on standard criteria (Durie 1986)
  • Currently has MM with measurable disease, defined as:
  • a monoclonal immunoglobulin spike on serum electrophoresis of at least 0.5 g/dL and/or
  • urine monoclonal protein levels of at least 200 mg/24 hours
  • for patients without measurable serum and urine M-protein levels, an abnormal free light chain ratio (normal value: 0.26 - 1.65)
  • Currently has progressive MM that has relapsed or is refractory, defined as:
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  • For the phase 1: Relapsed following stabilization or a response to at least one anti-myeloma regimen or refractory defined as progressed while receiving an anti-myeloma treatment
  • For the phase 2: Refractory to lenalidomide as demonstrated by progressive disease while on lenalidomide or that relapsed within 8 weeks of the last dose of lenalidomide either as a single agent or in combination.
  • Prior treatment with four days or less of a total of 400 mg of prednisone (or an equivalent potency of another steroid) for MM will not be considered a regimen
  • Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
  • ECOG performance status of 2 or greater at study entry
  • Life-expectancy of greater than 3 months
  • Lab tests within study ranges at study entry:
  • Absolute neutrophil count > 1.5 x 109/L
  • Platelet count > 75 x 109/L
  • Hemoglobin > 8 g/dL
  • Calculated or measured creatinine clearance > 30 mL/minute
  • Total bilirubin < 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) < 2 x ULN
  • Serum potassium within the normal range
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test.
  • Able to take aspirin (81 or 325 mg) daily as prophylactic anticoagulation (subjects intolerant to ASA may use warfarin or low molecular weight heparin)

Who cannot join

  • POEMS syndrome
  • Plasma cell leukemia
  • Primary amyloidosis
  • Non-hematologic malignancy within the past 5 years with the exception of a) adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell skin cancer, or thyroid cancer; b) carcinoma in situ of the cervix or breast; c) prostate cancer of Gleason Grade 6 or less with stable prostate-specific antigen levels; or d) cancer considered cured by surgical resection or unlikely to impact survival during the duration of the study, such as localized transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder or benign tumors of the adrenal or pancreas
  • Impaired cardiac function or clinically significant cardiac diseases
  • Severe hypercalcemia
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  • Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the ICF
  • Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study
  • Undergone major surgery within 28 days prior enrollment or has not recovered from side effects of such therapy (Kyphoplasty is not considered to be a major surgery; however, the investigator is to discuss enrollment of a subject with a recent history of kyphoplasty with the medical monitor)
  • Pregnant or breast feeding females. (Lactating females must agree not to breast feed while taking lenalidomide)
  • Received the following prior therapy:
  • Pomalidomide
  • Chemotherapy within 3 weeks of study drugs (6 wks for nitrosoureas)
  • Corticosteroids (>10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent) within 3 weeks of study drugs
  • Immunotherapy or antibody therapy as well as thalidomide, lenalidomide, arsenic trioxide or bortezomib within 21 days before study drugs
  • Extensive radiation therapy within 28 days before study drugs. Receipt of localized radiation therapy does not preclude enrollment.
  • Use of any other experimental drug or therapy within 28 days of study drugs
  • Known hypersensitivity to compounds of similar chemical or biological composition to thalidomide, lenalidomide or doxorubicin.
  • The development of erythema nodosum if characterized by a desquamating rash while taking thalidomide or similar drugs
  • Concurrent use of other anti-cancer agents or treatments
  • Known positivity for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B or C; baseline testing for HIV and hepatitis B or C is not required

Trial locations and contacts

8 sites in 1 country.

8 sites in 1 country

United States8 sites
  • Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center

    Burbank, California, 91505

  • California Cancer Associates for Research and Excellence

    Encinitas, California, 92024

  • Hematology Oncology Medical Group

    Fresno, California, 93720

  • Illinois Cancer Specialists

    Niles, Illinois, 60714

  • Pacific Cancer Care

    Salinas, California, 93901

  • Cancer Center of Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, California, 93105

  • Mission Hope Cancer Center

    Santa Maria, California, 93454

  • James R Berenson, MD, Inc.

    West Hollywood, California, 90069

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About this study

Official title: A Phase 1/2 Study of Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone and Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin for Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

The purpose of this clinical research study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness (good and bad effects) of a combination of three different drugs, pomalidomide, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, and dexamethasone when used to treat relapsed (the disease came back) or refractory (the disease did not respond to past treatment) multiple myeloma. Different dosages (amount of study drug) of pomalidomide are first being tested to determine if there are any side effects or risks associated with combining this study drug with the other two listed. Once the optimal dose is decided on, the study will change its focus to determining the effectiveness of the study drug in this combination.

Read the detailed description

This is a phase 1/2, multicenter, open label and nonrandomized study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pomalidomide at daily dosages of 2, 3 or 4 mg in combination with intravenous (IV) dexamethasone at 40 mg/dose and Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD) at 5 mg/m2/dose for subjects with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM). The study consists of a screening period, followed by up to eight 28 day open label treatment cycles, a final assessment to occur 28 days after the end of the last treatment, and a follow-up period.

Subjects eligible for this study will receive treatment with study drug for a maximum of eight 28 day treatment cycles. Subjects are to be treated to a maximum response plus 2 additional cycles (no more than 8 cycles will be allowed) or complete 8 cycles of therapy without disease progression.

Pomalidomide, dexamethasone and PLD will be administered on the appropriate cycle days as shown below.

Cohort 1 Pomalidomide* - 2 mg, Dexamethasone - 40 mg, PLD - 5 mg/m2

Cohort 2 Pomalidomide* - 3 mg, Dexamethasone - 40 mg, PLD - 5 mg/m2

Cohort 3 Pomalidomide* - 4 mg, Dexamethasone - 40 mg, PLD - 5 mg/m2

  • PO Days 1-21

** IV Days 1, 4, 8 and 11

In all cohorts, if an unacceptable dose limiting toxicities (DLT) is not seen in any of the 3 subjects during the first cycle of any dose level, dose escalation will continue. All subjects in a cohort must complete a minimum of 28 days or a full cycle, whichever is longer, without a DLT before enrollment to the next cohort can begin. If a DLT is identified in 1 subject at any dose level during the first treatment cycle, an additional 3 subjects will be recruited to this dose level. A maximum of 6 subjects may be enrolled in each cohort. If an unacceptable DLT is observed in 2 subjects at any dose level, no further subjects will be recruited to this dose level. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) will be declared as the highest dose level at which fewer than 33% of subjects experienced an unacceptable DLT. If pomalidomide at 4 mg is reached and fewer than 33% of subjects experience an unacceptable DLT, 4 mg will be accepted as the putative MTD. Once the MTD is established, further enrollment will continue to expand that dose cohort until the total sample size of 40 subjects is reached for the entire study. During the phase 2 portion of this study, subjects enrolled will have relapsed/refractory MM resistant to lenalidomide as demonstrated by progressive disease while on lenalidomide or that has relapsed within 8 weeks of the last dose of lenalidomide.

Being tested
Pomalidomide, Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD), Dexamethasone
Keywords
relapsed refractory, multiple myeloma, pomalidomide, Doxil, dexamethasone, Oncotherapeutics
Medical subject headings
Multiple Myeloma

What participants receive

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

  • PomalidomideDrug

    Also called CC-4047

    Pomalidomide administered to 3 cohorts of subjects at escalating doses of 2 (cohort 1), 3 (cohort 2) and 4 mg/dose (cohort 3) per orem (PO). Doses are to be administered once-a-day, for the first 21 days, as part of a 28-day treatment cycle, followed by a 7-day rest period.

  • Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD)Drug

    Also called Doxil

    Dexamethasone will be given at a dose of 40 mg/dose IV. Doses are to be administered on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of the 28-day cycle.

    PLD will be given at a dose of 5.0 mg/m2 as a 60 minute IV infusion on Day 1 of Cycle 1 and subsequent doses may be administered over 30 to 60 minutes on Days 4, 8 and 11 of Cycle 1 and on Days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of each subsequent cycle.

  • DexamethasoneDrug

    Also called Decadron

    Dexamethasone will be given at a dose of 40 mg/dose IV. Doses are to be administered on days 1, 4, 8, and 11 of the 28-day cycle.

Study groups in NCT01541332
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Pomalidomide + PLD + DexamethasoneExperimentalPomalidomide + Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin + Dexamethasone in an open label, dose escalation study
Receives: Drug: Pomalidomide; Drug: Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD); Drug: Dexamethasone

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. MTD of Pomalidomide

    Phase 1: To establish the MTD of pomalidomide in combination with dexamethasone and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin

    Measured: 12 months

  2. Overall Response Rate

    Phase 2: To determine efficacy as evidenced by the best overall response rate (CR + VGPR + PR + MR) following treatment with pomalidomide, dexamethasone and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin

    Measured: 24 months

Secondary outcomes (6)
  1. Number of Patients with Adverse Events

    Phase 2: To establish the number of patients with adverse events when using the combination of pomalidomide, dexamethasone and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin

    Measured: 24 months

  2. Time to Progression

    Phase 2: Defined as the time from initiation of therapy to progressive disease

    Measured: 24 Months

  3. Progression-free Survival

    Phase 2: Defined as the time from initiation of therapy to progressive disease or death from any cause, which ever occurs first

    Measured: 24 Months

  4. Time to First Response

    Phase 2: Defined as the time from the initiation of therapy to the first evidence of a confirmed response (CR, VGPR, PR or MR)

    Measured: 24 Months

  5. Duration of Response

    Phase 2: Defined as the time from first response to progressive disease

    Measured: 24 Months

  6. Overall Survival

    Phase 2: Defined as the time from initiation of therapy to death from any cause or last follow-up visit

    Measured: 24 Months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted29 Feb 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2012
  3. Primary completionDec 2016 (estimated)
  4. Study completionDec 2016 (estimated)

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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 1/2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
70 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01541332
Sponsor's protocol ID
PO-MM-PI-0049
Other IDs
PDD-2011
Status last verified
Mar 2016
First submitted
20 Feb 2012
Last updated
10 Mar 2016
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Pomalidomide, Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin (PLD) and Dexamethasone in people with Multiple Myeloma, run by Oncotherapeutics at 8 sites 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?

The sponsor lists 22 inclusion and 21 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Mar 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 8 sites 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 combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

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?

Results are not available in the source record.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

MTD of Pomalidomide (time frame: 12 months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
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 10 Mar 2016.

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