Myeloma, MultiplePhase 2NCT04009109
Study of Lenalidomide/Ixazomib/Dexamethasone/Daratumumab in Transplant-Ineligible Patients With Newly Diagnosed MM
A Phase 2 study testing Lenalidomide, Ixazomib and Daratumumab Injection in people with Myeloma, Multiple, run by Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC. at 7 sites in United States.
Trial summary
A randomized Phase II clinical trial will be conducted to assess the impact on progression free survival (PFS) with the addition of ixazomib and daratumumab to lenalidomide as a maintenance treatment following induction with lenalidomide, ixazomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 75 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Myeloma, Multiple
- What is being tested?
- Lenalidomide, Ixazomib and Daratumumab Injection
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 79 participants
- Where
- 7 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 21 Oct 2020to Jun 2027
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 to 75 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patient must be at least 18 years of age.
- Subject must have documented multiple myeloma:
- Clonal bone marrow plasma cells ≥10% or biopsy-proven bony or extramedullary plasmacytoma
- Following CRAB features and/or myeloma-defining events (MDEs):
- Evidence of end organ damage that can be attributed to the underlying plasma cell proliferative disorder, specifically:
- Hypercalcemia: serum calcium >0.25 mmol/L (>1 mg/dL) higher than the upper limit of normal (ULN) or >2.75 mmol/L (>11 mg/dL) OR
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- Renal insufficiency: creatinine clearance <40 mL per minute or serum creatinine >177 mol/L (>2 mg/dL) OR
- Anemia: hemoglobin value of >2 g/dL below the lowest limit of normal, or a hemoglobin value <100 g/L OR
- Bone lesions: one or more osteolytic lesion on skeletal radiography, CT, or PET/CT. If bone marrow has <10% clonal plasma cells, more than one bone lesion is required to distinguish from solitary plasmacytoma with minimal marrow involvement OR
- OR any one or more of the following biomarkers of malignancy (MDEs):
- Sixty percent (60%) or greater clonal plasma cells on bone marrow examination.
- Serum involved/uninvolved free light chain ratio of 100 or greater, provided the absolute level of the involved light chain is at least 100 mg/L (A patient's involved free light chain, either kappa or lambda, is the one that is above the normal reference range; the uninvolved free light chain is the one that is typically in, or below, the normal range).
- More than one focal lesion on MRI that is at least 5 mm or greater in size.
- Measurable disease as defined by any of the following:
- IgG myeloma: serum monoclonal paraprotein (M-protein) level ≥0.5 g/dL; or
- IgA, IgM, or IgD multiple myeloma: serum M-protein level ≥0.5 g/dL; or
- Urine M-protein level ≥200 mg/24 hours; or
- Serum free light chain ≥100 mg/L and abnormal serum immunoglobulin kappa lambda free light chain ratio
- Newly diagnosed and not considered candidate for high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant due to:
- Age ≥70 years, OR
- In patients <70 years: presence of important comorbid condition(s) likely to have a negative impact on tolerability of high dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplantation (ASCT) and/or site investigator's discretion due to concern regarding acute and long-term toxicity.
- Patient must have an ECOG performance status score of 0, 1, or 2.
- Patient must have adequate pretreatment clinical laboratory values meeting the following criteria ≤14 days of registration date:
- Hemoglobin ≥7.5 g/dL (prior red blood cell transfusion or recombinant human erythropoietin use is permitted).
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1x109/L (granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF use is permitted).
- Platelet count ≥75x109/L for patients in whom <50% of bone marrow nucleated cells are plasma cells; otherwise, platelet count >50×109/L (transfusions are not permitted to achieve this minimum platelet count).
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤3xULN.
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤3xULN.
- Total bilirubin ≤1.5xULN, except in patients with congenital bilirubinemia, such as Gilbert syndrome (direct bilirubin ≤2xULN).
- Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥30 mL/min. (Creatinine clearance may be calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula
- Corrected serum calcium ≤14 mg/dL (≤3.5 mmol/L); or free ionized calcium <6.5 mg/dL (<1.6 mmol/L).
- Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must commit to either abstain continuously from heterosexual sexual intercourse or to use 2 methods of reliable birth control simultaneously. This includes one highly effective form of contraception (tubal ligation, intrauterine device [IUD], hormonal [birth control pills, injections, hormonal patches, vaginal rings or implants] or partner's vasectomy) and one additional effective contraceptive method (male latex or synthetic condom, diaphragm, or cervical cap). Contraception must begin 4 weeks prior to initial dosing. Reliable contraception is indicated even where there has been a history of infertility, unless due to hysterectomy or bilateral oophorectomy. A man who is sexually active with a WOCBP must agree to use a latex or synthetic condom, even if they had a successful vasectomy. All men must also not donate sperm during the study, for 4 weeks after the last dose of lenalidomide, and for 4 months after the last dose of daratumumab. A WOCBP must have 2 negative serum or urine pregnancy tests first within 10 to 14 days prior to the registration date.
- All study patients must be registered into the mandatory Revlimid REMS program and be willing and able to comply with the requirements of the REMS program.
- Females of reproductive potential must agree to adhere to the scheduled pregnancy testing as required in the Revlimid REMS program.
- At the time of registration, confirmation of adequate contraceptive method(s) should be documented in the medical record.
- Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Who cannot join
- Patient has primary AL amyloidosis.
- Prior history of Waldenström's disease, or other conditions in which IgM M-protein is present in the absence of a clonal plasma cell infiltration with lytic bone lesions.
- Prior or current systemic therapy or stem cell transplantation (SCT) for MM, with the exception of an emergency use of a short course (equivalent of dexamethasone 40 mg/day for a maximum 4 days) of corticosteroids before initial dosing. 1 cycle or less of urgent systemic treatment may be allowed after discussion with the Study Chair.
- Patients undergoing treatment for a malignancy within 5 years prior to study enrollment with the exception of non-invasive malignancies that in the opinion of the site investigator are considered cured or have minimal risk of recurrence within 5 years. Patient must not have active concomitant, invasive malignancy. Note: patients on chronic hormonal therapy for localized breast or prostate cancer with no evidence for the primary malignancies or prostate cancer undergoing active surveillance can be included.
- Radiation therapy ≤14 days prior to C1D1.
- Plasmapheresis ≤28 days prior to C1D1.
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- Exhibiting clinical signs of meningeal involvement of MM ≤28 days prior to screening.
- Known chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (defined as a forced expiratory volume [FEV] in 1 second <60% of predicted normal), persistent asthma, or a history of asthma ≤ 2 years prior to screening (intermittent asthma is allowed).
- Note: Patients with known or suspected COPD or asthma must have a FEV1 test within 28 days prior to screening.
- Patient has history or evidence of unstable/uncontrolled medical or psychiatric disorder, condition or disease (e.g., active systemic infection, uncontrolled diabetes, acute diffuse infiltrative pulmonary disease) that is likely to interfere with the study procedures or results, or that in the opinion of the site investigator, would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with study evaluation, procedures or completion.
- Clinically significant cardiac disease, including:
- myocardial infarction ≤1 year prior to screening, or an unstable or uncontrolled disease/condition related to or affecting cardiac function (eg, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, New York Heart Association Class III-IV).
- uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia (National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events [NCI CTCAE] Version 5.0 Grade ≥2) or clinically significant ECG abnormalities;
- 12-lead ECG performed ≤28 days prior to screening showing a baseline QT interval as corrected by Fridericia's formula (QTcF) >470 msec.
- Known allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to corticosteroids, monoclonal antibodies, or human proteins, or their excipients (refer to respective package inserts or Investigator's Brochure) or known sensitivity to mammalian-derived products.
- History of plasma cell leukemia (by WHO criterion: ≥20% of cells in the peripheral blood with an absolute plasma cell count of more than 2×10^9/L) or POEMS syndrome (ie, polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal protein, and skin changes).
- Patient is:
- seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- seropositive for hepatitis B (defined by a positive test for hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg]). Subjects with resolved infection (ie, subjects who are HBsAg negative but positive for antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen [anti-HBc] and/or antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen [anti-HBs]) must be screened using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) measurement of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels. Those who are PCR positive will be excluded. EXCEPTION: Subjects with serologic findings suggestive of HBV vaccination (anti-HBs positivity as the only serologic marker) AND a known history of prior HBV vaccination, do not need to be tested for HBV DNA by PCR.
- seropositive for hepatitis C (except in the setting of a sustained virologic response [SVR], defined as aviremia at least 12 weeks after completion of antiviral therapy).
- A woman who is pregnant, or breast-feeding, or planning to become pregnant during the study period or a man who plans to father a child during the study period. See Section 12.8 for further details.
- Major surgery ≤14 days prior to screening or has not fully recovered from surgery, or has surgery planned during the time the patient is expected to participate in the study.
- Note: Kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty is not considered major surgery.
- Received an investigational drug (including investigational vaccines) or used an invasive investigational medical device ≤28 days prior to initial dosing or is currently enrolled in an interventional investigational study.
- Contraindications to required protocol prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
- Peripheral neuropathy Grade 2 or severe ≤28 days prior to screening.
- Systemic treatment with strong CYP3A inducers (rifampin, rifapentine, rifabutin, carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital), or use of St. John's wort ≤14 days prior to screening.
Trial locations and contacts
7 sites in 1 country.
7 sites in 1 country
United States7 sites
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
Bangor, Maine, 04401
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68152
Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute/Spartanburg Regional Healthcare
Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29303
SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse, New York, 13210
About this study
Official title: A Phase II Study of Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Dexamethasone, and Daratumumab in Transplant-Ineligible Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
A randomized Phase II clinical trial will be conducted to assess the impact on progression free survival (PFS) with the addition of ixazomib and daratumumab to lenalidomide as a maintenance treatment following induction with lenalidomide, ixazomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab.
Patients will be randomized to either:
Read more
Arm A: 12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, daratumumab, and dexamethasone followed by lenalidomide until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 years of maintenance therapy.
Arm B: 12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, daratumumab and dexamethasone, followed by lenalidomide, ixazomib, and daratumumab until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 years maintenance therapy.
Read the detailed description
Induction Phase: 28-day treatment cycle. Treatment continues until disease progression or for a maximum of 12 cycles as follows:
Cycles 1-2:
- Lenalidomide - 15 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 4 mg PO on Days 1, 8, 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Days 1, 8, 15, 22
- Dexamethasone - 20 mg PO on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23; For participants ≥75, dexamethasone administered on days 1, 8, 15, 22
Cycles 3-6:
- Lenalidomide - 15 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 4 mg PO on Days 1, 8, 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Days 1, 15
- Dexamethasone - 20 mg PO on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16; For participants ≥75, dexamethasone administered on days 1, 8, 15
Cycles 7-12:
- Lenalidomide - 15 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 4 mg PO on Days 1, 8, 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Day 1
- Dexamethasone - 20 mg PO on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16; For participants ≥75, dexamethasone administered on days 1, 8, 15
Maintenance Phase: 28-day treatment cycle. Treatment continues until progression or a maximum of 2 years of maintenance treatment:
Arm A
- Lenalidomide - 10 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
Arm B
- Lenalidomide - 10 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 3 mg (or last tolerated dose from the induction phase) PO on Days 1, 8, and 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Day 1
- Dexamethasone - 20mg PO on Day 1; Unless patient is ≥75 then 10mg po day 1
In the maintenance phase, dexamethasone, 20 mg PO orally or IV will be administered to patients as a pre-infusion medication prior to daratumumab dosing. When dexamethasone is reduced to 20 mg/week and is given as pre-infusion medication, patients may receive low-dose methylprednisolone (≤20 mg) orally (or equivalent in accordance with local standards) for the prevention of delayed IRRs as clinically indicated.
If the investigator wishes to continue the maintenance regimen at the end of the 2 years maintenance treatment, patients may continue current maintenance as per standard of care.
- Conditions
- Myeloma, Multiple
- Being tested
- Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Daratumumab Injection, Dexamethasone
- Medical subject headings
- Multiple Myeloma
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
LenalidomideDrug
Also called Revlimid
Induction and Maintenance
IxazomibDrug
Also called Ninlaro
Induction and Only Maintenance Arm B
Daratumumab InjectionDrug
Also called Darzalex
Induction and Only Maintenance Arm B
DexamethasoneDrug
Also called Ozurdex
Induction and Only Maintenance Arm B
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Lenalidomide | Experimental | 12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, daratumumab, and dexamethasone followed by lenalidomide until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 years of maintenance therapy. Receives: Drug: Lenalidomide; Drug: Ixazomib; Drug: Daratumumab Injection; Drug: Dexamethasone |
| Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Daratumumab, and Dexamethasone | Experimental | 12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab followed by lenalidomide, ixazomib, and daratumumab until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 year maintenance therapy. Receives: Drug: Lenalidomide; Drug: Ixazomib; Drug: Daratumumab Injection; Drug: Dexamethasone |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Impact of Study Treatment on Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Time interval between registration and progression or death.
Measured: 5 Years
Secondary outcomes (9)
Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)
Minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity in the blood and marrow will be determined using the IMWG criteria.
Measured: 5 Years
Toxicity Profile of Treatment Arm Based on Patient Response
Evaluation of incidence and severity of adverse events by summaries of toxicity data/contingency tables.
Measured: 5 Years
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Proportion of patients with reduction in tumor burden of a predefined amount.
Measured: 5 Years
Overall Survival (OS)
Time from registration to death due to any cause.
Measured: 5 Years
Quality of Life with the EQ 5D 5L Questionnaire
Consists of 2 parts: the EQ-5D descriptive system and the EQ visual analogue scale (EQ VAS). The descriptive system comprises five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 5 levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems and extreme problems. The patient is asked to indicate his/her health state by ticking the box next to the most appropriate statement in each of the five dimensions. This decision results in a 1-digit number that expresses the level selected for that dimension. The digits for the five dimensions can be combined into a 5-digit number that describes the patient's health state. The EQ VAS records the patient's self-rated health on a vertical visual analogue scale, where the endpoints are labelled 'The best health you can imagine' and 'The worst health you can imagine'. The VAS can be used as a quantitative measure of health outcome that reflect the patient's own judgement.
Measured: 5 Years
Quality of Life with the EORTC QLQ-MY20 Questionnaire
The EORTC QLQ-MY20 module was developed as an addition to the QLQ-C30 for use specifically in MM. It has 4 domains (disease symptoms, side effects of treatment, body image, future perspectives). Scores range from 0 to 100; good HRQoL is indicated by high scores for future perspective and body image, and low scores for disease symptoms and side effects of treatment.
Measured: 5 Years
Quality of Life with the EORTC QLQ-C30 Questionnaire
The EORTC QLQ-C30 is composed of both multi-item scales and single-item measures. These include five functional scales, three symptom scales, a global health status/QoL scale, and six single items. Each of the multi-item scales includes a different set of items - no item occurs in more than one scale. All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level. Thus a high score for a functional scale represents a high/healthy level of functioning, a high score for the global health status/QoL represents a high QoL, but a high score for a symptom scale/item represents a high level of symptomatology/problems.
Measured: 5 Years
Rate of Adherence to Lenalidomide and Ixazomib
All patients who have begun treatment will be included in the estimate of adherence rate to lenalidomide and the estimate of the adherence rate to ixazomib.
Measured: 5 Years
Alliance Geriatric Assessment with IMWG Fragility Score
To describe functional status, comorbidity, psychological state, social activity, social support, chemotherapy toxicity, and nutrition using the geriatric assessment tool.
Measured: 5 Years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Jul 2019
- Study start21 Oct 2020
- Primary completionDec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completionJun 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (24)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Myeloma, MultipleStudies 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 2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 79 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Celgene Corporation, Takeda
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Evanthia Galanis, MD, Principal investigator, Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.Andrew Yee, MD, Study chair, Massachusetts General Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04009109
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AFT-41
- Status last verified
- Dec 2025
- First submitted
- 20 Jun 2019
- Last updated
- 18 Dec 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Siegel RL, Miller KD, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2016. CA Cancer J Clin. 2016 Jan-Feb;66(1):7-30. doi: 10.3322/caac.21332. Epub 2016 Jan 7.
PubMed 26742998Kyle RA, Gertz MA, Witzig TE, Lust JA, Lacy MQ, Dispenzieri A, Fonseca R, Rajkumar SV, Offord JR, Larson DR, Plevak ME, Therneau TM, Greipp PR. Review of 1027 patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Jan;78(1):21-33. doi: 10.4065/78.1.21.
PubMed 12528874Kumar SK, Dispenzieri A, Lacy MQ, Gertz MA, Buadi FK, Pandey S, Kapoor P, Dingli D, Hayman SR, Leung N, Lust J, McCurdy A, Russell SJ, Zeldenrust SR, Kyle RA, Rajkumar SV. Continued improvement in survival in multiple myeloma: changes in early mortality and outcomes in older patients. Leukemia. 2014 May;28(5):1122-8. doi: 10.1038/leu.2013.313. Epub 2013 Oct 25.
PubMed 24157580Facon T, Mary JY, Pegourie B, Attal M, Renaud M, Sadoun A, Voillat L, Dorvaux V, Hulin C, Lepeu G, Harousseau JL, Eschard JP, Ferrant A, Blanc M, Maloisel F, Orfeuvre H, Rossi JF, Azais I, Monconduit M, Collet P, Anglaret B, Yakoub-Agha I, Wetterwald M, Eghbali H, Vekemans MC, Maisonneuve H, Troncy J, Grosbois B, Doyen C, Thyss A, Jaubert J, Casassus P, Thielemans B, Bataille R; Intergroupe Francophone du Myelome (IFM) group. Dexamethasone-based regimens versus melphalan-prednisone for elderly multiple myeloma patients ineligible for high-dose therapy. Blood. 2006 Feb 15;107(4):1292-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2005-04-1588. Epub 2005 Sep 20.
PubMed 16174762Benboubker L, Dimopoulos MA, Dispenzieri A, Catalano J, Belch AR, Cavo M, Pinto A, Weisel K, Ludwig H, Bahlis N, Banos A, Tiab M, Delforge M, Cavenagh J, Geraldes C, Lee JJ, Chen C, Oriol A, de la Rubia J, Qiu L, White DJ, Binder D, Anderson K, Fermand JP, Moreau P, Attal M, Knight R, Chen G, Van Oostendorp J, Jacques C, Ervin-Haynes A, Avet-Loiseau H, Hulin C, Facon T; FIRST Trial Team. Lenalidomide and dexamethasone in transplant-ineligible patients with myeloma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 4;371(10):906-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1402551.
PubMed 25184863Richardson PG, Weller E, Lonial S, Jakubowiak AJ, Jagannath S, Raje NS, Avigan DE, Xie W, Ghobrial IM, Schlossman RL, Mazumder A, Munshi NC, Vesole DH, Joyce R, Kaufman JL, Doss D, Warren DL, Lunde LE, Kaster S, Delaney C, Hideshima T, Mitsiades CS, Knight R, Esseltine DL, Anderson KC. Lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone combination therapy in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Blood. 2010 Aug 5;116(5):679-86. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-02-268862. Epub 2010 Apr 12.
PubMed 20385792Kumar SK, Berdeja JG, Niesvizky R, Lonial S, Laubach JP, Hamadani M, Stewart AK, Hari P, Roy V, Vescio R, Kaufman JL, Berg D, Liao E, Di Bacco A, Estevam J, Gupta N, Hui AM, Rajkumar V, Richardson PG. Safety and tolerability of ixazomib, an oral proteasome inhibitor, in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma: an open-label phase 1/2 study. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Dec;15(13):1503-1512. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)71125-8. Epub 2014 Nov 14.
PubMed 25456369Lokhorst HM, Plesner T, Laubach JP, Nahi H, Gimsing P, Hansson M, Minnema MC, Lassen U, Krejcik J, Palumbo A, van de Donk NW, Ahmadi T, Khan I, Uhlar CM, Wang J, Sasser AK, Losic N, Lisby S, Basse L, Brun N, Richardson PG. Targeting CD38 with Daratumumab Monotherapy in Multiple Myeloma. N Engl J Med. 2015 Sep 24;373(13):1207-19. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1506348. Epub 2015 Aug 26.
PubMed 26308596Pocock SJ, Simon R. Sequential treatment assignment with balancing for prognostic factors in the controlled clinical trial. Biometrics. 1975 Mar;31(1):103-15.
PubMed 1100130Dredge K, Horsfall R, Robinson SP, Zhang LH, Lu L, Tang Y, Shirley MA, Muller G, Schafer P, Stirling D, Dalgleish AG, Bartlett JB. Orally administered lenalidomide (CC-5013) is anti-angiogenic in vivo and inhibits endothelial cell migration and Akt phosphorylation in vitro. Microvasc Res. 2005 Jan;69(1-2):56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2005.01.002.
PubMed 15797261Corral LG, Haslett PA, Muller GW, Chen R, Wong LM, Ocampo CJ, Patterson RT, Stirling DI, Kaplan G. Differential cytokine modulation and T cell activation by two distinct classes of thalidomide analogues that are potent inhibitors of TNF-alpha. J Immunol. 1999 Jul 1;163(1):380-6.
PubMed 10384139Schafer PH, Gandhi AK, Loveland MA, Chen RS, Man HW, Schnetkamp PP, Wolbring G, Govinda S, Corral LG, Payvandi F, Muller GW, Stirling DI. Enhancement of cytokine production and AP-1 transcriptional activity in T cells by thalidomide-related immunomodulatory drugs. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2003 Jun;305(3):1222-32. doi: 10.1124/jpet.102.048496. Epub 2003 Mar 20.
PubMed 12649301Davies FE, Raje N, Hideshima T, Lentzsch S, Young G, Tai YT, Lin B, Podar K, Gupta D, Chauhan D, Treon SP, Richardson PG, Schlossman RL, Morgan GJ, Muller GW, Stirling DI, Anderson KC. Thalidomide and immunomodulatory derivatives augment natural killer cell cytotoxicity in multiple myeloma. Blood. 2001 Jul 1;98(1):210-6. doi: 10.1182/blood.v98.1.210.
PubMed 11418482Hideshima T, Chauhan D, Shima Y, Raje N, Davies FE, Tai YT, Treon SP, Lin B, Schlossman RL, Richardson P, Muller G, Stirling DI, Anderson KC. Thalidomide and its analogs overcome drug resistance of human multiple myeloma cells to conventional therapy. Blood. 2000 Nov 1;96(9):2943-50.
PubMed 11049970Richardson PG, Schlossman RL, Weller E, Hideshima T, Mitsiades C, Davies F, LeBlanc R, Catley LP, Doss D, Kelly K, McKenney M, Mechlowicz J, Freeman A, Deocampo R, Rich R, Ryoo JJ, Chauhan D, Balinski K, Zeldis J, Anderson KC. Immunomodulatory drug CC-5013 overcomes drug resistance and is well tolerated in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma. Blood. 2002 Nov 1;100(9):3063-7. doi: 10.1182/blood-2002-03-0996.
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Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 18 Dec 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Phase II Study of Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Dexamethasone, and Daratumumab in Transplant-Ineligible Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04009109
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- AFT-41
- Conditions
- Myeloma, Multiple
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 79 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Celgene Corporation, Takeda
- Study start
- 21 Oct 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Jun 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 5 Jul 2019 (actual)
- 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.
A randomized Phase II clinical trial will be conducted to assess the impact on progression free survival (PFS) with the addition of ixazomib and daratumumab to lenalidomide as a maintenance treatment following induction with lenalidomide, ixazomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab.
Patients will be randomized to either:
Arm A: 12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, daratumumab, and dexamethasone followed by lenalidomide until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 years of maintenance therapy.
Arm B: 12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, daratumumab and dexamethasone, followed by lenalidomide, ixazomib, and daratumumab until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 years maintenance therapy.
Detailed description
Induction Phase: 28-day treatment cycle. Treatment continues until disease progression or for a maximum of 12 cycles as follows:
Cycles 1-2:
- Lenalidomide - 15 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 4 mg PO on Days 1, 8, 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Days 1, 8, 15, 22
- Dexamethasone - 20 mg PO on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23; For participants ≥75, dexamethasone administered on days 1, 8, 15, 22
Cycles 3-6:
- Lenalidomide - 15 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 4 mg PO on Days 1, 8, 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Days 1, 15
- Dexamethasone - 20 mg PO on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16; For participants ≥75, dexamethasone administered on days 1, 8, 15
Cycles 7-12:
- Lenalidomide - 15 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 4 mg PO on Days 1, 8, 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Day 1
- Dexamethasone - 20 mg PO on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16; For participants ≥75, dexamethasone administered on days 1, 8, 15
Maintenance Phase: 28-day treatment cycle. Treatment continues until progression or a maximum of 2 years of maintenance treatment:
Arm A
- Lenalidomide - 10 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
Arm B
- Lenalidomide - 10 mg PO QD on Days 1-21
- Ixazomib - 3 mg (or last tolerated dose from the induction phase) PO on Days 1, 8, and 15
- Daratumumab Subcutaneous - 15mL/1800mg on Day 1
- Dexamethasone - 20mg PO on Day 1; Unless patient is ≥75 then 10mg po day 1
In the maintenance phase, dexamethasone, 20 mg PO orally or IV will be administered to patients as a pre-infusion medication prior to daratumumab dosing. When dexamethasone is reduced to 20 mg/week and is given as pre-infusion medication, patients may receive low-dose methylprednisolone (≤20 mg) orally (or equivalent in accordance with local standards) for the prevention of delayed IRRs as clinically indicated.
If the investigator wishes to continue the maintenance regimen at the end of the 2 years maintenance treatment, patients may continue current maintenance as per standard of care.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Lenalidomide | Experimental | Drug: Lenalidomide, Drug: Ixazomib, Drug: Daratumumab Injection, Drug: Dexamethasone12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, daratumumab, and dexamethasone followed by lenalidomide until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 years of maintenance therapy. |
| Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Daratumumab, and Dexamethasone | Experimental | Drug: Lenalidomide, Drug: Ixazomib, Drug: Daratumumab Injection, Drug: Dexamethasone12 cycles of lenalidomide, ixazomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab followed by lenalidomide, ixazomib, and daratumumab until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity or a maximum of 2 year maintenance therapy. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (36 listed)
- Patient must be at least 18 years of age.
- Subject must have documented multiple myeloma:
- Measurable disease as defined by any of the following:
- Newly diagnosed and not considered candidate for high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplant due to:
- Patient must have an ECOG performance status score of 0, 1, or 2.
Key exclusion criteria (27 listed)
- Patient has primary AL amyloidosis.
- Prior history of Waldenström's disease, or other conditions in which IgM M-protein is present in the absence of a clonal plasma cell infiltration with lytic bone lesions.
- Prior or current systemic therapy or stem cell transplantation (SCT) for MM, with the exception of an emergency use of a short course (equivalent of dexamethasone 40 mg/day for a maximum 4 days) of corticosteroids before initial dosing. 1 cycle or less of urgent systemic treatment may be allowed after discussion with the Study Chair.
- Patients undergoing treatment for a malignancy within 5 years prior to study enrollment with the exception of non-invasive malignancies that in the opinion of the site investigator are considered cured or have minimal risk of recurrence within 5 years. Patient must not have active concomitant, invasive malignancy. Note: patients on chronic hormonal therapy for localized breast or prostate cancer with no evidence for the primary malignancies or prostate cancer undergoing active surveillance can be included.
- Radiation therapy ≤14 days prior to C1D1.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| LenalidomideAlso: RevlimidInduction and Maintenance | Drug | Lenalidomide, Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Daratumumab, and Dexamethasone |
| IxazomibAlso: NinlaroInduction and Only Maintenance Arm B | Drug | Lenalidomide, Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Daratumumab, and Dexamethasone |
| Daratumumab InjectionAlso: DarzalexInduction and Only Maintenance Arm B | Drug | Lenalidomide, Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Daratumumab, and Dexamethasone |
| DexamethasoneAlso: OzurdexInduction and Only Maintenance Arm B | Drug | Lenalidomide, Lenalidomide, Ixazomib, Daratumumab, and Dexamethasone |
Primary outcome
Impact of Study Treatment on Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Time frame: 5 Years
Time interval between registration and progression or death.
9 secondary outcomes
Minimal Residual Disease (MRD)
Time frame: 5 Years
Toxicity Profile of Treatment Arm Based on Patient Response
Time frame: 5 Years
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Time frame: 5 Years
Overall Survival (OS)
Time frame: 5 Years
Quality of Life with the EQ 5D 5L Questionnaire
Time frame: 5 Years
Quality of Life with the EORTC QLQ-MY20 Questionnaire
Time frame: 5 Years
Quality of Life with the EORTC QLQ-C30 Questionnaire
Time frame: 5 Years
Rate of Adherence to Lenalidomide and Ixazomib
Time frame: 5 Years
Alliance Geriatric Assessment with IMWG Fragility Score
Time frame: 5 Years
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 18 Dec 2025.
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- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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.
Evanthia Galanis, MD principal investigator
Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC.
Andrew Yee, MD study chair
Massachusetts General Hospital
7 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing Lenalidomide, Ixazomib and Daratumumab Injection in people with Myeloma, Multiple, run by Alliance Foundation Trials, LLC. at 7 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 36 inclusion and 27 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 7 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 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
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What does the primary outcome measure?
Impact of Study Treatment on Progression Free Survival (PFS) (time frame: 5 Years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04009109, which also lists 24 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
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AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Dec 2025.