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Filter by:Hypothesis: Free light chain removal haemodialysis will increase the rate of renal recovery in patients with cast nephropathy, severe renal failure and de novo multiple myeloma. This study will randomise patients with multiple myeloma and severe renal failure to treatment to remove free light chains by haemodialysis or not.
This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of temsirolimus when given together with dexamethasone in treating patients with recurrent or refractory multiple myeloma. Temsirolimus may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving temsirolimus together with dexamethasone may kill more cancer cells.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of induction therapy with lenalidomide and low dose dexamethasone followed by sequential low dose bortezomib followed by low dose Melphalan and Prednisone, then followed by low dose lenalidomide for multiple cycles in subjects with high risk Multiple Myeloma (MM). The primary objective is to evaluate the efficacy as measured by the progression free survival (PFS) at 2 years of low dose sequential therapy following four cycles of induction therapy with lenalidomide/low-dose dexamethasone in subjects with symptomatic high risk multiple myeloma, who have received no prior treatment. A total of 35 subjects were estimated to be accrued to this Phase II trial over a period of subjects who are still progression-free at 2 years. Two years will be as measured from date of registration to the trial. Progression will include disease progression (DP) as well as death due to any cause. Data will be analyzed and reported by the PI after 1 and 2 years of initiation of the study. All subsequent data collected may be analyzed and reported in a follow-up clinical report. The PI and independent reviewers will meet to review the efficacy and safety data and determine a risk/benefit analysis in this subject population.
The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of Lenalidomide plus low dose dexamethasone to that of the combination of melphalan, prednisone and thalidomide.
H9S-MC-JDCF was a multicenter non-randomized, single-arm, open-label, dose-escalation, dose confirmation, Phase 1 study of intravenous (IV) LY2127399 in combination with bortezomib in patients with refractory or relapsed MM.
This is an open-label, non-randomised, multi-centre phase I-II study of CHR-2797 administered orally once a day. The study involves two distinct phases: - Phase I: an open-label, dose-escalating phase of the study to explore the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of CHR-2797. - Phase II: the recommended dose level of CHR-2797, as determined in phase I, will be administered to a further cohort of approximately 40 patients to determine whether CHR-2797 has sufficient biological activity against the disease(s) under study.
The goal of this research study is to learn about the pain and/or other symptoms that patients may experience either while you are being monitored by your doctor before a decision is made to start you on treatment for your MM, or during and after treatment for MM, and how these symptoms may affect therapy. A second goal is to learn how differences in genes may affect the symptom burden from cancer and cancer therapy.
The two objectives of this study are: - To increase the 2-year event-free survival from 55%, established with Total Therapy II (UARK 98-026), to 75% in myeloma patients with cytogenetic abnormalities, and from 80%, established with the Total Therapy II regimen, to 95% in myeloma patients without cytogenetic abnormalities. - To determine whether bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone can be safely incorporated with transplant 1 into the established pre-transplant regimen of high-dose melphalan (used in Total Therapy II) and whether Velcade and gemcitabine can be safely added to the transplant 2 high-dose chemotherapy regimen of combination melphalan and BCNU.
This is a clinical trial examining the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and efficacy of IV NPI-0052 (a proteasome inhibitor) in combination with oral vorinostat (Zolinza; a HDAC inhibitor) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, melanoma or lymphoma. Proteasome inhibitors block the breakdown of proteins by cells and HDAC inhibitors block modification of proteins regulating gene expression in cells. Both of these actions preferentially affect cancer cells, and the combination of the two has been seen to have a greater effect in laboratory studies.
RATIONALE: An Opioid Titration Order Sheet that allows healthcare providers to adjust the dose and schedule of pain medication may help improve pain treatment for patients with cancer. It is not yet known whether the use of an Opioid Titration Order Sheet is more effective than standard care in treating pain caused by cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying an Opioid Titration Order Sheet to see how well it works compared with standard care in treating patients with cancer pain.