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Filter by:This phase II clinical trial is studying how well gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 (RO4929097) after autologous stem cell transplant works in treating patients with multiple myeloma. Giving chemotherapy, such as melphalan, before autologous stem cell transplant stops the growth of cancer cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them. Before treatment, stem cells are collected from the patient's blood and stored. After chemotherapy, the stem cells are returned to the patient to replace the blood-forming cells that were destroyed by the chemotherapy. RO4929097 may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving RO4929097 after autologous stem cell transplant may kill more cancer cells.
Observe the safety/tolerability and effectiveness in terms of response rate and duration of response of the combination pasireotide + everolimus in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple melanoma.
The purpose of this study is to find out how balloon kyphoplasty (surgical repair of the patient's fracture using balloons and bone cement) compares to non-surgical treatment in reducing vertebral compression fractures while providing pain relief and improved function and quality of life.
RATIONALE: Antimicrobial solution comprising trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, edetate calcium disodium, and ethanol may help prevent blockages and infections from forming in patients with central venous access catheters or peripheral venous catheters. PURPOSE: This randomized trial is studying an antimicrobial solution or saline solution in maintaining catheter patency and preventing catheter-related blood infections in patients with malignancies.
RATIONALE: Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Biological therapies, such as thalidomide and lenalidomide, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dexamethasone, cisplatin, doxorubicin hydrochloride, cyclophosphamide, etoposide, and melphalan, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Combining chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplant may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. Giving bortezomib, thalidomide, and combination chemotherapy before and after transplant and lenalidomide after transplant may be an effective treatment for multiple myeloma. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bortezomib, thalidomide, and lenalidomide together with combination chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplant works in treating patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
Rationale: Giving bortezomib and low doses of chemotherapy and total-body irradiation before a donor stem cell transplant or peripheral blood stem cell transplant helps stop the growth of cancer cells. It also stops the patient's immune system from rejecting the donor's stem cells. The donated stem cells may replace the patient's immune cells and help destroy any remaining cancer cells (graft-versus-tumor effect). Sometimes the transplanted cells from a donor can also make an immune response against the body's normal cells. Giving sirolimus and tacrolimus before and after transplant may stop this from happening. Purpose: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of bortezomib before donor stem cell transplant in treating patients with multiple myeloma.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if cleaning the stem cells of a patient who has multiple myeloma (MM) with the bone marrow of a relative will make a cell product capable of replacing the bone marrow after standard treatment with chemotherapy.
RATIONALE: Collecting and storing samples of blood from patients with cancer to test in the laboratory may help the study of cancer in the future. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting and storing blood samples from patients with cancer.
RATIONALE: Gathering information over time about patients' sense of being a burden on their caregiver, and caregivers' sense of burden on themselves, may help doctors learn more about the desire to die in patients with late-stage cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying perceptions of burden in patients with late-stage cancer and their caregivers.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of using pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and bortezomib in the treatment of patients with relapsed multiple myeloma who had been previously treated with bortezomib. Multiple myeloma is a cancer that begins in plasma cells, a type of white blood cell. These cells are part of the immune system, which helps protect the body from germs and other harmful substances. In time, myeloma cells collect in the bone marrow and in the solid parts of bone. Multiple myeloma treatment may include stem cell transplantation, however, not all patients with multiple myeloma are candidates for stem cell transplantation and many patients who receive transplants relapse. As a result, additional first and later-line therapeutic options are needed for patients who are not candidates for transplantation, or whose disease relapses after transplantation or other therapies. Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in combination with bortezomib is approved for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have not previously received bortezomib and have received at least one prior therapy. The combined use of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and bortezomib in this study is designed to evaluate the overall response rate and safety in patients with multiple myeloma who have been previously treated with bortezomib.