A Phase II Study of Busulfan & Melphalan as Conditioning Regimen for ASCT in Patients Who Received Bortezomib Based Induction for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Followed by Lenalidomide Maintenance Until Progression.
STUDY RATIONALE AND PURPOSE:
A number of strategies have been proposed to improve the outcome of ASCT. The three main
strategies are to incorporate novel agents into the induction regimen, using maintenance
therapy following ASCT and the final strategy is to enhance conditioning regimens.
Investigators would like to explore all these three strategies in this study: Investigators
propose to take patients who have had standard novel agent (bortezomib) based induction
regimens into this study and then use a dose-adjusted combination of busulfan and melphalan
as conditioning regimen and finally Investigators would like to incorporate lenalidomide
maintenance post ASCT until disease progression.
The conventional immunological markers used to define myeloma disease status have also been
a subject of debate recently with some reports suggesting that more accurate disease
assessment tools are needed to better decide on management of this disease. One of the most
promising assays which is increasingly accepted as a more sensitive indicator of myeloma
disease status is the Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) analysis. Therefore, Investigators plan
to use MRD analysis as a disease assessment tool throughout this study and will correlate it
with conventional myeloma disease assessment tools. Investigators would also like to
incorporate a newly developed assay - Heavy lite(HevyLite) Chain assay - which will be done
at the same time points as the other disease assessments thereby allowing us to explore the
viability of this assay in clinical practice.
INTERVENTIONS:
Conditioning Regimen IV Busulfan 3.2mg/kg or equivalent pharmacokinetics directed dose
once daily as a 3-hour infusion on days -5, -4 and -3 (option 1) or on days -6, -5, -4
(option 2).IV Melphalan 140mg/m2 once on day -2 (for option 1) or day -3 ( for option 2)
Maintenance Regimen Oral Lenalidomide 10 mg once daily for 28 days of a 28 days cycle for
first three cycles and then dose escalation to 15 mg daily if clinically appropriate to do
so.
STUDY ENDPOINTS
Primary:
• MRD negativity at day 100 post ASCT
Secondary:
- To determine the pattern of MRD analysis during lenalidomide maintenance.
- To determine the response rate using conventional immunoglobulin-based markers at day
100 post ASCT and best response using lenalidomide maintenance.
- To determine the effectiveness of using the Heavy lite (HevyLite) Chain assay to assess
anti-tumour response at day 100 post ASCT and during lenalidomide maintenance.
- To determine the toxicity of busulfan and melphalan when used as a high-dose
conditioning therapy for ASCT.
- To determine the toxicity of lenalidomide maintenance post busulfan and melphalan
conditioning ASCT.
- To determine the progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of this
program.
Interventional
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) negativity at day 100 post ASCT
The conventional immunological markers used to define myeloma disease status have also been a subject of debate recently with some reports suggesting that more accurate disease assessment tools are needed to better decide on management of this disease. One of the most promising assays which is increasingly accepted as a more sensitive indicator of myeloma disease status is the Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) analysis. Therefore, Investigators plan to use MRD analysis as a disease assessment tool throughout this study and will correlate it with conventional myeloma disease assessment tools. Investigators would also like to incorporate a newly developed assay - Heavy lite (HevyLite) Chain assay - which will be done at the same time points as the other disease assessments thereby allowing us to explore the viability of this assay in clinical practice.
day 100 post ASCT
No
Donna E Reece, MD
Principal Investigator
University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital
Canada: Health Canada
MCRN 001
NCT01702831
March 2013
March 2020
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