Combination Chemotherapy Following GM-CSF in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma

NCT ID: NCT00003490

Last Updated: 2013-12-04

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1998-10-31

Study Completion Date

2003-08-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. GM-CSF may make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of chemotherapy. Combining more than one drug with GM-CSF may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combination chemotherapy, consisting of cyclophosphamide plus vincristine, following GM-CSF in treating patients with multiple myeloma that has not responded to previous treatment.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the response rate of multiple myeloma patients when treated with cyclophosphamide and vincristine after cycling myeloma cells with sargramostim (GM-CSF). II. Evaluate whether Labelling Index (LI) changes influenced by GM-CSF would predict a group of patients that will respond to this particular course specific design. III. Determine the toxicity of GM-CSF in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive subcutaneous injections of sargramostim (GM-CSF) once a day for 5 days. Two to 3 days later, patients receive cyclophosphamide IV over 30-45 minutes on day 1, vincristine IV bolus on day 8, and oral prednisone 4 times a day on days 1-4. Patients also receive subcutaneous injections of GM-CSF starting on day 2 and continuing for 10 days or until neutrophil count is at least 1000/mm3. Treatment continues every 3 weeks for a minimum of 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients who achieve at least stable response receive GM-CSF 3 times a week for up to 2 years. Patients are followed every 3-6 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A maximum of 30 patients will be accrued.

Conditions

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Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm

Keywords

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refractory multiple myeloma stage I multiple myeloma stage II multiple myeloma stage III multiple myeloma

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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sargramostim

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

cyclophosphamide

Intervention Type DRUG

prednisone

Intervention Type DRUG

vincristine sulfate

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically proven multiple myeloma Pancytopenia related to multiple myeloma allowed Failed or progressed after at least 2 chemotherapy or biologic therapy regimens

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 16 and over Performance status: Not specified Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Platelet count at least 50,000/mm3 Absolute neutrophil count at least 750/mm3 Hepatic: SGOT/SGPT less than 3 times upper limit of normal Bilirubin less than 5.0 mg/dL Renal: Not specified Other: No active infection requiring intravenous antibiotics Not HIV positive Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: See Disease Characteristics May have failed prior bone marrow transplant No other concurrent colony stimulating factors Concurrent immunoglobulin allowed Chemotherapy: See Disease Characteristics Concurrent pamidronate allowed Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: Concurrent standard radiation therapy to treat extra-skeletal and/or skeletal tumor sites allowed Surgery: Not specified Other: Concurrent epoetin alfa for anemia allowed
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Cleveland Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Mohamad A. Hussein, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

The Cleveland Clinic

Locations

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Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CCF-IRB-1863

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

IMMUNEX-001.0743

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-V98-1458

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000066529

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id