drugset / Trial / NCT00007995

Chemotherapy Plus Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients Who Have Multiple Myeloma or Primary Systemic Amyloidosis

NCT00007995

Open-labelTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplant may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well chemotherapy and peripheral stem cell transplant work in treating patients with multiple myeloma or primary systemic amyloidosis.

Timeline

Start
1999-07
Primary completion
2007-11
Completion
2008-05

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Busulfan Small molecule Oral
Subject Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Melphalan Small molecule Intravenous
Subject interferon alfa-2b Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous
Background filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous
Background sargramostim Protein / enzyme biologic

Indications