drugset / Trial / NCT00046852

Chemotherapy and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation Followed By Immunotherapy in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma

NCT00046852

RandomizedTreatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation and immunotherapy may allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy drugs and kill more cancer cells. Biological therapies use different ways to stimulate the immune system and stop cancer cells from growing. PURPOSE: Randomized phase I/II trial to study the effectiveness of combining chemotherapy with peripheral stem cell transplantation followed by immunotherapy in treating patients who have multiple myeloma.

Timeline

Start
2001-12
Primary completion
2004-11
Completion
2008-02

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Cyclophosphamide Other / unclassified Intravenous
Subject Melphalan Small molecule Intravenous
Subject Pneumovax 23 Vaccine Intramuscular
Subject carmustine Small molecule Intravenous
Subject therapeutic autologous lymphocytes Cell therapy Intravenous
Background Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes Cell therapy
Background filgrastim Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous