A Study of Combination Thalidomide Plus Dexamethasone Therapy vs. Dexamethasone Therapy Alone in Previously Untreated Subjects With Multiple Myeloma

Summary

To compare the efficacy of combination oral thalidomide plus oral dexamethasone treatment to that of oral dexamethasone-alone treatments as induction (first-line) therapy for subjects with active multiple myeloma

Timeline

Start

2003-02

Primary completion

2006-04

Completion

2013-08

Publications

• Results Rajkumar SV, Rosinol L, Hussein M, Catalano J, Jedrzejczak W, Lucy L, Olesnyckyj M, Yu Z, Knight R, Zeldis JB, Blade J. Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of thalidomide plus dexamethasone compared with dexamethasone as initial therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. J Clin Oncol. 2008 May 1;26(13):2171-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.1853. Epub 2008 Mar 24.

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