VELCADEXA: Velcade and Dexamethasone in Multiple Myeloma

Summary

The primary efficacy objective of this study is to study the efficacy in terms of response rate to alternating bortezomib/dexamethasone regimen

Timeline

Start

2005-08

Primary completion

2007-06

Completion

2008-01

Publications

• Background Longo D. Plasma cell disorders. In: Fauce A, et al. Ed. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 14th Ed. New York, New York: Mc Graw-Hill; 1998: 712-718.
• Background Greenlee RT, Murray T, Bolden S, Wingo PA. Cancer statistics, 2000. CA Cancer J Clin. 2000 Jan-Feb;50(1):7-33. doi: 10.3322/canjclin.50.1.7.
• Background Raje N, Anderson K. Thalidomide--a revival story. N Engl J Med. 1999 Nov 18;341(21):1606-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199911183412110. No abstract available.
• Background Oken MM. Management of Myeloma: Current and Future Approaches. Cancer Control. 1998 May;5(3):218-225. doi: 10.1177/107327489800500302.
• Background Westin J. Conventional chemotherapy in multiple myeloma. Pathol Biol (Paris). 1999 Feb;47(2):169-71.
• Background Huang YW, Hamilton A, Arnuk OJ, Chaftari P, Chemaly R. Current drug therapy for multiple myeloma. Drugs. 1999 Apr;57(4):485-506. doi: 10.2165/00003495-199957040-00004.
• Background Smith ML, Newland AC. Treatment of myeloma. QJM. 1999 Jan;92(1):11-4. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/92.1.11.
• Background Bataille R, Harousseau JL. Multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med. 1997 Jun 5;336(23):1657-64. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199706053362307. No abstract available.
• Background Alexanian R, Dimopoulos M. The treatment of multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med. 1994 Feb 17;330(7):484-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199402173300709. No abstract available.
• Background Gregory WM, Richards MA, Malpas JS. Combination chemotherapy versus melphalan and prednisolone in the treatment of multiple myeloma: an overview of published trials. J Clin Oncol. 1992 Feb;10(2):334-42. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1992.10.2.334.
• Background Case DC Jr, Lee DJ 3rd, Clarkson BD. Improved survival times in multiple myeloma treated with melphalan, prednisone, cyclophosphamide, vincristine and BCNU: M-2 protocol. Am J Med. 1977 Dec;63(6):897-903. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(77)90543-5. No abstract available.
• Background Alexanian R, Barlogie B, Tucker S. VAD-based regimens as primary treatment for multiple myeloma. Am J Hematol. 1990 Feb;33(2):86-9. doi: 10.1002/ajh.2830330203.
• Background Alexanian R, Dimopoulos MA, Delasalle K, Barlogie B. Primary dexamethasone treatment of multiple myeloma. Blood. 1992 Aug 15;80(4):887-90.
• Background Attal M, Harousseau JL, Stoppa AM, Sotto JJ, Fuzibet JG, Rossi JF, Casassus P, Maisonneuve H, Facon T, Ifrah N, Payen C, Bataille R. A prospective, randomized trial of autologous bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy in multiple myeloma. Intergroupe Francais du Myelome. N Engl J Med. 1996 Jul 11;335(2):91-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199607113350204.
• Background Alexanian R, Weber D, Giralt S, Dimopoulos M, Delasalle K, Smith T, Champlin R. Impact of complete remission with intensive therapy in patients with responsive multiple myeloma. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2001 May;27(10):1037-43. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703035.
• Background Nadal E, Gine E, Blade J, Esteve J, Rosinol L, Fernandez-Aviles F, Marin P, Martinez C, Rovira M, Urbano-Ispizua A, Carreras E, Montserrat E. High-dose therapy/autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with chemosensitive multiple myeloma: predictors of complete remission. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2004 Jan;33(1):61-4. doi: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704313.
• Background Driscoll J. The role of the proteasome in cellular protein degradation. Histol Histopathol. 1994 Jan;9(1):197-202.
• Background Richter-Ruoff B, Wolf DH. Proteasome and cell cycle. Evidence for a regulatory role of the protease on mitotic cyclins in yeast. FEBS Lett. 1993 Dec 20;336(1):34-6. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81603-w.
• Background Goldberg AL, Stein R, Adams J. New insights into proteasome function: from archaebacteria to drug development. Chem Biol. 1995 Aug;2(8):503-8. doi: 10.1016/1074-5521(95)90182-5.
• Background Hideshima T, Richardson P, Chauhan D, Palombella VJ, Elliott PJ, Adams J, Anderson KC. The proteasome inhibitor PS-341 inhibits growth, induces apoptosis, and overcomes drug resistance in human multiple myeloma cells. Cancer Res. 2001 Apr 1;61(7):3071-6.
• Background Sherr CJ. Cancer cell cycles. Science. 1996 Dec 6;274(5293):1672-7. doi: 10.1126/science.274.5293.1672.
• Background Koepp DM, Harper JW, Elledge SJ. How the cyclin became a cyclin: regulated proteolysis in the cell cycle. Cell. 1999 May 14;97(4):431-4. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80753-9. No abstract available.
• Background Read MA, Neish AS, Luscinskas FW, Palombella VJ, Maniatis T, Collins T. The proteasome pathway is required for cytokine-induced endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule expression. Immunity. 1995 May;2(5):493-506. doi: 10.1016/1074-7613(95)90030-6.
• Background Palombella VJ, Rando OJ, Goldberg AL, Maniatis T. The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is required for processing the NF-kappa B1 precursor protein and the activation of NF-kappa B. Cell. 1994 Sep 9;78(5):773-85. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(94)90482-0.
• Background Zetter BR. Adhesion molecules in tumor metastasis. Semin Cancer Biol. 1993 Aug;4(4):219-29.
• Background Beg AA, Baltimore D. An essential role for NF-kappaB in preventing TNF-alpha-induced cell death. Science. 1996 Nov 1;274(5288):782-4. doi: 10.1126/science.274.5288.782.
• Background Baldwin AS. Control of oncogenesis and cancer therapy resistance by the transcription factor NF-kappaB. J Clin Invest. 2001 Feb;107(3):241-6. doi: 10.1172/JCI11991. No abstract available.
• Background McConkey DJ, Pettaway C, Elliott P, et al. The proteasome as a new drug target in metastatic prostate cancer. ATMDACC 7th Annual Genitourinary Oncology Conference, 1998.
• Background Adams J, Palombella VJ, Sausville EA, Johnson J, Destree A, Lazarus DD, Maas J, Pien CS, Prakash S, Elliott PJ. Proteasome inhibitors: a novel class of potent and effective antitumor agents. Cancer Res. 1999 Jun 1;59(11):2615-22.
• Background Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PS-341) Investigator's Brochure, Version 5.0, 2001
• Background Richardson PG, Barlogie B, Berenson J, Singhal S, Jagannath S, Irwin D, Rajkumar SV, Srkalovic G, Alsina M, Alexanian R, Siegel D, Orlowski RZ, Kuter D, Limentani SA, Lee S, Hideshima T, Esseltine DL, Kauffman M, Adams J, Schenkein DP, Anderson KC. A phase 2 study of bortezomib in relapsed, refractory myeloma. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jun 26;348(26):2609-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa030288.
• Background Blade J, Samson D, Reece D, Apperley J, Bjorkstrand B, Gahrton G, Gertz M, Giralt S, Jagannath S, Vesole D. Criteria for evaluating disease response and progression in patients with multiple myeloma treated by high-dose therapy and haemopoietic stem cell transplantation. Myeloma Subcommittee of the EBMT. European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplant. Br J Haematol. 1998 Sep;102(5):1115-23. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00930.x. No abstract available.

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