Simvastatin as Inhibitor of Cell Adhesion Mediated Drug Resistance in Patients With Refractory Multiple Myeloma.

Summary

In vitro statins, inhibitors of the HMG-CoA-reductase, have been shown to overcome cell adhesion mediated drug resistance at very low concentrations. The purpose of the study is to investigate the in vivo efficacy of simvastatin as inhibitor of cell adhesion mediated drug resistance. Patients refractory to ongoing chemotherapy will receive concomitantly simvastatin and response will be monitored by paraprotein levels

Timeline

Start

2005-04

Primary completion

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Completion

2007-04

Publications

• Background Schmidmaier R, Baumann P, Simsek M, Dayyani F, Emmerich B, Meinhardt G. The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor simvastatin overcomes cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance in multiple myeloma by geranylgeranylation of Rho protein and activation of Rho kinase. Blood. 2004 Sep 15;104(6):1825-32. doi: 10.1182/blood-2003-12-4218. Epub 2004 May 25.

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