drugset / Trial / NCT00499577

Stem Cell Transplant, Chemotherapy, and Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

NCT00499577

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Vaccines made from peptides may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer cells by stopping blood flow to the cancer. A stem cell transplant using stem cells from the patient may be able to replace immune cells that were destroyed by chemotherapy used to kill cancer cells. Giving an infusion of the donor's T cells after the transplant may help destroy any remaining cancer cells. PURPOSE: This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects of stem cell transplant given together with chemotherapy and biological therapy and to see how well it works in treating patients with high-risk or refractory multiple myeloma.

Timeline

Start
2006-12
Primary completion
2009-02
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject CMV pp65 peptide Peptide Intramuscular
Subject Pneumovax 23 Vaccine Intramuscular
Subject hTERT I540/R572Y/D988Y multipeptide vaccine Vaccine Subcutaneous
Subject survivin Sur1M2 peptide vaccine Vaccine Subcutaneous

Indications