Lenalidomide Melphalan and Prednisone Versus High Dose Melphalan in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients

Summary

To compare the efficacy of the combination of lenalidomide with low-dose melphalan versus high-dose melphalan in newly diagnosed, symptomatic MM patients.

Timeline

Start

2007-06

Primary completion

2022-06

Completion

2024-07-01

Publications

• Rutjes AW, Porreca E, Candeloro M, Valeriani E, Di Nisio M. Primary prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 18;12(12):CD008500. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008500.pub5.
• Montefusco V, Gay F, Spada S, De Paoli L, Di Raimondo F, Ribolla R, Musolino C, Patriarca F, Musto P, Galieni P, Ballanti S, Nozzoli C, Cascavilla N, Ben-Yehuda D, Nagler A, Hajek R, Offidani M, Liberati AM, Sonneveld P, Cavo M, Corradini P, Boccadoro M. Outcome of paraosseous extra-medullary disease in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients treated with new drugs. Haematologica. 2020 Jan;105(1):193-200. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2019.219139. Epub 2019 Jun 20.
• Cerrato C, Di Raimondo F, De Paoli L, Spada S, Patriarca F, Crippa C, Mina R, Guglielmelli T, Ben-Yehuda D, Oddolo D, Nozzoli C, Angelucci E, Cascavilla N, Rizzi R, Rocco S, Baldini L, Ponticelli E, Marcatti M, Cangialosi C, Caravita T, Benevolo G, Ria R, Nagler A, Musto P, Tacchetti P, Corradini P, Offidani M, Palumbo A, Petrucci MT, Boccadoro M, Gay F. Maintenance in myeloma patients achieving complete response after upfront therapy: a pooled analysis. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2018 Jul;144(7):1357-1366. doi: 10.1007/s00432-018-2641-5. Epub 2018 Apr 19.
• Palumbo A, Cavallo F, Gay F, Di Raimondo F, Ben Yehuda D, Petrucci MT, Pezzatti S, Caravita T, Cerrato C, Ribakovsky E, Genuardi M, Cafro A, Marcatti M, Catalano L, Offidani M, Carella AM, Zamagni E, Patriarca F, Musto P, Evangelista A, Ciccone G, Omede P, Crippa C, Corradini P, Nagler A, Boccadoro M, Cavo M. Autologous transplantation and maintenance therapy in multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 4;371(10):895-905. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1402888.
• Dunavin NC, Wei L, Elder P, Phillips GS, Benson DM Jr, Hofmeister CC, Penza S, Greenfield C, Rose KS, Rieser G, Merritt L, Ketcham J, Heerema N, Byrd JC, Devine SM, Efebera YA. Early versus delayed autologous stem cell transplant in patients receiving novel therapies for multiple myeloma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2013 Aug;54(8):1658-64. doi: 10.3109/10428194.2012.751528. Epub 2012 Dec 31.
• Larocca A, Cavallo F, Bringhen S, Di Raimondo F, Falanga A, Evangelista A, Cavalli M, Stanevsky A, Corradini P, Pezzatti S, Patriarca F, Cavo M, Peccatori J, Catalano L, Carella AM, Cafro AM, Siniscalchi A, Crippa C, Petrucci MT, Yehuda DB, Beggiato E, Di Toritto TC, Boccadoro M, Nagler A, Palumbo A. Aspirin or enoxaparin thromboprophylaxis for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma treated with lenalidomide. Blood. 2012 Jan 26;119(4):933-9; quiz 1093. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-03-344333. Epub 2011 Aug 11.

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