Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone With or Without Bortezomib in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Multiple Myeloma

Summary

This randomized phase III trial studies lenalidomide, dexamethasone, and bortezomib to see how well it works compared to dexamethasone and lenalidomide alone in treating patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma. Biological therapies, such as lenalidomide, may stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as dexamethasone, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Bortezomib may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth or by blocking blood flow to the cancer. It is not yet known whether lenalidomide and dexamethasone is more effective with or without bortezomib in treating multiple myeloma.

Timeline

Start

2008-07-28

Primary completion

2015-11-05

Completion

2026-09-18

Publications

• Banerjee R, Sexton R, Cowan AJ, Rosenberg AS, Ailawadhi S, Rajkumar SV, Kumar S, Dispenzieri A, Lonial S, Durie BGM, Richardson PG, Usmani SZ, Hoering A, Orlowski RZ. Dexamethasone dose intensity does not impact outcomes in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a secondary SWOG analysis. Blood. 2025 Jan 2;145(1):75-84. doi: 10.1182/blood.2024025939.
• Unger JM, LeBlanc M, Blanke CD. The Effect of Positive SWOG Treatment Trials on Survival of Patients With Cancer in the US Population. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Oct 1;3(10):1345-1351. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.0762.
• Durie BGM, Hoering A, Abidi MH, Rajkumar SV, Epstein J, Kahanic SP, Thakuri M, Reu F, Reynolds CM, Sexton R, Orlowski RZ, Barlogie B, Dispenzieri A. Bortezomib with lenalidomide and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone in patients with newly diagnosed myeloma without intent for immediate autologous stem-cell transplant (SWOG S0777): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2017 Feb 4;389(10068):519-527. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31594-X. Epub 2016 Dec 23.
• Usmani SZ, Heuck C, Mitchell A, Szymonifka J, Nair B, Hoering A, Alsayed Y, Waheed S, Haider S, Restrepo A, Van Rhee F, Crowley J, Barlogie B. Extramedullary disease portends poor prognosis in multiple myeloma and is over-represented in high-risk disease even in the era of novel agents. Haematologica. 2012 Nov;97(11):1761-7. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2012.065698. Epub 2012 Jun 11.

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