Study of Bendamustine, Velcade and Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Elderly Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Summary

The present trial is designed as a phase II study that aims at estimating the efficacy of the combination of bendamustine, bortezomib and dexamethasone in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM). The response rate, i.e. the rate of the patients achieving a Complete Response or Partial Response at cycle 4, divided by the total intent to treat patient number is chosen as primary efficacy endpoint. The estimation of the efficacy rate is to be based on an explorative pilot study, since immediate embarking on a large-scale comparative efficacy trial would not be acceptable from the point of view of resources. Moreover, this would induce ethical objections, as it does not seem to be justifiable to expose a large number of patients to an experimental approach without sufficient exploratory indications of an improved risk-benefit ratio.

Timeline

Start

2010-03-03

Primary completion

2013-03-28

Completion

2013-03-28

Publications

• Rodon P, Hulin C, Pegourie B, Tiab M, Anglaret B, Benboubker L, Jardel H, Decaux O, Kolb B, Roussel M, Garderet L, Leleu X, Fitoussi O, Chaleteix C, Casassus P, Lenain P, Royer B, Banos A, Benramdane R, Cony-Makhoul P, Dib M, Fontan J, Stoppa AM, Traulle C, Vilque JP, Petillon MO, Mathiot C, Dejoie T, Avet-Loiseau H, Moreau P. Phase II study of bendamustine, bortezomib and dexamethasone as second-line treatment for elderly patients with multiple myeloma: the Intergroupe Francophone du Myelome 2009-01 trial. Haematologica. 2015 Feb;100(2):e56-9. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2014.110890. Epub 2014 Nov 14. No abstract available.

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