Safety and Efficacy Study of Single Weekly Bortezomib in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Summary

This is a research study to see if a new drug called bortezomib is useful to treat multiple myeloma in people who are newly diagnosed, and have not yet received treatment for their disease. VELCADE® (bortezomib) for Injection is a drug under development by Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Timeline

Start

2007-05

Primary completion

2015-03

Completion

2015-03

Publications

• Girnius SK, Lee S, Kambhampati S, Rose MG, Mohiuddin A, Houranieh A, Zimelman A, Grady T, Mehta P, Behler C, Hayes TG, Efebera YA, Prabhala RH, Han A, Yellapragada SV, Klein CE, Roodman GD, Lichtenstein A, Munshi NC. A Phase II trial of weekly bortezomib and dexamethasone in veterans with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma not eligible for or who deferred autologous stem cell transplantation. Br J Haematol. 2015 Apr;169(1):36-43. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13243. Epub 2015 Jan 8.

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