Study of Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients Older Than 65 Years With Sequential Melphalan/Prednisone/Velcade (MPV) Followed by Revlimid/Low Dose Dexamethasone (Rd) Versus Alternating Velcade/Melphalan/Prednisone (MPV) With Revlimid/Low Dose Dexamethasone

Summary

This is a national, multicenter, open-label, randomized, comparative study designed to compare, first, the TTP of the two treatment schemes proposed (MPV followed by Rd or MPV alternating with Rd) in newly diagnosed MM patients older than 65 years. This comparison will be performing in terms of both efficacy and safety. Up to 120 patients will be included in each treatment arm and evaluated at scheduled visits in up to 3 study periods: Pre-treatment, Treatment and Follow-up. Primary outcome measure: * To evaluate the efficacy in terms of time to progression (TTP) at 18 months of MPV and Rd used as either in a sequential or alternating approach in newly diagnosed MM patients older than 65 years. * To evaluate the toxicity (safety and tolerability) of the sequential versus the alternating use of MPV and Rd. Secondary outcome measure: * To evaluate the response, duration of response, progression free survival (PFS), time to next therapy (TNT) and overall survival (OS) in the two different groups of patients. * To identify, within the group of patients treated with the alternating scheme, the biological characteristics (including a comprehensive genomic analysis) of those patients resistant to one or the other, and patients refractory to both treatments

Timeline

Start

2011-02

Primary completion

2014-08

Completion

2016-05

Publications

• Quwaider D, Corchete LA, Misiewicz-Krzeminska I, Sarasquete ME, Perez JJ, Krzeminski P, Puig N, Mateos MV, Garcia-Sanz R, Herrero AB, Gutierrez NC. DEPTOR maintains plasma cell differentiation and favorably affects prognosis in multiple myeloma. J Hematol Oncol. 2017 Apr 18;10(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s13045-017-0461-8.
• Paiva B, Cedena MT, Puig N, Arana P, Vidriales MB, Cordon L, Flores-Montero J, Gutierrez NC, Martin-Ramos ML, Martinez-Lopez J, Ocio EM, Hernandez MT, Teruel AI, Rosinol L, Echeveste MA, Martinez R, Gironella M, Oriol A, Cabrera C, Martin J, Bargay J, Encinas C, Gonzalez Y, Van Dongen JJ, Orfao A, Blade J, Mateos MV, Lahuerta JJ, San Miguel JF; Grupo Espanol de Mieloma/Programa para el Estudio de la Terapeutica en Hemopatias Malignas (GEM/PETHEMA) Cooperative Study Groups. Minimal residual disease monitoring and immune profiling in multiple myeloma in elderly patients. Blood. 2016 Jun 23;127(25):3165-74. doi: 10.1182/blood-2016-03-705319. Epub 2016 Apr 26.
• Paiva B, Corchete LA, Vidriales MB, Puig N, Maiso P, Rodriguez I, Alignani D, Burgos L, Sanchez ML, Barcena P, Echeveste MA, Hernandez MT, Garcia-Sanz R, Ocio EM, Oriol A, Gironella M, Palomera L, De Arriba F, Gonzalez Y, Johnson SK, Epstein J, Barlogie B, Lahuerta JJ, Blade J, Orfao A, Mateos MV, San Miguel JF; Spanish Myeloma Group / Program for the Study of Malignant Blood Diseases Therapeutics (GEM / PETHEMA) Cooperative Study Groups. Phenotypic and genomic analysis of multiple myeloma minimal residual disease tumor cells: a new model to understand chemoresistance. Blood. 2016 Apr 14;127(15):1896-906. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-08-665679. Epub 2016 Jan 11.

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