Study of Carfilzomib, Daratumumab and Dexamethasone for Patients With Relapsed and/or Refractory Multiple Myeloma.

Summary

Compare carfizomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab (KdD) to Carfilzomib and dexamethasone (Kd) in terms of progression free survival (PFS) in participants with multiple myeloma who have relapsed after 1 to 3 prior therapies.

Timeline

Start

2017-06-13

Primary completion

2019-07-14

Completion

2022-04-15

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry p = 0.0014; Stratified Cox model hazard ratio 0.630 (95% CI 0.464 to 0.854) NCT03158688 ↗

release “CANDOR study showing the addition of DARZALEX®(daratumumab) to carfilzomib (Kyprolis®) and dexamethasone (DKd), compared to carfilzomib and dexamethasone (Kd) alone, significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS)” jnj.com ↗

Publications

• Background Quach H, Nooka A, Samoylova O, Venner CP, Kim K, Facon T, Spencer A, Usmani SZ, Grosicki S, Suzuki K, Delimpasi S, Weisel K, Obreja M, Zahlten-Kumeli A, Mateos MV. Carfilzomib, dexamethasone and daratumumab in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: results of the phase III study CANDOR by prior lines of therapy. Br J Haematol. 2021 Aug;194(4):784-788. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17541. Epub 2021 May 28. No abstract available.
• Background Siegel D, Weisel K, Zahlten-Kumeli A, Medhekar R, Ding B, Leleu X. Health-related quality of life outcomes from the CANDOR study in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Leuk Lymphoma. 2021 Dec;62(12):3002-3010. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2021.1941927. Epub 2021 Jun 26.
• Background Suzuki K, Min CK, Kim K, Lee JJ, Shibayama H, Ko PS, Huang SY, Li SS, Ding B, Khurana M, Iida S. Carfilzomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab in Asian patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: post hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 CANDOR trial. Int J Hematol. 2021 Dec;114(6):653-663. doi: 10.1007/s12185-021-03204-9. Epub 2021 Aug 19.
• Background Usmani SZ, Quach H, Mateos MV, Landgren O, Leleu X, Siegel D, Weisel K, Gavriatopoulou M, Oriol A, Rabin N, Nooka A, Qi M, Beksac M, Jakubowiak A, Ding B, Zahlten-Kumeli A, Yusuf A, Dimopoulos M. Carfilzomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab versus carfilzomib and dexamethasone for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (CANDOR): updated outcomes from a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 study. Lancet Oncol. 2022 Jan;23(1):65-76. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00579-9. Epub 2021 Dec 3.
• Background Landgren O, Weisel K, Rosinol L, Touzeau C, Turgut M, Hajek R, Mollee P, Kim JS, Shu N, Hu X, Li C, Usmani SZ. Subgroup analysis based on cytogenetic risk in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma in the CANDOR study. Br J Haematol. 2022 Sep;198(6):988-993. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18233. Epub 2022 May 24.
• Background Dimopoulos M, Quach H, Mateos MV, Landgren O, Leleu X, Siegel D, Weisel K, Yang H, Klippel Z, Zahlten-Kumeli A, Usmani SZ. Carfilzomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab versus carfilzomib and dexamethasone for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (CANDOR): results from a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 study. Lancet. 2020 Jul 18;396(10245):186-197. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30734-0.
• Background Leleu X, Beksac M, Chou T, Dimopoulos M, Yoon SS, Prince HM, Pour L, Shelekhova T, Chari A, Khurana M, Zhang J, Obreja M, Qi M, Oriol A, Siegel D. Efficacy and safety of weekly carfilzomib (70 mg/m2), dexamethasone, and daratumumab (KdD70) is comparable to twice-weekly KdD56 while being a more convenient dosing option: a cross-study comparison of the CANDOR and EQUULEUS studies. Leuk Lymphoma. 2021 Feb;62(2):358-367. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1832672. Epub 2020 Oct 28.
• Background Usmani SZ, Quach H, Mateos MV, Landgren O, Leleu X, Siegel D, Weisel K, Shu X, Li C, Dimopoulos M. Final analysis of carfilzomib, dexamethasone, and daratumumab vs carfilzomib and dexamethasone in the CANDOR study. Blood Adv. 2023 Jul 25;7(14):3739-3748. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010026.
• Background Weisel K, Mateos MV, Landgren O, Leleu X, Quach H, Bennett L, Talpes M, Majer I, Patel S, Usmani SZ. Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Treated With Carfilzomib, Dexamethasone, and Daratumumab Versus Carfilzomib and Dexamethasone: An Analysis of Patient-Reported Outcomes From the Phase 3 CANDOR Trial. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2025 Aug;25(8):590-605. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2025.02.005. Epub 2025 Feb 19.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Daratumumab	Monoclonal antibody	16 mg/kg	Intravenous
Background	Carfilzomib	Other / unclassified	56 mg/m2	Intravenous
Background	Dexamethasone	Small molecule	20 mg	Intravenous

Indications