Preemptive Strike With Bortezomib (VELCADE) in Participants With Multiple Myeloma Still Event-free on Total Therapy 2 (UARK 98-026)
Although advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma have led to improved remission rates,
the risk for serious relapse is very high. The drug Bortezomib has been highly effective for
treatment of the disease in an advanced stage such as post-transplant relapse. Due to the
need of maintenance therapies, it is necessary to look to certain drugs that may prolong
remission and increase the quality of life. Bortezomib, when taken at the beginning of
remission, may prove to be a beneficial maintenance drug for the management of multiple
myeloma.
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Effect of Maintenance Therapy With Bortezomib on the Length of Remission in Participants Currently Receiving Maintenance Therapy as Part of Total Therapy 2
The number of patients on Bortezomib that have maintained event-free survival, compared to the patients on observation was not analyzed due to low attrition rates. Event-free survival is a measure of the proportion of people who remain free of a particular complication of disease (called an event) after treatment that is designed to prevent or delay that particular complication.
three years
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Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
UAMS
United States: Institutional Review Board
100241
NCT00657553
February 2008
January 2009
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy | Little Rock, Arkansas 72205 |