A Phase I Protocol of the Combination Bortezomib and Tipifarnib for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients included in the study must meet criteria for relapsed or refractory multiple
myeloma. Relapsed myeloma is defined in patients as increasing M-Spike or
plasmacytoma compared to a previous measurement confirmed on at least two different
settings. Refractory myeloma is defined as progression of disease on current
therapy, and having received at least two courses of treatment with or without the
use of high dose therapy and autologous transplant.

- Patients must have received at least 2 prior lines of therapy in order to be eligible
for this treatment.

- Must be ≥ 18 years of age. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently
available on the use of bortezomib in combination with tipifarnib in patients < 18
years of age, children are excluded from this study, but will be eligible for future
pediatric phase 1 combination trials.

- ECOG performance status ≥ 2 (Karnofsky ≥ 60%, see Appendix A).

- Life expectancy of greater than 12 weeks

- Patients must have organ and marrow function as defined below:

- leukocytes ≥ 1,000/mcL

- absolute neutrophil count ≥ 500/mcL

- platelets ≥ 25,000/mcL

- total bilirubin within normal institutional limits

- AST(SGOT)/ALT(SGPT) ≤ 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal

- creatinine ≤ 2.5 OR

- creatinine clearance ≥ 20 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels
above institutional normal.

- Eligibility of patients receiving any medications or substances with the potential or
known to affect the activity or pharmacokinetics of bortezomib or tipifarnib will be
determined following review of their case by the Principal Investigator. Patients
must be on bisphosphonates therapy unless precluded by ONJ or other clinical
circumstances at the investigators discretion. Patients may receive erythroid growth
factors as needed, per institutional guidelines. Patients cannot be receiving
enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs) (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine,
phenobarbital) nor any other CYP3A4 inducer such as rifampin or St. John's wort.

- The effects of bortezomib and tipifarnib on the developing human fetus are unknown.
For this reason, women with child-bearing potential and men must agree to use
adequate contraception prior to entering the study. Adequate contraception includes
hormonal therapy, a barrier method of birth control or abstinence. Appropriate
contraception must be used for the duration of study participation. Should a woman
become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she
should inform her treating physician immediately, and will be immediately
discontinued from the study. Any woman who becomes pregnant during the study will be
followed throughout their pregnancy until its outcome (i.e. delivery, still birth,
miscarriage).

- Female subject is either post-menopausal or surgically sterilized or willing to
use an acceptable method of birth control (i.e., a hormonal contraceptive,
intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide, condom with spermicide, or
abstinence) for the duration of the study.

- Male subject agrees to use an acceptable method of contraception for the
duration of the study.

- Voluntary written informed consent before performance of any study-related
procedure not part of normal medical care, with the understanding that consent
may be withdrawn by the subject at any time without prejudice to future medical
care.

- Both men and women of all races and ethnic groups are eligible for this trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for
nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not
recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.

- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents.

- Patients with known brain metastases should be excluded from this clinical trial
because of their poor prognosis and because they often develop progressive neurologic
dysfunction that would confound the evaluation of neurologic and other adverse
events.

- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic
composition to boronic acid, bortezomib, tipifarnib, or other agents used in study.
Known allergy to imidazole drugs, such as clotrimazole, ketoconazole, miconazole,
econazole, fenticonazole, isoconazole, sulconazole, ticonazole or terconazole.

- Patients with a poorly controlled intercurrent illness will be excluded including but
not limited to those with ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart
failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social
climate that would limit compliance with study requirements.

- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because bortezomib and tipifarnib are
Class D agents with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because
there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants
secondary to treatment of the mother with bortezomib and tipifarnib, breastfeeding
should be discontinued if the mother is treated with bortezomib and tipifarnib.
These potential risks may also apply to other agents used in this study.

- HIV-positive patients on combination antiretroviral therapy are ineligible because of
the potential for pharmacokinetic interactions with bortezomib and tipifarnib. In
addition, these patients are at increased risk of lethal infections when treated with
marrow-suppressive therapy. Appropriate studies will be undertaken in patients
receiving combination antiretroviral therapy when indicated.

Other Exclusion Criteria

- Patient has ≥ Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy within 14 days before enrollment.

- Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment.

- Patient has hypersensitivity to boron or mannitol.

- Female subject is pregnant or breast-feeding. Confirmation that the subject is not
pregnant must be established by a negative serum ß-human chorionic gonadotropin
(ß-hCG) pregnancy test result obtained during screening. Pregnancy testing is not
required for post-menopausal or surgically sterilized women.

- Patient has received other investigational drugs with 14 days before enrollment.

- Serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this
clinical.