Status:

COMPLETED

Melphalan, Bortezomib, and Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Primary Systemic Amyloidosis

Lead Sponsor:

Boston Medical Center

Conditions:

Multiple Myeloma

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Giving melphalan and bortezomib before and after a stem cell transplant stops the growth of abnormal cells by stopping them from dividing or killing them. Giving colony-stimulating factors ...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * To determine if hematologic responses to high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation increase with addition of bortezomib in the conditioning regimen in patients with p...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Histologically confirmed primary systemic amyloidosis based on the following criteria:
  • Amyloid light-chain disease
  • Deposition of amyloid material by congo red stain showing characteristic green birefringence
  • Monoclonal light chain protein (Bence Jones protein) in the serum or urine, immunohistochemical studies, or serum free light chain assay
  • Evidence of tissue involvement other than carpal tunnel syndrome (i.e., positive immunohistochemical staining of bone marrow demonstrating clonal plasma cells); tissue amyloid deposits with anti-kappa or anti-lambda anti-serum; evidence for a plasma cell dyscrasia by serum/urine or bone marrow; or overwhelmingly convincing clinical features (e.g., macroglossia) associated with other systemic manifestations
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Southwest Oncology Group performance status 0-1
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 45% by Echocardiogram within the past 60 days
  • diffusion capacity of lung for carbon monoxide ≥ 50%
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • Prior chemotherapy with alkylating agent allowed provided there is no morphological or cytogenetic evidence of myelodysplastic syndromes
  • Prior total cumulative dose of oral melphalan \< 300 mg
  • At least 4 weeks since prior cytotoxic therapy and fully recovered
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • No senile, secondary, localized, dialysis-related, or familial amyloidosis
  • No overt multiple myeloma (\> 30% of bone marrow plasmacytosis, extensive \[\> 2\] lytic lesions, or hypercalcemia)
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months, congestive heart failure, or arrhythmia refractory to therapy
  • No prior malignancy except for any of the following:
  • Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer
  • In situ cervical cancer
  • Adequately treated stage I or II cancer currently in complete remission
  • Any cancer from which the patient has been disease-free ≥ 5 years
  • No advanced (grade 3-4) pre-existing neuropathy
  • No HIV positivity

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    November 1 2014

    Estimated Enrollment :

    10 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00790647

    Start Date

    June 1 2008

    End Date

    November 1 2014

    Last Update

    February 6 2017

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    Boston University Cancer Research Center

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118