Melphalan and Filgrastim to Stimulate Peripheral Stem Cells in Patients With Multiple Myeloma

June 17, 2013 updated by: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A Phase II Study Of Blood Stem Cell Mobilization With Intravenous Melphalan (60 MG/M2) + G-CSF In Patients With Multiple Myeloma

RATIONALE: Melphalan and colony-stimulating factors such as filgrastim may increase the number of immune cells found in bone marrow or peripheral blood.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of melphalan combined with filgrastim in stimulating peripheral stem cells in patients who have multiple myeloma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the safety and efficacy of melphalan when used with filgrastim (G-CSF) for stem cell mobilization in patients with multiple myeloma.
  • Analyze how this mobilization regimen affects parameters of stem cell (CD34+) mobilization and collection in these patients.
  • Determine how this mobilization regimen affects disease status and clonotypic (i.e., tumor cell) contamination in stem cell components in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) mobilization consisting of melphalan IV on day 1 and filgrastim (G-CSF) subcutaneously beginning on day 2 and continuing until PBSC collection is complete.

Patients are followed at 1 month.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 11-32 patients will be accrued for this study within 2 years.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10021
        • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Diagnosis of multiple myeloma
  • Must have received induction therapy within the past 3 months

  • Chemoresponsive disease

    • Greater than 50% reduction of monoclonal paraprotein with reduction in marrow plasma cell infiltrate or greater than 50% reduction in marrow plasma cell infiltrate if disease is non-secretory
  • No symptomatic pleural effusions
  • Eligible for stem cell transplantation

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • ECOG 0-3 (ECOG 3 allowed only if due to bone disease or neuropathy)

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Platelet count at least 150,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 mg/dL

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 2.5 mg/dL OR
  • Creatinine clearance greater than 51 mL/min

Cardiovascular:

  • No symptomatic cardiomyopathy
  • No medically documented symptomatic cardiac arrhythmias within the past 60 days
  • No New York Heart Association class III congestive heart failure
  • No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months

Other:

  • No other concurrent medical conditions that would preclude study
  • No uncontrolled infections
  • No other active malignancy within the past 5 years except for non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Not pregnant
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior stem cell mobilization or transplantation

Chemotherapy:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • No more than 200 mg prior oral melphalan

Endocrine therapy:

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy:

  • No more than 3000 cGy of prior radiotherapy for myeloma

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Raymond L. Comenzo, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2003

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2003

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 6, 2001

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 18, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 17, 2013

Last Verified

June 1, 2013

More Information

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 00-067
  • CDR0000068392 (Registry Identifier: PDQ (Physician Data Query))
  • NCI-G00-1895

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