Study of Melphalan and Topotecan (MT) Followed by Autologous Stem Cell Rescue in Patients With Multiple Myeloma.

A Study of Intensive-Dose Melphalan and Topotecan (MT) Followed by Autologous Stem Cell Rescue in Patients With Multiple Myeloma.

The purpose of this research study is to determine the safest dose of topotecan when given in a high dose before a stem cell transplant; topotecan will be given with melphalan.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Multiple Myeloma
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: melphalan; Drug: topotecan (TPT); Procedure: Autologous Stem Cell Rescue

Detailed Description

The stem cells being transplanted are cells found in the bone marrow and blood that are responsible for making red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The stem cells are collected by a process called leukapheresis and will be frozen for later use. After receiving the chemotherapy drugs, the stem cells will be thawed and given like a blood transfusion. This is called autologous stem cell transplant or rescue. The study doctors will be measuring how well the disease responds to the drugs as well as any side effects to the drugs. During the course of this study, blood and bone marrow samples will be obtained to measure levels of the chemotherapy drugs as well as levels of certain enzymes (proteins).

The staff of the Blood and Marrow Transplant program will continue to collect information about the participant's disease and its treatment for the rest of their life.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 177
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612
      • H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Multiple Myeloma Criteria = Newly diagnosed with drug sensitive disease (>50% tumor response to standard chemotherapy) and poor prognostic indicators, such as Salmon-Durie stage III, serum b-2-microglobulin >3.0 mg/L, high proliferative fraction or hypodiploidy. Relapsed patients after a response to standard chemotherapy. Patients with primary refractory disease. Patients with non-secretory multiple myeloma are eligible for enrollment on this study. They will be followed for toxicity, survival and molecular endpoint analyses, but will not be followed for response. Patients with plasma cell leukemia, either occurring de novo or arising from existing multiple myeloma, are ineligible for this study.
• Patients greater than or equal to 18 years of age are eligible.
• Patients must have histologically confirmed diagnosis by a pathologic review at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.
• Patients must have undergone a complete psychosocial evaluation and been considered capable of compliance.
• Patients willing and able to receive palifermin (young cohort only)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a diffusing lung capacity oxygenation (DLCO) less than 50% (adjusted) of normal or with symptomatic obstructive or restrictive disease are ineligible.
• Patients with a serum creatinine of greater than 2.0 mg/dL OR a creatinine clearance of less than 40 ml/minute. Creatinine clearance can be measured or calculated. Patients with renal dysfunction secondary to multiple myeloma may be enrolled at the discretion of the principal investigator. However, patients on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis are ineligible.
• Patients with a total bilirubin greater than 2.0 mg/dL and serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) greater than two and a half times normal (unless due to primary malignancy), or a history of severe hepatic dysfunction are ineligible.
• Patients who have evidence of severe cardiac dysfunction are ineligible. A gated blood pool (MUGA) scan must show an ejection fraction of at least 50%. Patients must be free of major heart disease. Patients are ineligible if they have received a total dose of doxorubicin of greater than 450 mg/m2 (or daunorubicin equivalent) unless the left ventricular ejection fraction by MUGA scan is at least 50%. Patients must not be taking nitroglycerin preparations for angina pectoris or antiarrhythmic drugs for major ventricular dysrhythmias. Patients with essential hypertension controlled with medications are eligible for study. Any patient with congenital or acquired heart disease or cardiac arrhythmias will have a cardiology consult and evaluation.
• Patients with active infections are ineligible.
• Patients who are HIV antibody positive are ineligible.
• Patients with active leptomeningeal involvement are ineligible. Patients with a history of previous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tumor involvement without symptoms or signs are eligible provided the CSF is now free of disease on lumbar puncture and MRI of the brain shows no tumor involvement. Patients with severe symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) disease of any etiology are ineligible.
• Patients with uncontrolled insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or uncompensated major thyroid or adrenal dysfunction are ineligible.
• Patients with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of > or = 2 are ineligible. Patients with ECOG performance status 2 to 3 secondary to bone pain may be enrolled at the discretion of the institutional investigator. Patients with ECOG performance status 2 to 3 secondary to a potentially reversible disease-related problem may be enrolled at the discretion of the institutional investigator.
• Patients who are pregnant or lactating are ineligible.
• Patients with any previous malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer are ineligible, unless the patient is without evidence of disease > or = 5 years after the treatment for the cancer was completed.
• Patients previously treated with topotecan or any other topoisomerase I inhibitor.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Age Group A - Melphalan and Topotecan plus Stem Cell Rescue; Participants 18 - 60 years of age. Intensive-Dose Melphalan and Topotecan (MT) followed by Stem Cell transplant.	Drug: melphalan; (Days -4,-3,-2) 50 mg/m^2/day IV over 30 minutes (total dose 150 mg/m^2); Other Names: Alkeran®; Drug: topotecan (TPT); Phase I Dose Escalation: Level 1 - 20 mg/m^2; Level 2 - 30 mg/m^2; Level 4 - 54 mg/m^2; Level 5 - 72 mg/m^2; Level 6 - 96 mg/m^2; Level 7 - 127.8 mg/m^2; Level 8 - 170.1 mg/m^2 Phase II: Treatment at maximum tolerated dose (MTD); Other Names: Hycamtin®; Procedure: Autologous Stem Cell Rescue; Day 0; Other Names: Bone Marrow Transplant; Stem Cell Transplant
Active Comparator: Age Group B - Melphalan and Topotecan plus Stem Cell Rescue; Participants 61 years of age or older. Intensive-Dose Melphalan and Topotecan (MT) followed by Stem Cell transplant.	Drug: melphalan; (Days -4,-3,-2) 50 mg/m^2/day IV over 30 minutes (total dose 150 mg/m^2); Other Names: Alkeran®; Drug: topotecan (TPT); Phase I Dose Escalation: Level 1 - 20 mg/m^2; Level 2 - 30 mg/m^2; Level 4 - 54 mg/m^2; Level 5 - 72 mg/m^2; Level 6 - 96 mg/m^2; Level 7 - 127.8 mg/m^2; Level 8 - 170.1 mg/m^2 Phase II: Treatment at maximum tolerated dose (MTD); Other Names: Hycamtin®; Procedure: Autologous Stem Cell Rescue; Day 0; Other Names: Bone Marrow Transplant; Stem Cell Transplant

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Phase I - Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) Level	MTD of topotecan in multiple myeloma patients receiving autologous transplant when give with melphalan 150 mg/m^2 for three days. Two parallel dose escalations were used, one each for young (18-60 years of age) and elderly patients (> 61 years of age). Elderly patients began a dose level once it had been found to be safe for the young cohort. The purpose of this approach was to expand the access of this trial to elderly patients while ensuring safety. Phase I Dose Escalation: Level 1 - 20 mg/m^2; Level 2 - 30 mg/m^2; Level 4 - 54 mg/m^2; Level 5 - 72 mg/m^2; Level 6 - 96 mg/m^2; Level 7 - 127.8 mg/m^2; Level 8 - 170.1 mg/m^2	Phase I - 5 years, 2 months
Phase II Participants - Overall Response Rate	Re-evaluation of participants who had responsive disease prior to transplant. All changes in monoclonal protein and immunoglobulins will be referenced to those levels obtained immediately prior to cyclophosphamide priming chemotherapy. Complete Response (CR): A CR will be defined as the disappearance of the monoclonal protein by immunofixation studies of serum and urine (100x concentrate) and less than or equal to 5% plasma cells in a bone marrow aspirate. Partial Response (PR): 50% - 74% decrease in the measurable monoclonal protein (M-component from an SPEP and/or UPEP with immunofixation).	Phase II - Phase start at 62 months up to 120 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Phase II Event Free Survival (EFS)	Time to treatment failure, which is defined as the time from day 0 to the time of progressive disease. Progressive disease is defined by unequivocal objective evidence and constitutes any of the following: 1). an increase in the total amount of monoclonal protein (M-component from Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP) and/or Urine Protein Electrophoresis (UPEP) with immunofixation) by more than 100% from the lowest level of serum myeloma protein seen after high-dose chemotherapy by serum protein electrophoresis; 2). an increase in the total amount of monoclonal protein above the remission level of the myeloma peak (i.e., an increase of >25% above the lowest level in a 24 hour urine or serum protein; 3). the reappearance of the M-protein if the patient had entered a CR: 4). definite increase in the size (> 1 cm) or number of lytic bone lesions. Compression fractures do not constitute a relapse.	Phase II - Phase start at 62 months up to 120 months
Phase II Overall Survival (OS)	Time from start of treatment until death from any cause.	Phase II - Phase start at 62 months up to 120 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pharmacokinetic Profiles of High Dose Topotecan and Melphalan	Evaluate the pharmacokinetic profiles of high dose topotecan and melphalan and to investigate the pharmacodynamic relationships with respect to the efficacy and toxicity of this regimen in each age group. Pharmacokinetics of Topotecan: For all dose levels, topotecan levels on Day -4 will be obtained at -15 min, 20 min into 30 min infusion, and 5 min, 15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h, 8 h, and 23 h after the 30 min infusion. Pharmacokinetics of Melphalan: For all dose levels, melphalan levels during the first day of cytoxan priming chemotherapy and on Day -4 will be obtained before, at the end of the infusion, and 5 minutes (min), 15 min, 30 min, 45 min, 60 min, 90 min, 120 min and 180 min after the infusion. The infusion time for the test dose of melphalan is over 5 min and for the high-dose is over 30 min.	Predetermined time points in protocol
Amount, Activity and Subcellular Distribution of Topoisomerase I With Clinical Response and Toxicity	Laboratory Correlates will be summarized using descriptive statistics.	Laboratory study (no specific time points)
DNA Topoisomerase I Amount, Activity, or Subcellular Distribution	Laboratory Correlates will be summarized using descriptive statistics.	Laboratory study (N/A)
Genomic DNA Sequence Variations and Correlate With Toxicity to Melphalan and Topotecan	Laboratory Correlates will be summarized using descriptive statistics.	Laboratory study (N/A)
Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) Expression	BCRP function will be assayed in multiple myeloma patient bone marrow aspirates obtained before and during high dose chemotherapy. BCRP function is expressed as the change in relative fluorescence in topotecan versus control cells. The distribution of paired differences in BCRP, a continuous variable, will be summarized using descriptive statistics and will be correlated with response and toxicity.	Laboratory study (N/A)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI); GlaxoSmithKline
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Daniel M Sullivan, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 19, 2001
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 15, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): January 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 11, 2006
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 11, 2006
• First Posted (Estimate): May 12, 2006

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 14, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 14, 2018
• Last Verified: February 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: topotecan; melphalan; bone marrow transplant; topoisomerase; drug sequence
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Hematologic Diseases; Hemorrhagic Disorders; Hemostatic Disorders; Paraproteinemias; Blood Protein Disorders; Multiple Myeloma; Neoplasms, Plasma Cell; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Immunosuppressive Agents; Immunologic Factors; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Myeloablative Agonists; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Topoisomerase I Inhibitors; Melphalan; Topotecan
• Other Study ID Numbers: MCC-12733