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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00075621
Date of registration: 09/01/2004
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Boston Medical Center
Public title: Tandem Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Primary Systemic (AL) Amyloidosis
Scientific title: A Phase II Trial of Tandem Transplantation in AL Amyloidosis
Date of first enrolment: August 2000
Target sample size: 62
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00075621
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD
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Affiliation:  Boston Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed AL amyloidosis, meeting 1 of the following criteria:

- Plasma cell dyscrasia, evidenced by 1 of the following:

- Monoclonal protein in the serum or urine by immunofixation electrophoresis

- Plasmacytosis of the bone marrow with monoclonal staining for kappa or
lambda light chain isotype

- Macroglossia with at least 1 other site having biopsy proven amyloidosis and
absence of a mutant transthyretin is ruled out

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

- 18 to 65

Performance status

- SWOG 0-2

Life expectancy

- At least 1 year

Hematopoietic

- Not specified

Hepatic

- Not specified

Renal

- Not specified

Cardiovascular

- LVEF = 45% by MUGA or echocardiogram

Pulmonary

- DLCO = 50%

Other

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- Able to tolerate 2 courses of high-dose therapy

- HIV negative

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

- Not specified

Chemotherapy

- Prior alkylating agent chemotherapy allowed provided there is no morphologic or
cytogenetic evidence of myelodysplastic syndromes

- Prior total cumulative oral melphalan dose < 300 mg

Endocrine therapy

- Not specified

Radiotherapy

- Not specified

Surgery

- Not specified

Other

- At least 4 weeks since prior cytotoxic therapy and recovered

Exclusion Criteria:

- No senile, secondary, localized, dialysis-related, or familial amyloidosis

- No overt multiple myeloma (e.g., greater than 30% bone marrow plasmacytosis, extensive
[more than 2] lytic lesions, hypercalcemia)

Cardiovascular

- No myocardial infarction within the past 6 months

- No congestive heart failure

- No arrhythmia refractory to therapy

- No evidence of symptomatic transient ischemic attacks or strokes

- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or
squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated
stage I or II cancer currently in complete remission



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Myeloma
Intervention(s)
Drug: filgrastim
Procedure: autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
Drug: melphalan
Primary Outcome(s)
safety [Time Frame: 100 days, 6 months, and annual]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Efficacy [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary ID(s)
H-23645
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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