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Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT00477971
Date of registration: 23/05/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Public title: Low-Dose Melphalan and Dexamethasone Compared With High-Dose Melphalan Followed By Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Primary Systemic Amyloidosis
Scientific title: Phase III Trial of Stem Cell Transplantation Compared to Parenteral Melphalan and Oral Dexamethasone in the Treatment of Primary Systemic Amyloidosis (AL)
Date of first enrolment: October 2005
Target sample size: 89
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00477971
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Morie A. Gertz, MD
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Mayo Clinic
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Histologically confirmed primary systemic amyloidosis

- Amyloid light-chain (AL) disease

- Monoclonal protein by immunoelectrophoresis or immunofixation of the serum or urine OR
abnormal free light-chain ratio

- The following amyloid syndromes* are allowed:

- Amyloid hepatomegaly

- Cardiomyopathy

- Proteinuria

- Peripheral or autonomic neuropathy

- Soft tissue involvement including the tongue, submandibular tissues, and vascular
claudication

- Diffuse interstitial pulmonary AL disease allowed if pulmonary function is
adequate to allow safe transplantation NOTE: *Presence of amyloid deposits in a
plasmacytoma or in bone marrow vessels in an asymptomatic patient does not
constitute an amyloid syndrome

- No secondary or familial amyloidosis

- No multiple myeloma with lytic or destructive bone lesions or myeloma cast nephropathy

- No multiple myeloma with > 30% plasma cells in the bone marrow

- No amyloidosis manifested only by carpal tunnel syndrome or purpura

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- ECOG performance status 0-2

- Platelet count = 100,000/mm³

- Bilirubin = 2.0 times upper limit of normal (ULN)

- Alkaline phosphatase = 6 times ULN

- Creatinine = 3.0 mg/dL

- No NYHA class IV heart disease

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception

- No uncontrolled infection

- No HIV positivity

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- Prior alkylating agents, immunosuppressive drugs, or steroids allowed provided they
were given for < 1 month

- Therapeutic steroid doses of = 15 mg per day (or equivalent) allowed at
discretion of physician

- No concurrent participation in another clinical trial involving a pharmacologic agent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
Intervention(s)
Drug: melphalan
Biological: filgrastim
Procedure: autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Drug: dexamethasone
Primary Outcome(s)
Hematologic Response Rate [Time Frame: 10 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
3 Year Overall Survival [Time Frame: 3 years]
Organ Response to Treatment [Time Frame: 10 years]
Secondary ID(s)
1691-05
NCI-2009-01329
MC0482
CDR0000546745
P30CA015083
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 21/07/2015
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00477971
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