A Study of Subcutaneous and Intravenous VELCADE in Patients With Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Randomized, open-label, international, multi-center, Phase 3 study in which patients are randomized to receive VELCADE administered by subcutaneous injection or intravenous infusion.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Collaborator: Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.
• Treatments: Bortezomib

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female subjects 18 years or older

2. Diagnosis of multiple myeloma

3. Measurable, secretory multiple myeloma defined as serum monoclonal IgG of ≥10 g/L, serum monoclonal IgA or IgE ≥5 g/L, or serum monoclonal IgD ≥0.5g/L; or urine M-protein of ≥200 mg/24 hr

4. Relapse or progression of myeloma following prior systemic antineoplastic therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous treatment with VELCADE

2. More than 3 previous lines of therapy (separate lines of therapy are defined as single or combination therapies that are either separated by disease progression or by a greater than 6 month treatment-free interval)

3. Peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain of NCI CTCAE Grade ≥2

4. Any of the following within 3 weeks prior to randomization:

antineoplastic or experimental therapy, corticosteroid use above 10mg a day (prednisone or equivalent), or plasmapheresis

5. Any of the following within 2 weeks prior to randomization:

radiation therapy, major surgery (kyphoplasty is not considered major surgery)

6. Prior malignancy other than multiple myeloma diagnosed or treated within the last 2 years, with the exception of completely resected carcinoma in situ or basal/squamous carcinoma of the skin