Melphalan and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Followed By Bortezomib and Dexamethasone in Treating Patients With Previously Untreated Systemic Amyloidosis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-03-01

Summary

The purpose of this study in patients needing treatment for AL amyloidosis is to see how well treatment with IV melphalan works and then, if some clonal plasma cells are still present about 2 to 3 months after melphalan treatment, to see how well treatment with bortezomib and dexamethasone works to reduce the rest of the clonal plasma cell disease.

• Phase: Phase 2

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• Collaborator: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: BB 1101; Bortezomib; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate; Melphalan