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NCT ID:
NCT03184194
Brief Summary:
Evaluation of the effect of nivolumab and daratumumab with or without low-dose cyclophosphamide in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
Detailed Description:
Myeloma patients who develop bortezomib and lenalidomide-resistant disease have a very poor survival of only a median of 9 months, indicating that new agents are urgently needed. Recent studies have shown that daratumumab as a single agent is effective and well tolerated in these heavily pretreated MM patients. However, approximately 60% of patients do not achieve a partial response, and ultimately all patients will develop progressive disease during daratumumab therapy. In less pretreated patients daratumumab-based combinations (daratumumab plus lenalidomide-dexamethasone or daratumumab plus bortezomib-dexamethasone) were very effective and well tolerated. Therefore, in this study, the investigators will combine daratumumab with other agents to improve survival of heavily pretreated MM patients.
The PD-1 blocker nivolumab, as single agent, does not induce objective responses but induces stable disease in approximately 67% of relapsed/refractory MM patients. We have recently shown that daratumumab treatment results in increased T cell frequencies by eliminating CD38-positive immune suppressor cells, which probably contributes to the durable responses observed with daratumumab.
Cyclophosphamide, at a dose substantially lower than the maximum tolerated dose, has next to its direct anti-tumor activity serveral other effects including anti-angiogenic effects, induction of changes in the micro-environment, and also improvement of the anti-tumor immune response.
In this study, the investigators will combine two or three immune modulating agents with different mechanisms of action in order to improve the outcome of relapsed/refractory MM patients.
The investigators will evaluate in Part A, nivolumab combined with daratumumab with or without low-dose cyclophosphamide (total 40 patients). Based on efficacy and tolerability, the investigators will treat in Part B 20 additional patients with nivolumab combined with daratumumab either with or without low-dose cyclophosphamide based on tolerability and efficacy data obtained in Part A.
Study:
NCT03184194
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03184194