Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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NCT ID:
NCT00391157
Brief Summary:
The primary efficacy objective of this study is to study the efficacy in terms of response rate to alternating bortezomib/dexamethasone regimen
Detailed Description:
Multiple Myeloma is a plasma cell disorder characterized by an uncontrolled proliferation of bone marrow plasma cells leading to skeletal destruction with bone pain, anemia, renal failure, hypercalcemia, recurrent bacterial infections and extramedullary plasmacytomas. It accounts for 1% of all malignancies and slightly more than 10% of hematologic malignancies, with an annual incidence of about four per 100.000. Although this disease is incurable with a median survival of about 3 years, remarkable treatment advances have been recently made, including high-dose therapy followed by stem cell rescue and, particularly, the introduction of novel promising agents with new mechanisms of action.
Data from pre-clinical and clinical studies conducted to date support the continued development of VELCADE for the treatment of Multiple Myeloma. Standard chemotherapy remains as the gold standard for induction before HDT/SCT treatment in younger multiple myeloma patients (\<65 years). Since VELCADE has a mechanism of action different from chemotherapy and dexamethasone and is considered to be efficacious in Multiple Myeloma, its introduction in induction regimens may contribute to increase the response rate and eventually survival of these patients that represent half of myeloma population.
Since VBMCP/VBAD is considered to be the gold standard for Multiple Myeloma patients \<65 years as induction regimen prior HDT/SCT, the results of VEL/DEX will be compared with those obtained in 100 patients treated with VBMCP/VBAD chemotherapy in our last GEM protocol (Spanish Myeloma Group) for patients \<65 years (closed in Dec 2004
Study:
NCT00391157
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00391157