The protocol aims at reducing transplant toxicity and mortality in patients with multiple myeloma.
Primary end points are engraftment and non-relapse mortality. Secondary end points are disease response, overall survival, progression and event free survivals. Patient eligibility criteria. Inclusion criteria included: - Diagnosis of Durie-Salmon stage IIA-IIIB multiple myeloma - Age > 18 and ≤ 65 years at the start of the donor search - Presence of concurrent co-morbidities precluding myeloablative conditioning or refusal to undergo a conventional allogeneic transplant - Capacity to give informed consent Exclusion criteria included: - Age > 65 years - Karnofsky performance status score < 60% - Progressive disease or stable disease for less than three months - Central nervous system (CNS) involvement - Left ventricular ejection fraction < 35% or symptomatic heart failure - Poorly controlled hypertension - Pulmonary dysfunction with diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) < 40% and/or need for continuous oxygen supplementation - Abnormal liver disease with a serum bilirubin greater than twice normal or SGOT and/or SGPT greater than four times the upper limits of normal - HIV positive patients - Pregnancy - Refusal to use contraceptive techniques during and for 12 months following treatment Informed consent is obtained during study registration from each patient according to the Institutional Review Boards of the participating centers. The study is conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki.
Condition | Multiple Myeloma |
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Treatment | Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Transplantation |
Clinical Study Identifier | NCT00327314 |
Sponsor | Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista |
Last Modified on | 7 November 2020 |
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