Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With Progressive or Recurrent Multiple Myeloma After a Donor Stem Cell Transplant

Phase 2

Completed

Conditions: Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Stage I Multiple Myeloma
Stage II Multiple Myeloma
Stage III Multiple Myeloma

Interventions: Drug: lenalidomide

Registration Number: NCT00619684

Lead Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Brief Summary: This phase II trial studies how well lenalidomide works in treating patients with progressive or recurrent multiple myeloma after a donor stem cell transplant. Lenalidomide may stop the growth of multiple myeloma by blocking blood flow to the cancer. It may also stimulate the immune system in different ways and stop cancer cells from growing.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate response of relapsed or progressive multiple myeloma to lenalidomide after allogeneic stem cell transplant.

II. Proportion of patients achieving a complete, partial or minor response.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Evaluate toxicity and tolerability of lenalidomide in this setting.

II. For patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), evaluate the response to lenalidomide.

III. Evaluate time to progression (TTP).

IV. Evaluate overall survival (OS).

OUTLINE:

Patients receive lenalidomide orally (PO) on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days for 2 years or longer in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 30 days and then every 3 months thereafter.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 18

Inclusion Criteria

Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form
Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
Multiple myeloma, having undergone an allogeneic stem cell transplant from a matched or mismatched related or unrelated donor and have relapsed or have disease progression
Relapse is defined as reappearance of monoclonal protein in serum or urine by immunofixation, new or increased bone lesions or hypercalcemia
Disease progression is define as a 25% increase in monoclonal protein in serum or a 50% increase in 24 hour urinary monoclonal protein from the lowest level attained at any time point after allogeneic transplant or new or increased bone lesions or hypercalcemia
All previous cancer therapy, including radiation, hormonal therapy and surgery, must have been discontinued at least 4 weeks prior to treatment in this study, excluding corticosteroids for GVHD
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =< 2 at study entry
Absolute neutrophil count >= 1.5 x 10^9/L
Platelet count >= 50 x 10^9/L
Serum creatinine =< 2.0 mg/dL
Total bilirubin =< 1.5 mg/dL
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or =< 5 x ULN if hepatic metastases are present
Females of childbearing potential (FCBP) must adhere to the scheduled pregnancy testing as required in the Revlimid REMS™ program; FCBP must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test with a sensitivity of at least 50 mIU/mL within 24 hours of prescribing lenalidomide (prescriptions must be filled within 7 days) and must either commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse or begin TWO acceptable methods of birth control, one highly effective method and one additional effective method AT THE SAME TIME, at least 28 days before she starts taking lenalidomide
FCBP must also agree to ongoing pregnancy testing; men must agree to use a latex condom during sexual contact with a FCBP even if they have had a successful vasectomy
Disease free of prior malignancies for >= 5 years with exception of currently treated basal cell, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma "in situ" of the cervix or breast
Able to take aspirin 81 or 325 mg daily as prophylactic anticoagulation (patients intolerant to acetylsalicylic acid [ASA] may use Coumadin or low molecular weight heparin)
All study participants must be registered into the mandatory Revlimid REMS™ program, and be willing and able to comply with the requirements of Revlimid REMS™

Exclusion Criteria

Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form
Pregnant or breast feeding females; (lactating females must agree not to breast feed while taking lenalidomide)
Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study
Use of any other experimental drug or therapy within 28 days of baseline
Known hypersensitivity to thalidomide
The development of erythema nodosum if characterized by a desquamating rash while taking thalidomide or similar drugs
Resistance to prior use of lenalidomide
Concurrent use of other anti-cancer agents or treatments
Known positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or infectious hepatitis, type A, B or C
Acute GVHD grades 3 or 4

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment (lenalidomide)	lenalidomide	Patients receive lenalidomide PO on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days for 2 years or longer in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Response Rate, Defined as the Number of Patients Achieving Complete Response (CR), Partial Response (PR), or Minor Response (MR)	Up to 9 years	CR: No Monoclonal Protein (MP) in the blood AND no serum/urine MP by Immunofixation (IF \< 0) AND \< 5% plasma cells in bone marrow aspirate. VGPR: More than 90% decrease of MP and urine M protein \< 100 mg/d OR serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP)/urine protein electrophoresis(UPEP) negative but serum immunofixation (IFs) or IFu urine immunofixation (IFu) ) still positive. PR: Over 50% decrease of serum MP AND \> 90% reduction in 24h urinary light chain excretion or M proteinuria \< 200mg/d MR: Between 25 and 49% decrease of MP in the blood AND 50-89% reduction in 24h urinary light chain excretion (monoclonal proteinuria\>200 mg/d)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adverse Events, Graded According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 3.0	Up to 30 days after completion of study treatment	Grade 1-2 adverse events occurring in \>10% of participants. Grade 3 or higher adverse events occurring in one or more participants.
Overall Survival	At 1 and 2 years after starting treatment with lenalidomide	Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival
TTP	Up to 9 years	Time to Progression (TTP): Time from start of therapy to meeting the definition of Progressive Disease (PD). PD: 25% increase compared to the lowest value of: * Serum MP (absolute increase at least ≥ 0.5 g/dl) * Or: Urine MP (absolute increase at least \> 200 mg/24h) * Or: for patients without measurable MP, Serum Free Light Chain test: the difference between involved and uninvolved FLC levels (absolute increase at least \>100 mg/L)
Number of Patients Requiring Dose Interruption, Dose Reduction or Discontinuance of Lenalidomide	Up to 9 years	Dose interruption, dose reduction or discontinuation of lenalidomide due to toxicity, GVHD or disease progression
Number of Patients Who Experience Improvement in GVHD on Lenalidomide, Defined as the Reduction in Severity of GVHD as Defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Criteria	Up to 9 years