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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN81968533
ISRCTN81968533CompletedNot Applicable

Phase II sudy of cetuximab for the treatment of refractory or relapsed multiple myeloma Erbitux for Multiple MyelomA

niversity of Cologne (Germany)0 sites33 target enrollmentStarted: September 22, 2006Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
33

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Multiple myeloma diagnosed according to the Durie-criteria in stage II or III (Salmon and Durie)
  • 2. Measurable disease
  • 3. Refractory or relapsed disease after at least one line of treatment
  • 4. Male or female 18 years of age or older
  • 5. Life expectancy more than 12 weeks
  • 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performances status zero to two
  • 7. If of childbearing potential, willingness to use effective contraceptive method for the study duration and six months post-dosing
  • 8. No surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy or any investigational agent within four weeks of study entry
  • 9. Signed written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Asecretory multiple myeloma
  • 2. Patients eligible and willing to undergo high dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation
  • 3. Prior allogenic transplantation
  • 4. Prior antibody or Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)-pathway targeting therapy
  • 5. Severe cardiovascular disease like functionally restricting heart rhythm disturbance or heart malformation or severe hypertension, or cardiac insufficiency more than the New York Heart Association-II
  • 6. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, Hepatitis B or C
  • 7. Brain disorders, psychatric illness
  • 8. Insufficient bone marrow reserve (leucocytes less than 1500/µl, thrombocytes less than 50000/µl)
  • 9. Creatinine-clearance less than 50 ml/min or serum creatinine more than 1.8 mg/dl
  • 10. Bilirubin more than 2 mg/dl, Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) more than 100 U/l
  • 11. Pregnancy (absence confirmed by serum/urine Beta-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin [Beta-HCG]) or breast-feeding
  • 12. Pulmonary dysfunction
  • 13. Active secondary malignancy
  • 14. Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity
  • 15. Having participated in another clinical trial or any investigational agent in the preceding 30 days
  • 16. Known allergic/hypersensitivity reaction to any compounds of the treatment
  • 17. Other previous malignancy within five years, with exception of a history of a previous basal cell carcinoma of the skin or pre-invasive carcinoma of the cervix
  • 18. Medical or psychological condition which in the opinion of the investigator would not permit the patient to complete the study or sign meaningful informed consent
  • 19. Known drug abuse/alcohol abuse

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Cologne (Germany)

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