DARA: "Monoclonal Antibodies for Treatment of Multiple Myeloma. Emphasis on the CD38 Antibody Daratumumab "
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
Daratumumab is a new treatment for patients with myeloma. While many patients benefit from this treatment some do not and the mechanism(s) of failure are poorly understood. This study aims to clarify aspects of resistance to treatment with daratumumab in order to improve patient outcomes in the future.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Phase 2/Phase 3 |
Detailed Description
The effector mechanisms of daratumumab have been extensively studied in vitro, but the in vivo correlates and key determinants of success or failure when daratumumab is used alone or in combination with lenalidomide for treatment of patients with myeloma have not been clarified.
There is potentially a wide spectrum of factors that may influence the quality and duration of response following treatment with daratumumab. The integrity of the patient's immune system may be important. Prior lines of chemotherapy or the myeloma disease itself may impair humural (i.e. complement) or cellular (i.e. ADCC) effector mechanisms that are of importance for the response to daratumumab. Also intrinsic properties of the tumor cells or interactions between myeloma cells and the bone marrow microenvironment could make the myeloma cells refractory to daratumumab.
A better understanding of these variables may enable us to improve the quality and duration of daratumumab-induced responses and make daratumumab-based therapies more effective in the near future.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: Dara len dex Daratumumab in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone |
Drug: Daratumumab
Treatment of myeloma patients with Daratumumab
Other Names:
Drug: Lenalidomide
Treatment of myeloma patients
Drug: Dexamethasone
Treatment of myeloma patients
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Active Comparator: Len dex Lenalidomide in combination with dexamethasone |
Drug: Lenalidomide
Treatment of myeloma patients
Drug: Dexamethasone
Treatment of myeloma patients
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Response by IMWG criteria [4 weeks]
Assessed by M-component in blood and urine samples
Secondary Outcome Measures
- T cell subset numbers [4 weeks]
Measured in bood and bone marrow aspirates
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Accepted for a clinical trial with Daratumumab for myeloma
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Department of Hematology Vejle Hospital | Vejle | Denmark | 7100 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Vejle Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Torben Plesner, MD, Vejle Hospital
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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