New transplant prep shows promise for older, sicker blood cancer patients

NCT ID NCT03159702

Summary

This study tested a new, potentially safer drug combination to prepare patients for a half-matched bone marrow transplant. It involved 43 adults with blood cancers like multiple myeloma who could not tolerate standard high-dose treatments. The goal was to see if this gentler preparation method could control the cancer while reducing serious side effects and improving survival one year after transplant.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital & the Medical College of Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

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