New drug combo aims to tame rare blood cancer, prepares for future fight

NCT ID NCT00492050

Summary

This study tested a two-drug combination (bortezomib and rituximab) as a first treatment for people with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, a rare blood cancer. The main goals were to see if the treatment could control the disease and safely collect patients' own stem cells. These collected cells could be used later for a transplant if the cancer worsened.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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