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Can a cholesterol drug calm cancer treatment's gut side effect?
NCT ID NCT03767257
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether colesevelam, a drug used for high cholesterol, can safely reduce diarrhea in people with multiple myeloma who take lenalidomide. 25 participants received colesevelam for 4 weeks. The goal was to see if diarrhea improved to a mild level or better. The study focused on symptom relief, not treating the cancer itself.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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25 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2018
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) confirmed diagnosis of multiple myeloma * Treatment with single agent lenalidomide maintenance * Patient must be \>/= 18 years of age at the time of informed consent * Experiencing grade 1 or more diarrhea according to the CTCAE 5.0 criteria for at least 4 out of 7 days preceding screening and study inclusion * Scheduled to receive lenalidomide maintenance cyles at MSK * Willingness and ability to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with history of bowel obstruction * Patients with serum triglyceride levels \>300 mg/dL * Patients wit history of hypertriglyceridemia-induced panreatitis * Patients with known hypersensitivity to colesevelam or any component to the formulation * Patients currently already receiving a bile acid sequestrant or have previously used bile acid sequestrant drugs for diarrhea and had no benefit * Patients with diarrhea secondary to infection. Stool studies for GI pathogens should be collected prior to starting colesevelam but do not need to be resulted prior to starting Day 1 dose of colesevelam, unless infection is suspected by the treating investigator, in which case (Clostridium difficile PCR when clinically indicated, GI pathogen panel, stool ova and parasites, Giardia and Cryptosporum stool antigen tests will need to be resulted at investigator discretion.)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (All Protocol Activities)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 07920, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk - Commack (All Protocol Activities)
Commack, New York, 11725, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau
Uniondale, New York, 11553, United States
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (All Protocol Activities)
Harrison, New York, 10604, United States
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