New drug cocktail aims to crush myeloma early
NCT ID NCT02405364
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 2 trial tested a three-drug combination (carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone) followed by a stem cell transplant and maintenance therapy in 46 newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients aged 65 or younger. The goal was to see if this intensive approach could lead to deep remissions. The study is complete, but results are not yet widely available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (CRd) with stem cell transplant
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this combination could improve remission rates and delay disease progression in younger multiple myeloma patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial (46 patients) with no control group, so results may not apply broadly. The intensive regimen carries risks like infection and bleeding.
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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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46 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2014
- Finished
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Nov 2019
- 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 to 65 years
- 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: * Patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma based on the new International Myeloma Working Group * Subjects must have symptomatic myeloma with at least one CRAB criteria * Subjects must not have been treated previously with any systemic therapy for multiple myeloma Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or lactating females * Evidence of mucosal or internal bleeding and/or platelet refractory * Acute active infection requiring treatment * Treatment by localized radiotherapy if the interval between the end of radiotherapy and initiation of protocol therapy lower than 2 weeks * Treatment by corticosteroids if exceed the equivalent of 160 mg of dexamethasone in a 2-week period before initiation therapy * Subjects not eligible for high dose therapy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHRU Dijon
Dijon, France
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CHRU Hôtel Dieu
Nantes, France
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CHU Grenoble
Grenoble, France
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CHU Henri Mondor
Créteil, France
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CHU de Toulouse
Toulouse, 31000, France
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Hôpital Bretonneau
Tours, France
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Hôpital Claude Huriez
Lille, France
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Hôpital Saint-Antoine
Paris, France
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Hôpital de Hautepierre
Strasbourg, France
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Hôpital de Pontchaillou
Rennes, France
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University hospital of Toulouse
Toulouse, 31000, France
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