Common cholesterol drug may shield myeloma patients from chemo nerve pain

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years old. * Newly diagnosed MM patients according to the revised International Myeloma Working Group Diagnostic Criteria for the diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma (IMWG). * Patients being treated by bortezomib-based VRd chemotherapy regimen. * Patients with performance status \<2 according to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score. * Adequate baseline hematologic values (absolute neutrophilic count ≥ 1.5 × 109/L, platelet count ≥ 100 × 109/L and hemoglobin level ≥ 10 g/dl). * Patients with adequate liver function (serum bilirubin \< 1.2 mg/dl) and adequate renal function (serum creatinine \< 1.5 mg/d). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with prior exposure to neurotoxic agents (Cis-platin, vincristine, taxanes, foscarnet, INH, etc..) in the last 6 months. * Concomitant use of antioxidant vitamins (vitamin A, C, E), anticonvulsants, tricyclic antidepressants, other medications used for neuropathic pain (gabapentin, lamotrigine, carbamazepine). * Preexisting peripheral neuropathy resulting from other causes such as diabetes and brain disorders, hypothyroidism, autoimmune diseases, hepatitis C. * Patients with inflammatory diseases (ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis). * Patients with conditions associated with oxidative stress (smoking, tuberculosis, comorbid obesity). * Patients with active liver disease (cirrhosis, fatty liver, hepatitis C, etc..). * Patients with myopathy. * Patients with other malignancies. * Patients with renal impairment, including those with end-stage renal disease and those receiving dialysis. * Patients with Gallbladder disease and gallstones. * Pregnant and breast-feeding women. * Patients with Known allergy to the fenofibrates. * Concurrent use of statin, colchicine, Ciprofibrate, idelalisib, enzyme inducers (phenytoin, phenobarbitone, carbamazepine,…), enzyme inhibitors (ketoconazole, clarithromycin,…), drugs with high plasma protein binding capacity (Sulfonamides, valproate, oral hypoglycemic, warfarin,…) to avoid potential pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic drug interactions.