New 'Go-Slow' drug combo aims to help frailest myeloma patients
NCT ID NCT06517017
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a gradual, three-drug combination (isatuximab, dexamethasone, and lenalidomide) in 40 ultra-frail patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The goal is to see if starting treatment slowly improves how well patients tolerate therapy and their quality of life, since these patients are often too fragile for standard regimens.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- isatuximab, dexamethasone, and lenalidomide
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a more tolerable treatment option for ultra-frail multiple myeloma patients, potentially improving their quality of life and ability to stay on therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The go-slow approach might not control the cancer as effectively as standard treatment.
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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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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: * Male or female subject aged ≥ 18 years. * Histologically confirmed myeloma and/or Plasma Cell Leukemia who are newly diagnosed and having completed ≤ 1 prior cycle of myeloma treatment. * For female subjects of childbearing potential: Negative pregnancy test or evidence of post-menopausal status or evidence of permanent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy). The post-menopausal status will be defined as having been amenorrheic for 24 months without an alternative medical cause. * Subjects must be willing to follow contraception requirements listed in the protocol, agree to participate in the Lenalidomide REMS program, and have signed the Patient-Physician Agreement Form. * Male subjects must agree to use a latex condom during intercourse for the duration of study therapy as described in the protocol, even if he has undergone a successful vasectomy. * Recovery to baseline or ≤ Grade 1 CTCAE v5 from toxicities related to any prior treatments, unless AE(s) are clinically nonsignificant and/or stable on supportive therapy per the treating investigator. * Able to provide informed consent and willing to sign an approved consent form that conforms to federal and institutional guidelines. * IMWG defined frailty score ≥ 3. IMWG definition available here: http://www.myelomafrailtyscorecalculator.net Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving other investigational agents. * Any condition that would, in the Investigator's judgment, compromise the subject's ability to understand the subject information, give informed consent, and/or contraindicate the subject's participation in the clinical study due to safety concerns or compliance with clinical study procedures (e.g., infection/inflammation, intestinal obstruction, unable to swallow medication, \[subjects may not receive the drug through a feeding tube\], social/ psychological issues, etc.) * Known prior severe hypersensitivity (NCI CTCAE v5.0 Grade ≥ 3) to investigational product (IP) or any component in its formulations. This includes hypersensitivity or history of intolerance to steroids, mannitol, pregelatinized starch, sodium stearyl fumarate, histidine (as base and hydrochloride salt), arginine hydrochloride, poloxamer 188, sucrose or any of the other components of study intervention that are not amenable to premedication with steroids and H2 blockers or would prohibit further treatment with these agents. * Subjects currently taking prohibited medications as described in the protocol.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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