Needle vs. IV: which isatuximab method works best for myeloma?
NCT ID NCT05804032
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a shot under the skin (subcutaneous) works as well as an IV drip for the drug isatuximab in people with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for a stem cell transplant. All participants also received standard chemotherapy. The goal was to see if the easier injection method is just as effective at controlling the disease.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
-
514 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Apr 2023
- Finished
-
Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 to 70 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of untreated MM requiring systemic therapy (diagnostic criteria according to IMWG) * Patient is eligible for high-dose melphalan (200 mg/m\^2 melphalan) and autologous stem cell transplantation * Measurable MM disease according to IMWG criteria, defined as any quantifiable monoclonal protein value, defined by at least one of the following three measurements: serum M-protein ≥ 10 g/L; urine light-chain (M-protein) of ≥ 200 mg/24 hours; involved FLC level ≥ 10 mg/dL provided sFLC ratio is abnormal * Age 18-70 years at trial inclusion Exclusion Criteria: * Patient has known hypersensitivity (or contraindication) to any of the components of study therapy * Systemic amyloid light-chain amyloidosis (except for localized AL amyloidosis limited to the skin or the bone marrow) * Plasma cell leukemia * Previous chemotherapy or radiotherapy during the past 5 years except local radiotherapy in case of local MM progression * Severe cardiac dysfunction (NYHA classification III-IV) * Patients with active or uncontrolled hepatitis B or C or detectable liver disease due to hepatitis B or C * HIV positivity * Patients with active, uncontrolled infections * Patients with severe renal insufficiency or requiring hemodialysis * Patients with peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain, grade 2 or higher (as defined by the NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events) * Patients with a history of any active malignancy during the past 5 years with the exception of following malignancies after curative therapy: basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell skin carcinoma, stage 0 cervical carcinoma or any in situ malignancy * Platelet count \< 75 x 10\^9/L * Haemoglobin ≤ 8.0 g/dL, unless related to MM * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \< 1.0 x 10\^9/L (the use of colony stimulating factors within 14 days before the test is not allowed) * Corrected serum calcium \> 14 mg/dL (\> 3.5 mmol/L) * Pregnancy and lactation For further details on inclusion/exclusion criteria please refer to the study protocol.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Multiple myeloma are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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
-
Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg GmbH
Altona, 20099, Germany
-
Bielefeld Praxis, Studiengesellschaft Onkologie
Bielefeld, 33604, Germany
-
Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef
Paderborn, 33098, Germany
-
CaritasKlinikum Saarbrücken St. Theresia
Saarbrücken, 66113, Germany
-
Carl-Thiem-Klinikum Cottbus gGmbH, 2. Medizinische Klinik
Cottbus, 03048, Germany
-
Centrum für Hämatologie und Onkologie Bethanien
Frankfurt am Main, 60389, Germany
-
Charité, III. Medizinische Abteilung (Hämatologie/Onkologie)
Berlin, 12200, Germany
-
Diakonie-Klinikum Schwäbisch Hall gGmbH, Innere Medizin III (Tumorerkrankungen, Palliativmedizin)
Schwäbisch Hall, 74523, Germany
-
Diakonie-Klinikum Stuttgart
Stuttgart, 70176, Germany
-
Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel
Bielefeld, 33611, Germany
-
Gemeinschaftsklinikum Mittelrhein
Koblenz, 56073, Germany
-
Gemeinschaftspraxis für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Lebach, 66822, Germany
-
Gießen UK
Giessen, 35385, Germany
-
Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden GmbH
Wiesbaden, 65199, Germany
-
Helios Klinikum Bad Saarow, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Palliativmedizin
Bad Saarow, 15526, Germany
-
Helios St. Johannes Klinik Duisburg, Medizinische Klinik 2
Duisburg, 47166, Germany
-
Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal
Wuppertal, 42283, Germany
-
Johanniter-Krankenhaus Bonn
Bonn, 53113, Germany
-
KEM I Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte gGmbH, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Essen-Werden gGmbH, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Essen, 45239, Germany
-
Katholisches Krankenhaus Hagen gGmbH, Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Hagen, 58097, Germany
-
Klinik Oldenburg
Oldenburg, 26133, Germany
-
Klinik Ottakring
Vienna, 1160, Austria
-
Klinik für Hämatologie und Stammzelltransplantation, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch
Berlin, 13125, Germany
-
Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH, Medizinische Klinik I
Mönchengladbach, 41063, Germany
-
Kliniken Ostalb - Standort Stauferklinikum, Hämatologie und Onkologie
Mutlangen, 73557, Germany
-
Klinikum Augsburg, II. Medizinische Klinik Hämatologie/Onkologie
Augsburg, 86156, Germany
-
Klinikum Bremen-Mitte
Bremen, 28205, Germany
-
Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH
Chemnitz, 09116, Germany
-
Klinikum Darmstadt, Medizinische Klinik V Hämatologie/Onkologie
Darmstadt, 64283, Germany
-
Klinikum Hochsauerland
Meschede, 59870, Germany
-
Klinikum Nürnberg
Nuremberg, 90419, Germany
-
Klinikum Osnabrück
Osnabrück, 49076, Germany
-
Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen
Wels, 4600, Austria
-
Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Abteilung Hämatologie und internistische Onkologie
Jena, 07740, Germany
-
Klinikum der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart - Katharinenhospital
Stuttgart, 70174, Germany
-
Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen, 67063, Germany
-
Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin III, Hämatologie und Onkologie
München, 81675, Germany
-
Klinikverbund Allgäu, Klinikum Kempten, Hämatologie / Onkologie
Kempten, 87439, Germany
-
Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder Regensburg, Klinik für Onkologie und Hämatologie
Regensburg, 93049, Germany
-
Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch-Rankweil
Rankweil, 6830, Austria
-
Malteser Krankenhaus, St. Franziskus Hospital, Hämatologie/Onkologie
Flensburg, 24939, Germany
-
Mannheimer Onkologie Praxis
Mannheim, 68161, Germany
-
Marien Hospital Düsseldorf GmbH, Klinik für Onkologie, Hämatalogie und Palliativmedizin
Düsseldorf, 40479, Germany
-
MedZentrum Klinikum Bayreuth GmbH
Bayreuth, 95445, Germany
-
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Hanover, 30625, Germany
-
Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis Heidelberg
Heidelberg, 69115, Germany
-
Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis Speyer
Speyer, 67346, Germany
-
Ordensklinikum Linz
Linz, 4020, Austria
-
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Abteilung Hämatologie, Onkologie und Immunologie am Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH
Marburg, 35037, Germany
-
Phyrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Steyr
Steyr, 4400, Austria
-
Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus
Stuttgart, 70376, Germany
-
Rotkreuzklinikum
München, 80634, Germany
-
SLK Kliniken Heilbronn, Medizinische Klinik III
Heilbronn, 74078, Germany
-
Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum
Villingen-Schwenningen, 78052, Germany
-
St. Antonius-Hospital Eschweiler, Klinik für Hämatologie / Onkologie
Eschweiler, 52249, Germany
-
St.-Johannes-Hospital
Dortmund, 44137, Germany
-
Städtisches Klinikum Braunschweig
Braunschweig, 38114, Germany
-
Städtisches Klinikum Dessau
Dessau, 06847, Germany
-
Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, 76133, Germany
-
Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie, Hämostaseologie und Stammzelltransplantation
Aachen, 52074, Germany
-
University of Würzburg, Med. Klinik und Poliklinik II
Würzburg, 97080, Germany
-
Universität Tübingen, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Innere Medizin II: Onkologie, Hämatologie, Klinische Immunologie und Rheumatologie
Tübingen, 72076, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Medizinische Klinik III
Bonn, 53127, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
Dresden, 01307, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Klinik für Hämatologie, Onkologie und Klinische Immunologie
Düsseldorf, 40225, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Essen, 45147, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Medizinische Klinik 2, Hämatologie/Onkologie
Frankfurt am Main, 60590, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau, 79110, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Göttingen, 37075, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Halle
Halle, 06120, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Zentrum für Onkologie
Hamburg, 20246, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Medizinische Klinik V
Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Krems
Krems, 3500, Austria
-
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Cologne, 50937, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
Leipzig, 04103, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg
Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, III. Medizinische Klinik
Mannheim, 68167, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Münster, 1. Medizinische Klinik A
Münster, 48149, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Regensburg
Regensburg, 93053, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel
Kiel, 24105, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck
Lübeck, 23538, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten - Lilienfeld
Sankt Pölten, 3100, Austria
-
Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Ulm, 89081, Germany
-
Universitätsklinikum der Paracelsus, 3. Med. Abteilung/Onkologie Ambulanz
Salzburg, 5020, Austria
-
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Klinik für Innere Medizin 1
Homburg, 66421, Germany
-
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin C
Greifswald, 17475, Germany
-
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, III. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik
Mainz, 55131, Germany
-
Vivantes Klinikum Neukölln, Klinik für Hämatologie und Onkologie
Berlin, 12351, Germany
-
Vivantes Klinikum Spandau
Berlin, 13585, Germany
-
Westpfalz-Klinikum
Kaiserslautern, 67655, Germany
-
Zentrum für ambulante Hämatologie und Onkologie (ZAHO)
Siegburg, 53721, Germany
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Cheap blood count ratios eyed as window into Myeloma's inflammatory grip
- Can a t-cell engager rescue myeloma that outsmarted CAR-T?
- Can myeloma treatment work without steroids?
- Double-Drug attack on Hard-to-Treat lymphomas
- Banking blood and bone marrow to decode plasma cell disorders
- Which scan sees hidden myeloma better: PET or MRI?