Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma
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Official title
Comparative Study of Dexamethasone vs Prednisone (Both in Combination With Melphalan) as Induction Therapy in Untreated Symptomatic Myeloma With an Additional Assessment of Dexamethasone vs no Additional Treatment as Maintenance Therapy in Non-Progressing Patients
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which combination chemotherapy regimen is most effective in treating patients with multiple myeloma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of various combination chemotherapy regimens in treating patients with multiple myeloma.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00002678
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 595 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 120 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 1, 1995
- Primary completion
- May 2, 2004
- Completion
- Dec 20, 2009
- Last update posted
- Apr 1, 2020
1995 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System | Duluth | Minnesota | 55805 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last update posted Apr 1, 2020 · Synced Sep 11, 2026
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