Simvastatin in Overcoming Chemotherapy Resistance in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
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Official title
Overcoming Chemotherapy Resistance in Refractory Multiple Myeloma With Simvastatin, A Pilot Study
Brief summary
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This pilot clinical trial studies how well simvastatin works in overcoming chemotherapy resistance in patients with multiple myeloma that has come back or does not respond to treatment. Simvastatin may stop the growth of cancer cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02971410
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Other
- Quality-of-Life Assessment Other
- Simvastatin Drug
Other · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 2017 (Estimated)
- Primary completion
- Nov 2021 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Nov 2021 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Jul 2, 2018
2017 – 2021
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 2, 2018 · Synced Nov 8, 2026
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