ACE-011 | Celgene Corporation and Acceleron Pharma | Protein based on activin receptor IIA that works by both inhibiting bone loss and stimulating bone formation. |
AMG162 (denosumab, osteoprotegerin, OPG) | Amgen | For treatment of patients with bone metastases due to advanced solid tumors or multiple myeloma and for the treatment of patients with relapsed or plateau-phase multiple myeloma. |
Aplidin® | PharmaMar, SA | For relapsed or refractory myeloma |
AP23573 | Ariad Pharmaceuticals | Rapamycin analog for refractory or recurrent malignancy, including myeloma and lymphoma. |
Atiprimod | Calisto Pharmaceuticals | For patients with refractory multiple myeloma who have failed two or more prior therapies. |
ATN-224 | Attenuon, LLC | Given in combination with Velcade to patients who are relapsed from or refractory to Velcade. . |
Avastin™ (bevacizumab, rhuMAb-VEGF) | Genentech Inc. | Given in combination with Velcade to patients with relapsed/refractory mm. |
azacitidine (Vidaza®) | Investigator initiated | Drug previously approved in US for MDS being used in clinical trial for rel/ref mm in Melbourne, Australia. |
Bexxar (Iodine I 131 tositumomab) | GlaxoSmithKline, U of Michigan | Radioactive antibody to CD20-expressing cells for patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed multiple myeloma. |
Campath-1H (alemtuzumab, monoclonal antibody CD52) | NCI and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute | Used before allo transplant to prevent GVHD |
carfilzomib (PR-171) | Proteolix | Study of carfilzomib in relapsed and refractory mm at St. Vincent’s Hospital in NY. |
CC4047 (formerly “Actimid”) (pomalidomide) | The study is being conducted by Dr. Martha Lacy at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Lacy’s study ass't, Melanie Thompson, at 507-266-0733. | For patients with relapsed disease who have had 3 or fewer previous regimens. |
Celebrex (celecoxib) | National Cancer Institute | Prevention study for patients with MGUS or smoldering myeloma. |
CG53135-05 | CuraGen | For treatment of oral mucositis in patients undergoing autologous stem cell transplant |
CNTO 328 | Centocor | Given in combination with Velcade to patients with relapsed/refractory mm. |
CTY997 | Cytopia Limited | Prospective, single-arm, open-label trial of a vascular-disrupting agent in the treatment of relapsed/refractory mm. |
dasatinib (Sprycel™; BMS-354825) | Bristol-Myers Squibb | BCR/ABL and Src tyrosine kinase inhibitor for treatment of relapsed or plateau phase MM. |
Dendritic Cell Vaccine | Arkansas Cancer Research Center | Autologous dendritic cells for high-risk mutiple myeloma. |
DLI (donor lymphocyte infusion) | National Cancer Institute | For relapse following allo transplant. |
eltrombopag (SB-497115; "115") | GlaxoSmithKline | Small-molecule drug that mimics the activity of thrombopoietin (TPO) to promote growth and production of platelets. |
enzastaurin | Eli Lilly | A Study for Patients Who Have Previously Been Treated in Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia or Multiple Myeloma Site info: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Dr. Irene Ghobrial, PI, 617-632-4198; Nantes, France and Paris, France. |
Erbitux, cetuximab | Eli Lilly | EMMA-1 (Erbitux for Multiple Myeloma); cetuximab +/- dex for patients with refractory mm stage II or III or relapsed disease after at least one line of treatment. Site Info: University of Cologne, Germany |
Ethyol® (amifostine) | MedImmune, Inc. | Cytoprotective agent to allow higher-dose melphalan in high-dose therapy with auto-transplant. |
Gallium Maltolate | Titan Pharmaceuticals | Treatment of myeloma-related bone disease. |
Genasense (oblimersen, Bcl-2 antisense, G3139) | Genta, Inc. | Trials combining Genasense with other regimens in relapse setting. |
GM-CSF (Leukine) | US Oncology | Maintenance therapy post auto transplant for MM |
GVAX | Cell Genesys, Inc. | Newly diagnosed myeloma patients undergoing transplant. |
INCB018424 (JAK2-inhibitor) | Incyte Corporation | Small molecule Janus kinase inhibitor for patients with rel/ref mm. |
| IPH 2101 | Innate Pharma | Multi-center, open-label trial designed to evaluate IPH2101 as a single agent in patients with stable multiple myeloma after induction therapy. |
ITF2357 | Italfarmaco | Histone deacetylase inhibitor given as monotherapy to patients with relapsed or progressive mm. |
Kineret™ (anakinra) | Amgen | Mayo (Rochester) study of IL-1beta antagonist for smoldering/indolent MM |
KIR-Ligand Mismatched Haplo-Identical Natural Killer Cells | Arkansas Cancer Research Center | For relapse after single or tandem transplant and for high-risk multiple meloma. |
KLH vaccine (keyhole limpet hemocyanin) | National Cancer Institute | Low or intermediate risk myeloma patients undergoing autotransplant. |
LBH589 | Novartis | HDAC inhibitor for patients with relapsed/refractory myeloma who have received at least two prior lines of therapy and whose disease has progressed on the latest therapy. |
mapatumumab (HGS-ETR1; TRM-1; HGS1012) | Human Genome Sciences | Monoclonal antibody to TRAIL-R1 used in combination with bortezomib in patients with relapsed or refractory myeloma. |
Neotrofin® (leteprinim potassium) | NeoTherapeutics | For treatment of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. (Enrollment completed.) |
Neulasta® (pegfilgrastim, pegylated G-CSF) | Amgen | Pegylated G-CSF (filgrastim) for stem cell mobilization prior to harvest. |
Nexavar® (BAY 43-9006, sorafenib, sorafenib tosylate) | Bayer and Onyx Pharmaceuticals | Oral therapy targeted to receptor tyronsine kinases involved with both tumor cell proliferation and angiogenesis; for patients with relapsed or refractory myeloma. |
O-6-benzyl- guanine | National Cancer Institute and Pacific Pharmaceuticals | Novel chemotherapy for treatment of relapsed myeloma. |
Panzem™ (2-meth- oxyestradiol, 2ME2) | EntreMed, Inc. | Antiangiogenesis agent for treatment of relapsing myeloma. |
PD 0332991 | Pfizer | In combination with Velcade and dexamethasone in patients who have received at least one prior treatment for mm. |
perifosine (KRX-0401) | Keryx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Akt pathway inhibitor known as an alkylphosphocholine. Ph II safety and efficacy trial with perifosine alone and in combination with dexamethasone. |
PI-88 | Progen Industries Limited | Phase II trial of VEGF inhibitor completed in Australia; early planning stages in US. |
Prochymal | Osiris Therapeutics | For treatment of GVHD (graft versus host disease) following allo transplant. |
Proleukin® (IL-2, Interleukin-2) | National Cancer Institute and Chiron | For advanced myeloma as part of auto or syngeneic transplant. |
PTK787 | Novartis and Schering, AG | Novel oral angiogenesis inhibitor as post-transplant maintenance following high-dose therapy and autologous SCT. |
PXD101 | CuraGen and TopoTarget A/S | Small molecule histone deacetylase inhibitor for MM patients who have failed at least 2 prior treatment regimens. |
Quadramet® (EDTMP, samarium-153 ethylene diamine tetramethylene phosphonate Samarium) | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN | In combination with standard high-dose chemotherapy for patients undergoing stem cell transplant. |
RAD001 (everolimus) | Novartis | mTOR (mammalian target of Rapamycin) inhibitor for patients with relapsed/refractory mm. |
resveratrol (SRT501) | GlaxoSmithKline | Open-label clinical study to assess the safety and activity of SRT501 with or without concurrent bortezomib administration, when administered once daily in 21-day cycles, in male and female subjects with multiple myeloma. |
Revlimid® (CC-5013, lenalidomide) | Celgene | Various trials in combination with other agents, including bortezomib, thalidomide, cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone for relapsed/refractory mm. |
Rituxan (rituximab) | Biogen Idec & Genentech | High-dose cyclophosphamide in combination with rituximab in patients with primary refractory, high-risk, or relapsed myeloma; also being studied for the treatment of peripheral neuropathy in patients with MGUS. |
romidepsin (depsipeptide, FR901228) | Gloucester Pharmaceuticals | Novel chemotherapy agent for relapsed/refractory myeloma. |
SCH 727965
| Schering-Plough | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor. |
SCIO-469 | Scios, Inc. | Relapsed, refractory MM |
sorafenib | | See Phase II Nexavar. |
sunitinib (sunitinib malate, Sutent®) | Pfizer | Multicenter efficacy trial of oral agent previously approved for GIST and kidney cancer. |
Thalomid®* (thalidomide) | Celgene Corporation | Used with dexamethasone as induction therapy before, and with prednisone as maintenance therapy after, high-dose therapy with stem cell transplant. |
| Regeneron | Open-label safety and efficacy study for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. |
VELCADE® (bortezomib, PS-341, LDP- 341, MLN-341) | Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | |
Xcytrin (motexafin gadolinium) | Pharmacyclics | Relapsed and refractory myeloma. |
XL999 | Exelixis, Inc. | Potent small molecule inhibitor of recepto tyrosine kinases FGF, VEGF, and PDGF being evaluated in patients with relapsed or refractory mm. |
ZIO-101 | ZIOPHARM, Inc. | Multi-center trial of small-molecule organic arsenic. |
Zolinza (vorinostat MK0683) | Merck | An international,. multicenter, open-label study of vorinostat in combination with bortezomib in patients with relapsed or refractory mm. |