Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:17 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:17 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00477750
Eligibility Criteria:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
* Diagnosis of multiple myeloma
* Newly diagnosed disease
* Requires treatment, in the judgment of the treating physician
* Not a candidate for (or patient declines) autologous stem cell transplantation
* Meets 1 of the following criteria:
* Measurable disease, defined by any of the following:
* Serum monoclonal protein ≥ 1 g/dL
* Urine protein monoclonal light chain ≥ 200 mg/24 hours by electrophoresis
* Measurable serum free light chains ≥ 10 mg/dL, kappa or lambda, AND κ/λ ratio is abnormal (if serum and urine are not measurable as defined above)
* Evaluable disease, defined as monoclonal bone marrow plasmacytosis ≥ 30%
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
* ECOG performance status 0-3
* Life expectancy \> 3 months
* ANC ≥ 1,500/mm³
* Bilirubin ≤ 2.0 mg/dL
* Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 3 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* AST ≤ 3 times ULN
* Creatinine ≤ 3.0 mg/dL
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use 2 effective methods of contraception, including ≥ 1 highly effective method, ≥ 4 weeks before and during study treatment
* No uncontrolled infection
* No peripheral neuropathy ≥ grade 2
* No serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would preclude study compliance
* No other active malignancy except for nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ
\- Prior malignancy allowed if treated with curative intent and is free of disease for a period appropriate for that cancer
* No known hypersensitivity to thalidomide
* No known HIV positivity
* No infectious hepatitis A, B or C
* No history of deep vein thrombosis or other medical condition requiring the use of warfarin
* Able to take daily prophylactic acetylsalicylic acid (81 or 325 mg)
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
* See Disease Characteristics
* More than 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy for treatment of multiple myeloma
* No prior lenalidomide
* No other concurrent anticancer agents or treatments
* No concurrent steroids except prednisone ≤ 20 mg/day (or the equivalent) for concurrent illness or adrenal replacement therapy
* No other concurrent investigational therapy or agent for treatment of multiple myeloma
* No concurrent warfarin
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00477750
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00477750