High-Dose Melphalan, Total-Body Irradiation, and Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma in First Relapse

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm

In brief

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Combining peripheral stem cell transplantation with chemotherapy and radiation therapy may allow the doctor to give higher doses of radiation and chemotherapy drugs and kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of high-dose melphalan plus total-body irradiation and peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients with multiple myeloma in first relapse.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00002630
Run by
Mayo Clinic
People needed
50
Starts
1993-06-01
Expected to finish
2001-05-01
Last updated by the study team
2011-05-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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