Thalidomide and Prednisone Following Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Multiple Myeloma and Plasma Cell Neoplasm
In brief
RATIONALE: Thalidomide may stop the growth of multiple myeloma by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Prednisone may be effective in preventing relapse of multiple myeloma. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of two doses of thalidomide combined with prednisone following peripheral stem cell transplantation in treating patients who have multiple myeloma.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00006890
- Run by
- NCIC Clinical Trials Group
- People needed
- 67
- Starts
- 2000-07-12
- Expected to finish
- 2008-12-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-04-02
Who can join
Age: 16 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- Tom Baker Cancer Center - Calgary — Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Lethbridge Cancer Clinic — Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Burnaby Hospital Regional Cancer Centre — Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
- Nanaimo Cancer Clinic — Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
- Penticton Regional Hospital — Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
- British Columbia Cancer Agency - Fraser Valley Cancer Centre — Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
- Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- British Columbia Cancer Agency — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- St. Paul's Hospital - Vancouver — Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- G. Steinhoff Clinical Research — Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Moncton Hospital — Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Doctor Leon Richard Oncology Centre — Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
- Saint John Regional Hospital — Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Newfoundland Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation — St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Nova Scotia Cancer Centre — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Cape Breton Cancer Centre — Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie — Barrie, Ontario, Canada
- William Osler Health Centre — Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury — Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Hamilton and Disrict Urology Association — Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- London Health Sciences Centre — London, Ontario, Canada
- Cancer Care Ontario-London Regional Cancer Centre — London, Ontario, Canada
- Markham Stouffville Hospital — Markham, Ontario, Canada
- Trillium Health Centre — Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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