180
Participants
Start Date
February 28, 2005
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2006
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2006
Velcade, Thalidomide, Dexamethasone
"Dosage and Administration Schedule Each cycle will consist of 3 weeks (21 days). AGENT DOSE ROUTE DAYS Velcade 1.0 mg/m2 IV 1, 4, 8, and 11 Thalidomide 100 mg PO Daily, hs Dexamethasone 20 mg PO Days 1, 2, 4,5, 8, 9, 11, 12 Lovenox 40 mg SQ Days 1-14~This 21-day period will be considered one treatment cycle; Cycle 2 would commence on Day 22 (Cycle 2, Day 1). The next cycle of treatment may be delayed up to day 29 due to non-toxicity reasons. Patients may continue to receive treatment every 21 days, provided there is no evidence of disease progression or no unacceptable toxicity for a maximum of eight cycles. At the discretion of the treating physician, patients may be eligible to receive treatment at their local physician after completion of the 1st cycle. These patients will need to return to MIRT prior to every cycle for cycles 2-4, cycles 6 and 8, and final visit."
University of Arkansas for Medical sciences, Little Rock
University of Arkansas
OTHER