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TerminatedNCT00675428Updated Sep 19, 2014Results posted

Study of Natalizumab in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of BG00002 (natalizumab) in Multiple Myeloma, sponsored by Biogen. Terminated at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-09-19.

Sponsored by Biogen · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Sponsor decision due to low enrollment and not safety concerns.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The primary objectives of the study are to evaluate the safety profile and the anti-tumor activity of 2 dose levels of natalizumab in participants with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. Secondary objectives are to assess the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of natalizumab in this study population and to assess peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) saturation of very late antigen-4 (VLA-4, an α4-integrin) and evaluate possible correlations with clinical activity.

Read the detailed description

Despite no protocol-defined study stopping criteria being met, the sponsor decided to terminate enrollment after the phase 1 portion was complete and to not move into the phase 2 portion of the study. This decision was made due to difficulty enrolling participants and was not due to any safety concerns.

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Conditions studied

  • Multiple Myeloma

Keywords

  • Relapsed or refractory Multiple Myeloma
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In context

Multiple Myeloma

3,712 studies on the registry are indexed under Multiple Myeloma; 752 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 6 is below the median of 41 across 2,965 interventional studies indexed under Multiple Myeloma.

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Lead sponsor

Biogen is the lead sponsor of 511 studies on the registry; 24 are open to participants now.

Of its 100 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 49 (49%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma that was treated with or was considered inappropriate for treatment with bortezomib and an IMiD® drug (including an analogue).
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status ≤2.
  • Corrected calcium \<10.6 mg/dL.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Candidates for stem cell transplantation willing to undergo transplantation. (Subjects who are candidates for stem cell transplantation, but are not willing to undergo transplant will be eligible for the study.)
  • Autologous stem cell transplantation \<3 months post-transplant.
  • Prior allogeneic stem cell transplantation.
  • Nonsecretory myeloma.
  • Plasma cell leukemia (>2000/µL circulating plasma cells by standard cell counting differential), hyperleukocytosis (white blood cells >100,000/µL), clinical evidence of hyperviscosity syndrome, or polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes syndrome (POEMS), or primary systemic amyloidosis.
  • Subjects who cannot undergo a brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study.
  • Clinically significant (as determined by the Investigator) 12 lead electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities, including QTc prolongation (>450 ms in males, >470 ms in females).

NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Natalizumab 300 mg

    Intravenous (IV) infusions of natalizumab 300 mg once every 28 days for 6 months.

    Drug: BG00002 (natalizumab)

  • Experimental
    Natalizumab 450 mg

    Intravenous (IV) infusions of natalizumab 450 mg once every 28 days for 6 months.

    Drug: BG00002 (natalizumab)

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

    DLTs = any ≥grade 3 toxicity related to treatment; treatment delays of ≥7 days due to any toxicity related to treatment, with the exception of hepatic transaminases; or alanine and/or aspartate aminotransferase (ALT and/or AST) \>3\*upper limit of normal (ULN) with either a total bilirubin \>2\*ULN or an international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5 related to treatment, or with the appearance of worsening fatigue, nausea, vomiting, right upper quadrant pain or tenderness, fever, rash, or eosinophilia.

    Time frame: Day 1 up to Day 28

  2. Objective Response Rate (ORR)

    Response rates were classified according to the International Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma (Durie et al, 2006).

    Time frame: Day 1 up to Month 6

  3. Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)

    An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered medicinal (investigational) product and that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this product. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product. See the adverse events section of the record for more details.

    Time frame: Day 1 up to Month 6

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number Of Participants Who Achieve A Complete Response

    Response rates were classified according to the International Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma (Durie et al, 2006). Complete Response (CR): negative immunofixation on the serum and urine, and disappearance of any soft tissue plasmacytomas , and ≤ 5% plasma cells in the bone marrow. Stringent CR (sCR): CR as defined above, and normal free light chain (FLC) ratio, and absence of clonal cells in the bone marrow by immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence, based on a κ/λ ratio of \> 4:1 or \< 1:2 performed on a minimum of 100 plasma cells.

    Time frame: Day 1 up to Month 6

  2. Kaplan-Meier Estimates for Duration Of Response For Participants With A Response

    Response rates were classified according to the International Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma (Durie et al, 2006). Kaplan-Meier methods were used to estimate the median duration of response and associated 95% confidence intervals.

    Time frame: Day 1 up to Month 6

  3. Pharmacokinetic (PK) Profile Of Natalizumab

    PK modeling, either compartmental or noncompartmental-based, was used to describe serum concentrations. Standard PK parameters estimated include: area-under-the-concentration-time curve (AUC), maximum-observed concentration (Cmax), time-to-reach maximum concentration (Tmax), total body clearance (Cl), volume of distribution (Vd), and elimination half-life (t1/2).

    Time frame: Cycles 1 and 6: Day 1 (before infusion and 0.25, 2, 6 and 24 hours after infusion), Days 8, 15, 22. Cycles 2-5: Day 1 (before infusion and 0.25 hour after infusion)

  4. Natalizumab Binding Saturation Of α4 Integrin Sites On Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC)

    Time frame: Cycle 1: Day 1 (1 hour before infusion and 1 and 24 hours after infusion), Days 8, 15, 22. Cycles 2-5: 1 hour before and 1 hour after infusion). Cycle 6: Day 1 (1 hour before infusion and 1 hour after infusion), Days 8, 15, 22.

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Results

Posted Sep 19, 2014

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneNatalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mg
Started33
Completed00
Not completed33
Withdrew: Disease progression22
Withdrew: No disease response after cycle 601
Withdrew: Physician decision10

Outcome measures

PrimaryNumber of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)

DLTs = any ≥grade 3 toxicity related to treatment; treatment delays of ≥7 days due to any toxicity related to treatment, with the exception of hepatic transaminases; or alanine and/or aspartate aminotransferase (ALT and/or AST) \>3\*upper limit of normal (ULN) with either a total bilirubin \>2\*ULN or an international normalized ratio (INR) \>1.5 related to treatment, or with the appearance of worsening fatigue, nausea, vomiting, right upper quadrant pain or tenderness, fever, rash, or eosinophilia.

Time frame:
Day 1 up to Day 28
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)
participantsNatalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mg
Number of Participants With Dose Limiting Toxicities (DLTs)00
PrimaryObjective Response Rate (ORR)

Response rates were classified according to the International Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma (Durie et al, 2006).

Time frame:
Day 1 up to Month 6

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

PrimaryNumber of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)

An AE was defined as any untoward medical occurrence in a participant administered medicinal (investigational) product and that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this product. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product. See the adverse events section of the record for more details.

Time frame:
Day 1 up to Month 6
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
participantsNatalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mg
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)33
SecondaryNumber Of Participants Who Achieve A Complete Response

Response rates were classified according to the International Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma (Durie et al, 2006). Complete Response (CR): negative immunofixation on the serum and urine, and disappearance of any soft tissue plasmacytomas , and ≤ 5% plasma cells in the bone marrow. Stringent CR (sCR): CR as defined above, and normal free light chain (FLC) ratio, and absence of clonal cells in the bone marrow by immunohistochemistry or immunofluorescence, based on a κ/λ ratio of \> 4:1 or \< 1:2 performed on a minimum of 100 plasma cells.

Time frame:
Day 1 up to Month 6
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number Of Participants Who Achieve A Complete Response
participantsNatalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mg
Number Of Participants Who Achieve A Complete Response00
SecondaryKaplan-Meier Estimates for Duration Of Response For Participants With A Response

Response rates were classified according to the International Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma (Durie et al, 2006). Kaplan-Meier methods were used to estimate the median duration of response and associated 95% confidence intervals.

Time frame:
Day 1 up to Month 6

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryPharmacokinetic (PK) Profile Of Natalizumab

PK modeling, either compartmental or noncompartmental-based, was used to describe serum concentrations. Standard PK parameters estimated include: area-under-the-concentration-time curve (AUC), maximum-observed concentration (Cmax), time-to-reach maximum concentration (Tmax), total body clearance (Cl), volume of distribution (Vd), and elimination half-life (t1/2).

Time frame:
Cycles 1 and 6: Day 1 (before infusion and 0.25, 2, 6 and 24 hours after infusion), Days 8, 15, 22. Cycles 2-5: Day 1 (before infusion and 0.25 hour after infusion)

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryNatalizumab Binding Saturation Of α4 Integrin Sites On Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC)
Time frame:
Cycle 1: Day 1 (1 hour before infusion and 1 and 24 hours after infusion), Days 8, 15, 22. Cycles 2-5: 1 hour before and 1 hour after infusion). Cycle 6: Day 1 (1 hour before infusion and 1 hour after infusion), Days 8, 15, 22.

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over 463 days (from date of first treatment on 4 September 2008 until the Last Patient Last Visit on 10 December 2009).. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Natalizumab 300 mg—1/3 (33.3%)3/3 (100%)
Natalizumab 450 mg—1/3 (33.3%)3/3 (100%)
Most frequent serious events
Most frequent serious events
EventNatalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mg
PneumoniaInfections and infestations1/30/3
Acute Renal FailureRenal and urinary disorders0/31/3
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventNatalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mg
PneumoniaInfections and infestations1/31/3
Respiratory Tract InfectionInfections and infestations1/30/3
AnaemiaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/30/3
LymphopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/30/3
NeutropeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/31/3
ThrombocytopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders1/31/3
DehydrationMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/30/3
HypercalcaemiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/30/3
HypokalaemiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/30/3
HyponatraemiaMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/30/3

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Natalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mgTotal
Median67.0 (57 to 75)68.0 (50 to 75)67.5 (50 to 75)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Natalizumab 300 mgNatalizumab 450 mgTotal
Female213
Male123
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Study locations

2 sites
  • Research Center
    Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
  • Research Center
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
Not marked actual or estimatedDates not marked actual or estimated

The record gives a start of Sep 2008, a primary completion of Dec 2009 and a completion of Dec 2009. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.

Results were first posted in Sep 2014, 4 years 9 months after primary completion.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 6, 2008
First posted
May 9, 2008
Start
Sep 2008
Primary completionActual
Dec 2009
CompletionActual
Dec 2009
Results first posted
Sep 19, 2014
Last update
Sep 19, 2014
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 19, 2014, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00675428
Lead sponsor
Biogen
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 9, 2008
Start date
Sep 2008
Primary completion
Dec 2009
Completion
Dec 2009
Results posted
Sep 19, 2014
Last update
Sep 19, 2014

Study contacts

Medical Director
study director · Biogen

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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