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CompletedNCT01816620Updated Apr 25, 2017

Study to Evaluate Lenalidomide Plus Dexamethasone in Patients With Newly Diagnosed POEMS Syndrome

A Phase 2 interventional study of Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone in POEMS Syndrome, sponsored by Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-04-25.

Sponsored by Peking Union Medical College Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
41
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this prospective study is to determine the efficacy and safety of lenalidomide plus dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed POEMS syndrome.

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The investigators propose to use the adverse effects as well as the need for dose reduction as a criterion to judge tolerability of treatment.

The primary endpoint would be hematological response rate according to international myeloma working group (IMWG) response criteria for amyloidosis and neurological response rate defined by overall neuropathy limitation scale (ONLS) score.

This study expects to enroll approximately 41 subjects.

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Conditions studied

  • POEMS Syndrome

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Keywords

  • POEMS Syndrome
  • lenalidomide
  • newly diagnosed
  • plasma cell disorder
  • Dexamethasone
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In context

Syndrome

9,217 studies on the registry are indexed under Syndrome; 1,031 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 41 is below the median of 50 across 6,515 interventional studies indexed under Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

Peking Union Medical College Hospital is the lead sponsor of 1,115 studies on the registry; 463 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients must understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent form.
  2. Older than 18 years old at the time of signing consent.
  3. Meet the diagnostic criteria of POEM syndrome.
  4. Must be cytotoxic treatment naive. However, previous or existing corticosteroid (prednisone or dexamethasone) or intravenous immunoglobin (IVIG) therapy is allowed.
  5. Women of childbearing potential must understand that the study medication could have a potential teratogenic risk. They should undergo complete contraception during the study period.
  6. Male subjects must agree to use condoms throughout study drug therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form.
  2. Pregnant or lactating females.
  3. Any of the following laboratory abnormalities:

    Absolute neutrophil count(ANC) of\<1.0×10E9 cell/L. Platelet count\<50×10E9 cell/L. Renal failure requiring dialysis. Serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >3 times of the normal upper limit.

  4. Prior history of malignancies, but not including basal cell carcinoma of the skin, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, carcinoma in situ of the breast, and T1a or T1b prostate cancer.
  5. Known hypersensitivity or prior history of uncontrollable side effects to dexamethasone therapy.
  6. Prior use of cytotoxic drugs.
  7. Subjects who are unable or unwilling to undergo antithrombotic therapy.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
41 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Lenalidomide, dexamethasone

    Lenalidomide 10mg qd d1-21 \& dexamethasone 40mg qw d1,8,15,22

    Drug: Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone

Interventions

  • DrugLenalidomide, Dexamethasone

    12 cycles of lenalidomide and dexamethasone, each cycle lasts 28 days. For patients with Ccr equal to or higher than 30ml/min, oral lenalidomide 10mg once daily for days 1-21 out of a 28 cycle. For patients with Ccr lower than 30ml/min, oral lenalidomide 10mg once every other day for days 1-21 out of a 28 cycle. All the patients take Dexamethasone orally 40mg once weekly for day 1,8,15,22 out of a 28 cycle.

    Also known as: Revlimid

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Hematological response rate

    Time frame: last day of the LDx treatment regimen (up to 9 months)

  2. Neurological response rate defined by ONLS score

    Time frame: last day of the LDx treatment regimen (up to 9 months)

Secondary outcomes

  1. response rate of critical organs

    Time frame: every month during the first 3 months calculated from the day study started, then every 3 months in the next 9 months

  2. Response rate of serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) level

    Time frame: every month during the first 3 months calculated from the day study started, then every 3 months in the next 9 months

  3. Time to initial neurological response

    Time frame: every month during the first 3 months calculated from the day study started, then every 3 months in the next 9 months

  4. Overall survival

    Time frame: From date of first diagnosis until the date of death from any cause, otherwise patients will be censored in June, 2018 (up to 5 years)

  5. Relapse free survival

    Time frame: From date of first diagnosis until the date of first documented relapse or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, otherwise patients will be censored in June, 2018 (up to 5 years)

  6. adverse events

    Time frame: throughout the treatment and until 30 days after the administration of the last dose of a study drug

  7. time to the best neurological response

    Time frame: every month during the first 3 months calculated from the day study started, then every 3 months in the next 9 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital
    Beijing, Beijing 100005, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Gao Y, Zhang S, Yang L, Li J, Liu Y, Wang T. Skin Responses in Newly Diagnosed Polyneuropathy, Organomegaly, Endocrinopathy, Monoclonal Gammopathy, and Skin Changes (POEMS) Syndrome After Therapy With Low-Dose Lenalidomide Plus Dexamethasone. Front Immunol. 2021 May 6;12:681360. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.681360. eCollection 2021. PubMed 34025681 ↗
  • Liu LS, Zhang X, Zhao H, Gao XM, Zhou DB, Dai RP, Li J. Reliability of optic disc edema area in estimating the severity of papilledema in patients with POEMS syndrome. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2020 May 19;15(1):116. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01392-x. PubMed 32429967 ↗
  • Li J, Huang XF, Cai QQ, Wang C, Cai H, Zhao H, Zhang L, Cao XX, Gale RP, Zhou DB. A prospective phase II study of low dose lenalidomide plus dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes (POEMS) syndrome. Am J Hematol. 2018 Jun;93(6):803-809. doi: 10.1002/ajh.25100. Epub 2018 Apr 18. PubMed 29603764 ↗
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Updates

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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 25, 2017, 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
NCT01816620
Lead sponsor
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Collaborators
Celgene Corporation
Responsible party
Jian Li (Associate professor of Hematology Department, Peking Union Medical College Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 22, 2013
Start date
Mar 2014
Primary completion
Oct 2015
Completion
Apr 2017
Last update
Apr 25, 2017

Study contacts

Jian Li, M.D.
principal investigator · Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Dao-bin Zhou, MD
study director · Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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