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Active, not recruitingNCT03428373RithMMUpdated Feb 29, 2024

Rivaroxaban or Aspirin As Thromboprophylaxis in Multiple Myeloma

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of Rivaroxaban and ASA in Multiple Myeloma in Relapse, Multiple Myeloma Progression and Multiple Myeloma Stage II, sponsored by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's. Active, not recruiting at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-29.

Sponsored by London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
57
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The intended study is designed as a a phase IV pragmatic multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial, comparing the impact of two different therapies including ASA vs. Rivaroxaban in newly diagnosed or relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma patients treated with Lenalidomide Dexamethasone (Len-Dex) combination therapy. The pilot feasibility study was conducted in preparation for this randomized controlled trial designed to assess the effect of an intervention.

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RithMM is a phase IV, pragmatic, multicenter, open label Canadian trial. The study started with a pilot feasibility phase where 3 centres (London, Ottawa and Halifax) enrolled 34 patients within 12 months. Utilizing a roll-over design, the full RithMM trial will require a total of 304 patients to demonstrate that rivaroxaban 10 mg daily for 6 months is superior to ASA 81 mg daily for 6 months in preventing any thromboembolic events in newly diagnosed myeloma (NDMM) and relapsed/refractory (RRMM) patients on Len-Dex -based therapy. The study will require 8 participating centres in order to be able to achieve our recruitment goal within 12 to 18 months. Patients with NDMM or RRMM receiving Len-Dex based combination therapy with or without combination with other anti-myeloma drugs will be assessed for eligibility to be enrolled in the study. The research team intends to rollover the participants of our feasibility study into this current full randomized control trial comparing the efficacy outcome for the RithMM trial is the overall incidence of cardiovascular events, which includes arterial or venous thromboembolic events.

By conducting this trial, the investigators plan to externally validate the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria model for thromboembolic risk by assessing the relevance of measuring pre-specified myeloma and thrombosis activity biomarkers (D-Dimer, beta-2 microglobulin, C-reactive protein (CRP), LDH) at every follow-up visit and their potential association with thromboembolism (TE) risk.

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Conditions studied

  • Multiple Myeloma in Relapse
  • Multiple Myeloma Progression
  • Multiple Myeloma Stage II
  • Multiple Myeloma Stage I
  • Multiple Myeloma With Failed Remission
  • Multiple Myeloma Stage III

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Keywords

  • Multiple Myeloma
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In context

Multiple Myeloma

3,760 studies on the registry are indexed under Multiple Myeloma; 769 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 57 is above the median of 41 across 3,005 interventional studies indexed under Multiple Myeloma.

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Lead sponsor

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's is the lead sponsor of 331 studies on the registry; 137 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma
  2. Scheduled to start on Len-Dex therapy
  3. Be ≥ 18 years of age
  4. Able to provide written
  5. Pre-clinical laboratory must meet the following criteria at enrollment

    • count >50 × 109/L
    • (CrCl) >15mL/min using Cockcroft-Gault Equation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Major bleeding event within the previous 3 months prior to commencement of Len Dex therapy
  2. Documented severe liver disease in the past 6 months (eg. acute clinical hepatitis, chronic active hepatitis, or cirrhosis)
  3. Patient with a history of antiphospholipid syndrome especially if he/she is triple positive for lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies, and/or anti-b2 glycoprotein I antibodies.
  4. A history of (with the exception of MM) within 2 years before randomization or any previously diagnosed malignancy with evidence of residual disease. Patients with a history of basal cell or squamous carcinoma are not excluded.
  5. Patient with history of gastric or duodenal ulcer within 2 years
  6. Plasma cell leukemia; systemic amyloidosis
  7. Patient on therapeutic anticoagulation for treatment of VTE or ATE, or stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Patients with a previous history of VTE who are not on any active anticoagulant therapy will not be excluded.
  8. Patient on antiplatelet agents due to an absolute indication (e.g.; coronary stent, carotid stent).
  9. Patients receiving concomitant systemic treatment with strong inhibitors of both and P-gp such as ketoconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole or ritonavir)
  10. Patient on single agent lenalidomide
  11. less than 3 months as determined by the investigator.
  12. Unstable medical or psychological condition that would interfere with trial participation, as determined by the investigator
  13. Patient not able or not willing to give consent to participate in the study
  14. Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease within 6 months prior to enrollment
  15. Uncontrolled or poorly controlled diabetes or renal disease
  16. Major surgery within 2 weeks before randomization
  17. Known allergies, , or intolerance to any of the study drugs.
  18. Patients not able or not willing to give consent to participate in the Study.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

CYP3A (CYP3A4) inhibitors and inducers

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Life expectancy

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Hypersensitivity

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
57 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Len-Dex+Rivaroxaban

    Patients with MM will receive Len-Dex combination and Rivaroxaban (10 mg) daily

    Drug: Rivaroxaban

  • Active comparator
    Len-Dex+ASA

    Patients MM will receive Len-Dex combination and ASA 81 mg daily

    Drug: ASA

Interventions

  • Rivaroxaban 10mg daily

    Also known as: Xarelto

  • DrugASA

    ASA 81mg

    Also known as: aspirin

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of venous thromboembolic (VTE) and/or arterial thromboembolic (ATE) events in patients with Multiple Myeloma placed on the Rivaroxaban vs Aspirin after starting with Len-Dex therapy

    At each visit, patients will be asked standardized questions to capture the presence of primary. During these interviews the study coordinator will collect data related to resource utilization (e.g. health care services use) and ask whether the patient had a diagnosis of VTE, ATE or a bleeding event during this period. Any hospital or medical office encounters associated to any of the above-mentioned complaints will be checked and any test or procedures done will be recorded (e.g; echocardiogram, ECG, CT scan, MRI, transfusion).

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v6.0

    Frequency and severity of adverse events and serious AEs based on hospital admission and patient-self reporting events

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. External validation of the IMWG criteria for risk assessment of thromboembolic events in multiple myeloma patients

    Subgroup analysis stratifying patients into low and high risk of thromboembolic events to assess any potential difference in the efficacy and safety outcomes.

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Assessment of correlation of between levels of biomarkers of myeloma and thrombosis with the risk of ATE or VTE

    The bio-markers are: D-dimer, LDH, B2 microglobulin and C-reactive protein (CRP) will be collected

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Publications

  • Kamat AV Rivaroxaban Is an Effective and Well Tolerated Anti Thrombotic Agent in Patients on Lenalidomide Therapy and in Multiple Myeloma Blood 2014 124:5095;
  • Arain M, Campbell MJ, Cooper CL, Lancaster GA. What is a pilot or feasibility study? A review of current practice and editorial policy. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2010 Jul 16;10:67. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-67. PubMed 20637084 ↗
  • Lancaster GA, Dodd S, Williamson PR. Design and analysis of pilot studies: recommendations for good practice. J Eval Clin Pract. 2004 May;10(2):307-12. doi: 10.1111/j..2002.384.doc.x. PubMed 15189396 ↗
  • Palumbo A, Rajkumar SV, Dimopoulos MA, Richardson PG, San Miguel J, Barlogie B, Harousseau J, Zonder JA, Cavo M, Zangari M, Attal M, Belch A, Knop S, Joshua D, Sezer O, Ludwig H, Vesole D, Blade J, Kyle R, Westin J, Weber D, Bringhen S, Niesvizky R, Waage A, von Lilienfeld-Toal M, Lonial S, Morgan GJ, Orlowski RZ, Shimizu K, Anderson KC, Boccadoro M, Durie BG, Sonneveld P, Hussein MA; International Myeloma Working Group. Prevention of thalidomide- and lenalidomide-associated thrombosis in myeloma. Leukemia. 2008 Feb;22(2):414-23. doi: 10.1038/sj.leu.2405062. Epub 2007 Dec 20. PubMed 18094721 ↗
  • Al-Ani F, Bermejo JM, Mateos MV, Louzada M. Thromboprophylaxis in multiple myeloma patients treated with lenalidomide - A systematic review. Thromb Res. 2016 May;141:84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2016.03.006. Epub 2016 Mar 5. PubMed 26986753 ↗
  • Levine MN, Gu C, Liebman HA, Escalante CP, Solymoss S, Deitchman D, Ramirez L, Julian J. A randomized phase II trial of apixaban for the prevention of thromboembolism in patients with metastatic cancer. J Thromb Haemost. 2012 May;10(5):807-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04693.x. PubMed 22409262 ↗
  • Schulman S, Kearon C; Subcommittee on Control of Anticoagulation of the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Definition of major bleeding in clinical investigations of antihemostatic medicinal products in non-surgical patients. J Thromb Haemost. 2005 Apr;3(4):692-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2005.01204.x. PubMed 15842354 ↗
  • Leleu X, Rodon P, Hulin C, Daley L, Dauriac C, Hacini M, Decaux O, Eisemann JC, Fitoussi O, Lioure B, Voillat L, Slama B, Al Jijakli A, Benramdane R, Chaleteix C, Costello R, Thyss A, Mathiot C, Boyle E, Maloisel F, Stoppa AM, Kolb B, Michallet M, Lamblin A, Natta P, Facon T, Elalamy I, Fermand JP, Moreau P. MELISSE, a large multicentric observational study to determine risk factors of venous thromboembolism in patients with multiple myeloma treated with immunomodulatory drugs. Thromb Haemost. 2013 Oct;110(4):844-51. doi: 10.1160/TH13-02-0140. Epub 2013 Aug 1. PubMed 23903204 ↗
  • Kahale LA, Matar CF, Tsolakian I, Hakoum MB, Yosuico VE, Terrenato I, Sperati F, Barba M, Hicks LK, Schunemann H, Akl EA. Antithrombotic therapy for ambulatory patients with multiple myeloma receiving immunomodulatory agents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 28;9(9):CD014739. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014739. PubMed 34582035 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jan 2019 to primary completion in Dec 2023, 58 months.

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Registered
Sep 21, 2016
First posted
Feb 9, 2018
StartActual
Jan 17, 2019
Primary completionActual
Dec 1, 2023
CompletionEst.
Sep 30, 2024
Last update
Feb 29, 2024
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.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 29, 2024, 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
NCT03428373
Collaborators
The Ottawa Hospital, Dalhousie University, Niagara Health System, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 9, 2018
Start date
Jan 17, 2019
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2023
Completion
Sep 30, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 29, 2024

Study contacts

Martha Louzada, MD
principal investigator · London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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