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Study of Belantamab Mafodotin With Carfilzomib, Pomalidomide, and Dexamethasone in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Belantamab mafodotin and Carfilzomib in Multiple Myeloma and Relapse Multiple Myeloma, sponsored by University of Chicago. Recruiting at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-23.

Sponsored by University of Chicago · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started May 2023; still recruiting 3 years 5 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
83
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Doctors leading this study hope to learn if the combination of belantamab mafodotin, carfilzomib, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone is effective and safe when given to people who have multiple myeloma that has gotten worse and is not responding to standard drugs that are used for treating multiple myeloma, including chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.

Participation in this research will last about 6 -24 months, but it may be less or more depending on your response to treatment.

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Doctors leading this study hope to learn if the combination of belantamab mafodotin, carfilzomib, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone is effective and safe when given to people who have multiple myeloma that has gotten worse and is not responding to standard drugs that are used for treating multiple myeloma, including chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.

Participation in this research will last about 6 -24 months, but it may be less or more depending on your response to treatment.

The purpose of this research is to gather information on the safety and effectiveness of belantamab mafodotin, carfilzomib, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone for patients with a history of two or more prior lines of myeloma therapy. This combination is not FDA-approved, although carfilzomib and pomalidomide, are separately FDA-approved agents in combination with dexamethasone.

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Conditions studied

  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Relapse Multiple Myeloma

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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 planned enrollment of 83 is above the median of 41 across 3,005 interventional studies indexed under Multiple Myeloma.

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Lead sponsor

University of Chicago is the lead sponsor of 924 studies on the registry; 185 are open to participants now.

Of its 103 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 72 (70%) 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

  1. Subject must be ≥ 18 years of age.
  2. of more than three months.
  3. Subject must have an (ECOG) performance status of ≤ 2
  4. Subject must have adequate organ function, defined by clinically confirmed lab values set by the study team.
  5. Female Subjects: use should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies.
  6. Male Subjects: contraceptive should be used consistently with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those Subjects in clinical studies. Male Subjects are eligible to participate if they agree to the following during the intervention period and for six months after the last dose of study treatment to allow for clearance of any altered sperm:

    Refrain from donating sperm plus either:

    • Be abstinent from heterosexual intercourse as their preferred and usual lifestyle (abstinent on a long term and persistent basis) and agree to remain abstinent.

    OR

    • Must agree to use a male condom, even if they have undergone a successful vasectomy, and female partner to use an additional highly effective contraceptive method with a failure rate of \<1% per year as when having sexual intercourse with a woman of (including pregnant females).
  7. All prior treatment-related toxicities (defined by National Cancer Institute- Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events (), version 5.0) must be ≤ Grade 1 at the time of enrollment except for alopecia and Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy.
  8. Subject must be able to understand the study procedures and agree to participate in the study by providing written .
  9. Subject must be willing to comply with the requirements consistent with the belantamab mafodotin and pomalidomide Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) programs.

    DISEASE-RELATED:

  10. Subjects with multiple myeloma requiring systemic therapy, who have progressed after 2+ prior lines of anti-myeloma treatments. A consists of ≥1 complete cycle of a single agent, a regimen consisting of a combination of several drugs, or a planned sequential therapy of various regimens.
  11. Subjects may be exposed to lenalidomide, bortezomib, daratumumab, elotuzumab, pomalidomide and/or carfilzomib.
  12. If NO prior CAR T-cell therapy: Subjects who have been deemed refractory to EITHER carfilzomib or pomalidomide are permitted but subjects cannot be refractory to both carfilzomib and pomalidomide. Refractoriness is defined here as disease which was non-responsive or progressive while on therapy or within 60 days of the last treatment in patients who had achieved a minimal response or better on prior therapy.
  13. If prior CAR T-cell therapy: Subjects whose most recent line of therapy was anti-B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) targeted CAR T-cell therapy are permitted to enroll, regardless of carfilzomib/pomalidomide refractory status, if they meet criteria for progression.
  14. , as indicated by one or more of the following:

    1. Serum M-protein of 0.5 g/dL of greater. If serum protein electrophoresis is felt to be unreliable for routine M-protein measurement (i.e. M-spike in the beta region), then quantitative immunoglobulin levels are acceptable (Immunoglobulin-A, Immunoglobulin-M, or Immunoglobulin-D > 600 mg/dL or Immunoglobulin-G> 1100 mg/dL).
    2. Urine M-protein ≥ 200 mg/24 hours.
    3. Involved serum free light chains ≥ 10 mg/dL provided that free light chain ratio is abnormal.
  15. Subjects must receive insurance approval for pomalidomide and dexamethasone.

Exclusion criteria

Disease Related

  1. Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, systemic amyloidosis, POEMS syndrome, or plasma cell leukemia at the time of screening.
  2. Radiotherapy to multiple sites within 3 weeks before start of protocol treatment (localized radiotherapy to a single site 1 week before start is permissible).
  3. Subject must not have used an drug or approved systemic anti-myeloma therapy (including systemic ) within 14 days preceding the first dose of study drug.
  4. Prior refractory status to belantamab mafodotin. Concurrent Conditions
  5. Current corneal epithelial disease except mild changes in corneal epithelium and mild punctate keratopathy.
  6. Subject must not have current unstable liver or biliary disease defined by the presence of ascites, encephalopathy, coagulopathy, hypoalbuminemia, esophageal or gastric varices, persistent jaundice, or cirrhosis. Note: Stable non-cirrhotic chronic liver disease (including Gilbert's syndrome or asymptomatic gallstones) or hepatobiliary involvement of is acceptable if otherwise meets entry criteria.
  7. Subject must not have presence of active renal condition (infection, requirement for dialysis or any other condition that could affect Subject's safety). Subjects with isolated proteinuria resulting from multiple myeloma (MM) are eligible, provided they fulfil the inclusion criteria.
  8. Subject must not use contact lenses while participating in this study unless instructed by an ophthalmologist.
  9. Subject must not be simultaneously enrolled in any interventional clinical trial.
  10. Subject must not have had major surgery ≤ 2 weeks prior to initiating study treatment.
  11. Subject must not have any evidence of active mucosal or internal bleeding.
  12. Significant neuropathy (Grades 3-4, or Grade 2 with pain) at the time of the first dose and/or within 14 days before enrollment.
  13. Subject must not have evidence of cardiovascular risk including any of the following:

    1. Evidence of current uncontrolled arrhythmias, including clinically significant abnormalities such as 2nd degree (Mobitz Type II) or 3rd degree atrioventricular (AV) block. Controlled atrial fibrillation is not an exclusion.
    2. History of myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndromes, coronary angioplasty, or stenting or bypass grafting within three (3) months of screening.
    3. Class III or IV heart failure as defined by the functional classification system
    4. Uncontrolled hypertension.
  14. Subject must not have known immediate or delayed reaction or idiosyncratic reactions to belantamab mafodotin or drugs chemically related to belantamab mafodotin, or any of the components of the study treatment.
  15. Subject must not have an active infection requiring treatment.
  16. Subject with infection will be excluded unless certain T-cell count, viral load and clinical qualifications are met as confirmed by the study doctor

    Note: consideration must be given to anti-retroviral and prophylactic antimicrobials that may have a drug:drug interaction and/or overlapping toxicities with belantamab mafodotin or other combination products as relevant.

  17. Patients with will be excluded unless certain clinical criteria are met as confirmed by the study doctor.
  18. Subject must not have positive antibody test result or positive hepatitis C Ribonucleic acid test result at screening or within 3 months prior to first dose of study treatment unless the subject can meet the following criteria:

(1) Hepatitis C Ribonucleic acid test is negative (2) Receives successful anti-viral treatment (typically 8 weeks) followed by a negative nucleocapsid ribonucleic acid test after a of at least 4 weeks.

Note: Subjects with positive Hepatitis C antibody due to prior resolved disease can be enrolled, only if a confirmatory negative Hepatitis C test is obtained.

19. Subject must not have invasive malignancies other than disease under study, unless the second malignancy has been medically stable for at least 2 years and, in the opinion of the principal investigators, will not affect the evaluation of the effects of clinical trial treatments on the currently targeted malignancy. Subjects with curatively treated non-melanoma skin cancer may be enrolled without a 2-year restriction.

20. Subject must not have any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric disorder, or other conditions (including lab abnormalities) that could interfere with Subject's safety, obtaining informed consent or compliance to the study procedures.

21. Subjects must not be pregnant or lactating.

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(20)

Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

CTCAE grade

The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.

1
Mild.
2
Moderate.
3
Severe.
4
Life-threatening.
5
Death due to the event.

“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Relapsed and refractory

Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.

Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

Measurable disease

The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.

The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

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.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

ECG (electrocardiogram)

A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.

NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

Studies set their own limit — many outside heart failure leave out class III–IV, while heart failure studies may ask for a particular class. Check the class this study names.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

Washout period

A planned gap after a treatment, so that its effects can lessen before the study treatment or a study assessment. Ask the study team and the doctor who prescribed it before changing any medicine.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
83 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1: No Prior CAR T-Cell Therapy

    This cohort will consist of 19 participants who have not had CAR T-Cell Therapy. Participants will receive belantamab mafodotin, carfilzomib, pomalidomide and dexamethasone.

    Drug: Belantamab mafodotin · Drug: Carfilzomib · Drug: Pomalidomide · Drug: Dexamethasone

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2: Prior CAR T-Cell Therapy

    This cohort will consist of 64 participants who have had prior CAR T-Cell Therapy. Participants will receive belantamab mafodotin, carfilzomib, pomalidomide and dexamethasone.

    Drug: Belantamab mafodotin · Drug: Carfilzomib · Drug: Pomalidomide · Drug: Dexamethasone

Interventions

  • Cycles 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. (odd numbered cycles): 1.9 mg/kg IV on Day 1 (28-day cycles)

    Also known as: Blenrep

  • Cycle 1: 20 mg/m2 on Day 1, then 56 mg/m2 on Days 8/15 Cycles 2-8: 56 mg/m2 on Days 1/8/15 Cycles 9+: 56 mg/m2 on Days 1/15

    Also known as: Kyprolis

  • 3 mg Day 1-21 of 28-day Cycle

    Also known as: Pomalyst

  • Cycles 1-4: 40 mg Days 1/8/15/22 Cycles 5+: 20 mg Days 1/8/15/22

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of Very Good Partial Response (No Prior CAR T-Cell Therapy Cohort)

    No prior CAR T-cell therapy cohort: Rate of very good partial response (VGPR) or better after 6 cycles according to the 2016 International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) Response Criteria by Independent Review Committee (IRC).

    Time frame: 6-24 months

  2. Rate of Overall Response (Prior CAR T-Cell Therapy Cohort)

    Prior CAR T-cell therapy cohort: Rate of overall response (ORR) as determined by investigator assessment.

    Time frame: 6-24 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Response Rate

    Overall response rate as determined by the 2016 International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) Response Criteria by Independent Review Committee (IRC) and investigator assessment.

    Time frame: 6-24 months

  2. Minimal Residual Disease Negativity Rate

    Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) negativity rate as assessed by next generation sequencing (limit of detection \< 10-5).

    Time frame: 6-24 months

  3. Progression-Free Survival

    Progression-free survival of participants as determined by investigator assessment.

    Time frame: 6-24 months

  4. Overall Survival Among Participants

    Overall survival of participants as determined by investigator assessment.

    Time frame: 6-24 months

  5. Frequency and Severity of Adverse Events (AEs)/ Serious Adverse Events

    Frequency and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) as assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v5.

    Time frame: 6-24 months

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 23, 2026, 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
NCT05789303
Collaborators
GlaxoSmithKline, Amgen
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 29, 2023
Start date
May 30, 2023
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 1, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 23, 2026

Study contacts

Clinical Trials Intake
Contact
cancerclinicaltrials@bsd.uchicago.edu
1-855-702-8222
Benjamin Derman, MD
principal investigator · University of Chicago

Oversight

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