A Phase II Trial Using Meloxicam Plus Filgrastim in Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02078102 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 5, 2014
Results First Posted : February 21, 2021
Last Update Posted : February 21, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Multiple Myeloma Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | Drug: Meloxicam Drug: Filgrastim | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 38 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Trial of Prostaglandin E2 Inhibition, Using Meloxicam, Plus Filgrastim for Mobilization of Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cells in Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 11, 2014 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 6, 2018 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | February 21, 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Treatment
Meloxicam and Filgrastim will be administered in fixed doses to each patient enrolled on this study. The treatments will be administered in a staggered dose schedule for a total treatment duration of 7 days prior to apheresis. 15 mg tablets of Meloxicam will be taken orally for 5 consecutive days. 10 µg/kg of Filgrastim will be subcutaneously injected for 5 consecutive days. Filgrastim may be subcutaneously injected for an additional 3 days if patients do not meet the primary endpoint for cell collection. |
Drug: Meloxicam
15 mg tablets of Meloxicam will be taken orally in the morning, with or without food.
Other Name: Mobic Drug: Filgrastim Filgrastim will be subcutaneously injected in one or two sites at home.
Other Name: Neupogen |
- Percent of Patients Who Mobilize and Collect at Least Half of the Total Target CD34+ Cell Dose in the First Apheresis [ Time Frame: within 100 days of transplant ]
Percent of patients who mobilize and collect at least half of the total target CD34+ cell dose in the first apheresis with binomial exact confidence intervals according to disease:
Multiple myeloma patients: percent of patients with >= 5x106 CD34 cells/kg in the first day's apheresis. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients: percent of patients with >= 2.5x106 CD34 cells/kg in the first day's apheresis.
- Number of Patients With Treatment Related Adverse Events Grade 3 or Higher for Nonhematological Toxicity [ Time Frame: within 100 days of transplant ]Number of unique patients who had a treatment related (possible, probable or definite) non-hematological adverse event that was graded 3 or greater using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0.
- Summary Statistics for Graft Composition of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection at Each Time Point [ Time Frame: Cycle 2, Days 1-4, within 100 days of transplant ]Mean and Standard Deviation of the Graft Composition of Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection (CD34 (x10^6cells/kg)) at each time point collected during Cycle 2.
- Time to Neutrophil Engraftment [ Time Frame: within 100 days of transplant ]Time to neutrophil engraftment will be analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method. The time to engraftment of neutrophils is defined as the time from day 0 to the date of the first of three consecutive days after transplantation during which the absolute neutrophils count (ANC) is at least 0.5 x109/l. The median and 95% confidence intervals will be provided. Only patients with neutrophil engraftment will be included.
- Time to Platelet Engraftment [ Time Frame: within 100 days of transplant ]Time to platelet engraftment will be analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method. The time to engraftment of platelets is defined as the time from day 0 to the first of seven consecutive Complete Blood Counts (CBCs) obtained on different days after transplantation during which the platelet count is at least 20 x109/l. The CBCs obtained should be at least seven days after the most recent platelet transfusion. The median and 95% confidence intervals will be provided. Only patients achieving platelet engraftment will be included.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
A patient must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be eligible for enrollment in this study:
- Has provided written informed consent prior to completing any study procedures.
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Patients must have a previously documented histologic diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), and be eligible to undergo autologous PBSC transplantation on institutional protocols.
- Multiple myeloma should be in first or second partial response or better, as defined by International Myeloma Working Group criteria.50
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Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma must be in either first or second partial response or better and have any one of the following histologies:
- Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
- Transformed lymphoma
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Follicular lymphoma (any grade)
- Peripheral T cell lymphoma
- Age ≥18 to ≤75 years at time of consent.
- Karnofsky performance status of at least 70%.
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Adequate organ function defined as:
- Left ventricular ejection fraction ≥45%
- Corrected DLCO ≥50%
- Serum bilirubin, AST (aspartate aminotransferase) and ALT(alanine aminotransferase) ≤ twice the upper limit of normal
- Serum creatinine ≤ 2.0 mg/dl
- Urine M-protein ≤1 g/24 hours (MM patients only)
- No prior attempt at mobilizing PBSC.
- Patients must be at least 4 weeks from last cytotoxic chemotherapy (including alkylating, anthracyclines, epipodophylatoxins, and platinum drugs), or immunomodulatory drugs (including lenalidomide or pomalidomide, or related derivatives) at time of treatment on this protocol.
- Patients must be at least 2 weeks from last treatment with a proteasome inhibitor (e.g., bortezomib, carfilzomib) at time of treatment on this protocol.
- Patients must be negative for HIV.
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Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test (urine or serum) and must not be lactating at the time of informed consent.
- Women and men must use adequate birth control while taking part in this study (such as a condom or diaphragm with contraceptive cream/jelly, birth control pills, Norplant, abstinence (no sexual intercourse) or surgical sterilization.
Exclusion Criteria:
Exclude a patient if any of the following conditions are observed:
- Patients must not have received radiation therapy within the past 4 weeks, and not to more than 20% of hematopoiesis forming bones (spine, pelvis and proximal long bones).
- Patients must not have active central nervous system involvement.
- Patients must not have a prior autologous, syngeneic or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
- Patients must not have received prior bone seeking radionuclides.
- Patients must not have received myeloid growth factors within 2 weeks before mobilization attempt on this study.
- Patients must not have taken nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAID) in the past 14 days before treatment on this protocol.
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Patients must not have nor had active or recent peptic ulcer disease within the past 6 months.
a) Patients with active significant symptoms of dyspepsia will be excluded.
- Patients with a history of asthma will be excluded because of the potential for NSAID to precipitate asthma in these patients.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02078102
United States, Indiana | |
Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center | |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202 |
Principal Investigator: | Sherif Farag, M.D., Ph.D. | Indiana University |
Documents provided by Sherif S. Farag, Indiana University School of Medicine:
Responsible Party: | Sherif S. Farag, Principal Investigator, Indiana University School of Medicine |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02078102 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
IUCRO-0419 CA182947 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: NCI ) 1312925163 ( Other Identifier: Indiana University IRB ) |
First Posted: | March 5, 2014 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | February 21, 2021 |
Last Update Posted: | February 21, 2021 |
Last Verified: | February 2021 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Lymphoma Multiple Myeloma Neoplasms, Plasma Cell Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Lymphoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Hemostatic Disorders Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Paraproteinemias Blood Protein Disorders |
Hematologic Diseases Hemorrhagic Disorders Meloxicam Physiological Effects of Drugs Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal Analgesics, Non-Narcotic Analgesics Sensory System Agents Peripheral Nervous System Agents Anti-Inflammatory Agents Antirheumatic Agents Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |