Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Measure achievement of target melphalan systemic exposure in the first 20 patients.
II. Identify safety and preliminary efficacy within each systemic exposure range of melphalan using a 5+5 design.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Describe International Myeloma Working Group response levels and selected grade 3/4 toxicities in an expansion set of patients at the recommended phase 2 area under the curve (AUC) range.
II. Measure deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repair score from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded diagnostic bone marrow sample (FFPE) and from pretransplant marrow aspirate sample.
III. Assess melphalan-induced DNA damage in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from melphalan-treated patients.
IV. To correlate peripheral blood CMMCs numbers obtained with CELLSEARCH with MRD assessment at day+90.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study.
Patients receive standard of care high dose melphalan hydrochloride intravenously (IV) over 30 minutes on day -3 and PK-directed melphalan hydrochloride IV over 30 minutes on day -1. Patients then undergo autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) on day 0.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 7, 14, 30, 60, and 90 days.