Clinical trial · Interventional
Clinical Activity of Metformin With High-dose of Dexamethasone in Relapse Multiple Myeloma
Phase II Trial, Open Label, Clinical Activity of Metformin in Combination With High-dose of Dexamethasone (HDdexa) in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Recruitment difficulties due to more attractive competing studies.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This phase II trial study assessing the activity of metformin when given together with high dose of dexamethasone in treating patients with multiple myeloma (MM) that has relapse or refractory to previous treatment. High dose of dexamethasone (HDdexa) is used to treat relapse/refractary patients with myeloma and metformin also demonstrated synergistic activity with dexamethasone to eradicate MM cells in vitro and in vivo. Metformin hydrochloride, used for diabetes, may also help kill tumor cells. Giving dexamethasone with metformin may kill more MM cells and increase the response rate to HDdexa.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple Myeloma | Multiple Myeloma | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexamethasone | Drug | Dexamethasone | ALIAS |
| Metformin XR | Drug | Metformin | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Metformin and HDdexamethasone
- description
- Metformin XR is initially administered at a dose of 500mg / daily by oral administration for 7 days. Patients who have a good tolerance (lack of adverse events of grade 3 or 4) may be staggered metformin dose to 2500 mg / day. Patients in turn receiving dexamethasone pulse prescription (HDdex). A dose of dexamethasona 40 mg / day taken in a daily for four days every 8 days from 1st to 2nd cycle every 35 days and 1x per week for 4 weeks every 28 days from the 3rd to 6th cycle. The dose will be administered at 4 mg tablets, which are to be swallowed whole by 30 minutes after a meal. Patients over age 75 used 20 mg / day.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Metformin XR
- Drug: Dexamethasone
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Response Rate (RR)
- timeFrame
- From the date of randomization to the date of the first major documented response (CR, PR or MR) that occurs, evaluated up to 35 days after the completion of 6th treatment cycles or if the response occurs earlier.
- description
- the RR to metformin and HDdexa schedule including: complete (CR), partial (PR) and minimal (MR) response in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma criteria for defining response according to the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG): CR: Negative immunofixation of serum and urine, and Disappearance of any soft tissue plasmacytomas, and below of 5% Plasma Cells in bone marrow. PR: above or equal 50% reduction of serum M-protein and reduction in 24-hour urinary M-protein by 90% or 200 mg/24 hours. MR: above or equal 25% but below or equal 49% reduction of serum M-protein and reduction in 24-hour urine M-protein by 50%-89%.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years; * Multiple myeloma patients relapsed or refractory to two lines prior to treatment \[at least one line using bortezomib or prior treatment wif a suitable alkylating agent (at least six cycles of treatment wif alkylating or progressive disease after at least two cycles of treatment wif alkylating or treatment wif alkylating received as part of a stem cell transplant)\]; * Patients should of failed (progressive disease at or before 60 days of treatment, disease progression ≤6 months after achieving partial response or intolerance to bortezomib) to treatment wif bortezomib; * Patients wif oral access to medicines; * ECOG ≤ 2; * Blood count: hemoglobin ≥8 g / dL; absolute neutrophil count ≥500 / mm3 and platelet count ≥30.000 / mm3; glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 30ml / min and adequate liver function (AST or ALT at levels 3x upper limit of normal; bilirubin in levels no greater TEMPthan 2x the upper limit of normal; negative pregnancy test before study initiation or accept contraceptive use. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients wif non hypersensitivity and / or prior therapy wif metformin or its excipients; * Diabetes mellitus who require insulin use and other oral hypoglycemic agents; patients wif a history of hyperglycemia induced by steroids can be entered since HbA1C in screening visit is \<8%; * leptomeningeal or brain metastases symptomatic or untreated, or spinal cord compression; * Known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) (wif the exception treated or cured chronic HBV and HCV infection, who will be allowed); * Patients who are using another study medication or who has received drug under study for less TEMPthan 4 weeks; * It is allowed concomitant treatment wif bisphosphonates; however, treatment should be started before the first dose of study therapy; . It is not allowed to use of all herbal supplements during the study (including, but not limited to, St. John's wort, kava, None, gingko biloba, dehydroepiandrosterone \[DHEA\], or ginseng). Megestrol acetate (Megace) or medroxyprogesterone if used as an appetite stimulant is permitted; * Uncontrolled situations by intercurrent disease, including, but not limited to, infection ongoing and active, refractory systemic hypertension, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric / social disease that would limit compliance wif the requirements of study; * Previous Neoplasms, except skin cancer for over two years; * Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding. * Any major surgery, extensive radiation therapy, chemotherapy delayed toxicity, biological therapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy wifin 28 days before study.
References
Publications (4)
- BACKGROUNDZi FM, He JS, Li Y, Wu C, Yang L, Yang Y, Wang LJ, He DH, Zhao Y, Wu WJ, Zheng GF, Han XY, Huang H, Yi Q, Cai Z. Metformin displays anti-myeloma activity and synergistic effect with dexamethasone in in vitro and in vivo xenograft models. Cancer Lett. 2015 Jan 28;356(2 Pt B):443-53. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2014.09.050. Epub 2014 Oct 8. PMID 25305450
- BACKGROUNDJagannathan S, Abdel-Malek MA, Malek E, Vad N, Latif T, Anderson KC, Driscoll JJ. Pharmacologic screens reveal metformin that suppresses GRP78-dependent autophagy to enhance the anti-myeloma effect of bortezomib. Leukemia. 2015 Nov;29(11):2184-91. doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.157. Epub 2015 Jun 25. PMID 26108695
- BACKGROUNDWu W, Merriman K, Nabaah A, Seval N, Seval D, Lin H, Wang M, Qazilbash MH, Baladandayuthapani V, Berry D, Orlowski RZ, Lee MH, Yeung SC. The association of diabetes and anti-diabetic medications with clinical outcomes in multiple myeloma. Br J Cancer. 2014 Jul 29;111(3):628-36. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.307. Epub 2014 Jun 12. PMID 24921909
- BACKGROUNDDowling RJ, Niraula S, Stambolic V, Goodwin PJ. Metformin in cancer: translational challenges. J Mol Endocrinol. 2012 Mar 29;48(3):R31-43. doi: 10.1530/JME-12-0007. Print 2012 Jun. PMID 22355097