Bone marrow transplantation
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Bone Marrow Transplant. · Sep 2016
A phase II, single-arm, prospective study of bendamustine plus melphalan conditioning for second autologous stem cell transplantation in de novo multiple myeloma patients through a tandem transplant strategy.
This phase II trial evaluates, for the first time, the safety and efficacy of bendamustine plus high-dose melphalan (HDM) as a conditioning regimen before the second autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in previously untreated multiple myeloma (MM) patients. In total, 32 ASCT patients received HDM (200 mg/m(2)) as conditioning for the first ASCT. After 3-6 months from the first ASCT, responding patients underwent a second ASCT following bendamustine (200 mg/m(2)) and HDM (140 mg/m(2)). ⋯ Bendamustine+HDM is feasible as the conditioning regimen for second ASCT in MM patients. The present study may pave the way for phase III studies specifically aimed at further investigating this combination strategy. The role of this combination in MM for conditioning regimen in a first or single ASCT setting should be also investigated.