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SUBMITTER: Hofmeister CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3164245 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hofmeister Craig C CC Yang Xiaoxia X Pichiorri Flavia F Chen Ping P Rozewski Darlene M DM Johnson Amy J AJ Lee Seungsoo S Liu Zhongfa Z Garr Celia L CL Hade Erinn M EM Ji Jia J Schaaf Larry J LJ Benson Don M DM Kraut Eric H EH Hicks William J WJ Chan Kenneth K KK Chen Ching-Shih CS Farag Sherif S SS Grever Michael R MR Byrd John C JC Phelps Mitch A MA
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20110808 25
<h4>Purpose</h4>Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable plasma-cell neoplasm for which most treatments involve a therapeutic agent combined with dexamethasone. The preclinical combination of lenalidomide with the mTOR inhibitor CCI-779 has displayed synergy in vitro and represents a novel combination in MM.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>A phase I clinical trial was initiated for patients with relapsed myeloma with administration of oral lenalidomide on days 1 to 21 and CCI-779 intravenously once per ...[more]