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Proportion of Patients With Objective Response (First Phase, Step 1)

Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone With or Without Thalidomide in Treating Patients With Multiple Myeloma · Source last updated 2026-08-28

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Measure
NUMBER
Unit
Proportion of patients
Interval / dispersion
95% Confidence Interval
Time frame
Assessed every 4 weeks for 16 weeks during Step 1

What was measured

Objective response is defined as either complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). Patients who have complete disappearance of an M-protein and no evidence of myeloma in the bone marrow are considered to have CR. PR requires all the following: (1) ≥50% reduction in the level of the serum monoclonal paraprotein. (2) Reduction in 24-hour urinary light chain excretion either by ≥90% or to \<200 mg. (3)For patients with non-secretory (or oligosecretory) myeloma only, a ≥50% reduction in plasma cells in a bone marrow aspirate and on trephine biopsy must be documented. (4)50% reduction in size of soft tissue plasmacytoma (by radiography or clinical examination). (5) No increase in the number or size of lytic bone lesions (development of a compression fracture does not exclude response). As the expansion phase was a substudy terminated early with only 7 patients enrolled, the clinical results presented are mainly for the first phase only.

Analysis population: Only eligible patients were included in this analysis.

Groups in this outcome

Arm I (Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone)

Patients receive oral lenalidomide once daily on days 1-21, oral aspirin (or other deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis at the discretion of the principal investigator) once daily on days 1-28, and standard-dose oral dexamethasone once daily on days 1-4, 9-12, and 17-20. Patients with minimal response or no response after 4 cycles of treatment could register for Step 2 treatment with thalidomide and high-dose dexamethasone. Thalidomide was given orally once daily on days 1-28, and dexamethasone once daily on days 1-4, 9-12, and 17-20 for 4 cycles.

Arm II (Lenalidomide, Low-dose Dexamethasone)

Patients receive oral lenalidomide and acetylsalicylic acid as in arm I and low-dose oral dexamethasone once daily on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Patients with minimal response or no response after 4 cycles of treatment could register for Step 2 treatment with thalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone. Thalidomide was given orally once daily on days 1-28, and dexamethasone once daily on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 for 4 cycles.

Group identifiers and denominators belong to this outcome only. They may differ in another outcome or in safety reporting.

Analysis denominator · Participants

GroupSource count
Arm I (Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone)214
Arm II (Lenalidomide, Low-dose Dexamethasone)208

Reported measurements

Source class 1
Values in Proportion of patients · Interval/dispersion: 95% Confidence Interval
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Arm I (Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone)0.79Not reported0.7290.842Not reported
Arm II (Lenalidomide, Low-dose Dexamethasone)0.683Not reported0.6150.745Not reported

Source statistical analyses

Group order, estimate direction, methods and comments are retained. No treatment ranking is inferred.

  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.052
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    80
    ci Upper Limit
    0.162
    group Description
    The study was designed to determine if a reduced dose of dexamethasone in combination with CC-5013 reduced toxicity rate without reducing response rate. The standard-dose response was expected to be 70%. The low dose would be deemed unacceptable if the difference in response rate between arms was \>=15%. The null hypothesis was that response rates were equal and the alternative was that the low-dose response was no worse than 55%. The design had a 1-sided 0.10 type I error rate and 95% power.
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Comment
    The low-dose response would be considered unacceptable if the difference in response rates was 15% or greater (the upper confidence limit exceeds the 15% acceptable difference) regardless of a decrease in toxicity rate.
    non Inferiority Type
    NON_INFERIORITY_OR_EQUIVALENCE_LEGACY
    param Type
    Difference in response rate between arms
    param Value
    0.107
Complete source fields
analyses
  1. ci Lower Limit
    0.052
    ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    ci Pct Value
    80
    ci Upper Limit
    0.162
    group Description
    The study was designed to determine if a reduced dose of dexamethasone in combination with CC-5013 reduced toxicity rate without reducing response rate. The standard-dose response was expected to be 70%. The low dose would be deemed unacceptable if the difference in response rate between arms was \>=15%. The null hypothesis was that response rates were equal and the alternative was that the low-dose response was no worse than 55%. The design had a 1-sided 0.10 type I error rate and 95% power.
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Comment
    The low-dose response would be considered unacceptable if the difference in response rates was 15% or greater (the upper confidence limit exceeds the 15% acceptable difference) regardless of a decrease in toxicity rate.
    non Inferiority Type
    NON_INFERIORITY_OR_EQUIVALENCE_LEGACY
    param Type
    Difference in response rate between arms
    param Value
    0.107
classes
  1. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        lower Limit
        0.729
        upper Limit
        0.842
        value
        0.79
      2. group Id
        OG001
        lower Limit
        0.615
        upper Limit
        0.745
        value
        0.683
denoms
  1. counts
    1. group Id
      OG000
      value
      214
    2. group Id
      OG001
      value
      208
    units
    Participants
description
Objective response is defined as either complete response (CR) or partial response (PR). Patients who have complete disappearance of an M-protein and no evidence of myeloma in the bone marrow are considered to have CR. PR requires all the following: (1) ≥50% reduction in the level of the serum monoclonal paraprotein. (2) Reduction in 24-hour urinary light chain excretion either by ≥90% or to \<200 mg. (3)For patients with non-secretory (or oligosecretory) myeloma only, a ≥50% reduction in plasma cells in a bone marrow aspirate and on trephine biopsy must be documented. (4)50% reduction in size of soft tissue plasmacytoma (by radiography or clinical examination). (5) No increase in the number or size of lytic bone lesions (development of a compression fracture does not exclude response). As the expansion phase was a substudy terminated early with only 7 patients enrolled, the clinical results presented are mainly for the first phase only.
dispersion Type
95% Confidence Interval
groups
  1. description
    Patients receive oral lenalidomide once daily on days 1-21, oral aspirin (or other deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis at the discretion of the principal investigator) once daily on days 1-28, and standard-dose oral dexamethasone once daily on days 1-4, 9-12, and 17-20. Patients with minimal response or no response after 4 cycles of treatment could register for Step 2 treatment with thalidomide and high-dose dexamethasone. Thalidomide was given orally once daily on days 1-28, and dexamethasone once daily on days 1-4, 9-12, and 17-20 for 4 cycles.
    id
    OG000
    title
    Arm I (Lenalidomide, Dexamethasone)
  2. description
    Patients receive oral lenalidomide and acetylsalicylic acid as in arm I and low-dose oral dexamethasone once daily on days 1, 8, 15, and 22. Patients with minimal response or no response after 4 cycles of treatment could register for Step 2 treatment with thalidomide and low-dose dexamethasone. Thalidomide was given orally once daily on days 1-28, and dexamethasone once daily on days 1, 8, 15, and 22 for 4 cycles.
    id
    OG001
    title
    Arm II (Lenalidomide, Low-dose Dexamethasone)
param Type
NUMBER
population Description
Only eligible patients were included in this analysis.
reporting Status
POSTED
time Frame
Assessed every 4 weeks for 16 weeks during Step 1
title
Proportion of Patients With Objective Response (First Phase, Step 1)
type
PRIMARY
unit Of Measure
Proportion of patients

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