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NCT00602641 · OUTCOME

Very Good Partial Response (VGPR) Rate

Melphalan, Prednisone, and Thalidomide or Lenalidomide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma · Source last updated 2026-08-28

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

Measure
NUMBER
Unit
proportion of participants
Interval / dispersion
95% Confidence Interval
Time frame
Assessed every cycle (1 cycle=28 days) for the first 12 cycles, and then every 2 cycles while on treatment. Post treatment assessed every 3 months < 2 years from study entry, every 6 months if 2-5 years, every 12 months if 6-10 years from study entry.

What was measured

Response evaluation was based on the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) response criteria. VGPR rate was defined as patients achieving at least VGPR which include patients who achieving complete response (CR) and VGPR. CR refers to patients who have complete disappearance of an M-protein and no evidence of myeloma in the bone marrow. VGPR refers to patients who meet the following criteria: Serum and urine M-component detectable by immunofixation but not on electrophoresis; Or 90% or greater reduction in serum M-component plus urine M-component \<100 mg per 24 hours; If the serum and urine M protein are unmeasurable and the immunoglobulin free light chain parameter is being used to measure response, a ≥ 90% decrease in the difference between involved and uninvolved free light chain (FLC) levels is required in place of the M protein criteria.

Analysis population: Intention-to-treat (ITT) population

Groups in this outcome

Arm I (MPT-T)

Patients receive melphalan, prednisone and thalidomide induction plus thalidomide maintenance (MPT-T). INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive melphalan PO and prednisone PO daily on days 1-4, and thalidomide PO daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive thalidomide PO daily and continue in the absence of disease progression.

Arm II (mPR-R)

Patients receive lower-dose melphalan, prednisone and lenalidomide (Revlimid®) induction plus lenalidomide maintenance (mPR-R). INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive melphalan PO and prednisone PO daily on days 1-4, and lenalidomide PO on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive lenalidomide PO daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression.

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 (MPT-T)154
Arm II (mPR-R)152

Reported measurements

Source class 1
Values in proportion of participants · Interval/dispersion: 95% Confidence Interval
GroupValueSpreadLowerUpperComment
Arm I (MPT-T)0.247Not reported0.1790.315Not reported
Arm II (mPR-R)0.316Not reported0.2420.390Not reported

Source statistical analyses

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

  1. ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY_OR_OTHER_LEGACY
    p Value
    0.204
    statistical Method
    Fisher Exact
Complete source fields
analyses
  1. ci Num Sides
    TWO_SIDED
    group Ids
    1. OG000
    2. OG001
    non Inferiority Type
    SUPERIORITY_OR_OTHER_LEGACY
    p Value
    0.204
    statistical Method
    Fisher Exact
classes
  1. categories
    1. measurements
      1. group Id
        OG000
        lower Limit
        0.179
        upper Limit
        0.315
        value
        0.247
      2. group Id
        OG001
        lower Limit
        0.242
        upper Limit
        0.390
        value
        0.316
denoms
  1. counts
    1. group Id
      OG000
      value
      154
    2. group Id
      OG001
      value
      152
    units
    Participants
description
Response evaluation was based on the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) response criteria. VGPR rate was defined as patients achieving at least VGPR which include patients who achieving complete response (CR) and VGPR. CR refers to patients who have complete disappearance of an M-protein and no evidence of myeloma in the bone marrow. VGPR refers to patients who meet the following criteria: Serum and urine M-component detectable by immunofixation but not on electrophoresis; Or 90% or greater reduction in serum M-component plus urine M-component \<100 mg per 24 hours; If the serum and urine M protein are unmeasurable and the immunoglobulin free light chain parameter is being used to measure response, a ≥ 90% decrease in the difference between involved and uninvolved free light chain (FLC) levels is required in place of the M protein criteria.
dispersion Type
95% Confidence Interval
groups
  1. description
    Patients receive melphalan, prednisone and thalidomide induction plus thalidomide maintenance (MPT-T). INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive melphalan PO and prednisone PO daily on days 1-4, and thalidomide PO daily on days 1-28. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive thalidomide PO daily and continue in the absence of disease progression.
    id
    OG000
    title
    Arm I (MPT-T)
  2. description
    Patients receive lower-dose melphalan, prednisone and lenalidomide (Revlimid®) induction plus lenalidomide maintenance (mPR-R). INDUCTION THERAPY: Patients receive melphalan PO and prednisone PO daily on days 1-4, and lenalidomide PO on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. MAINTENANCE THERAPY: Patients receive lenalidomide PO daily on days 1-21. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression.
    id
    OG001
    title
    Arm II (mPR-R)
param Type
NUMBER
population Description
Intention-to-treat (ITT) population
reporting Status
POSTED
time Frame
Assessed every cycle (1 cycle=28 days) for the first 12 cycles, and then every 2 cycles while on treatment. Post treatment assessed every 3 months < 2 years from study entry, every 6 months if 2-5 years, every 12 months if 6-10 years from study entry.
title
Very Good Partial Response (VGPR) Rate
type
SECONDARY
unit Of Measure
proportion of participants

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