NCT04246047 · CITED IN SOURCE DOCUMENTS
Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Belantamab Mafodotin, Bortezomib and Dexamethasone Versus Daratumumab, Bortezomib and Dexamethasone in Participants With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
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- PHASE3
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- Registry last update
- 2026-04-23
This is a Phase 3, randomized, open-label study designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of belantamab mafodotin in combination with bortezomib/dexamethasone (Arm A) versus daratumumab in combination with bortezomib/dexamethasone (Arm B) in the participants with relapsed recurrent multiple myeloma.
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What did the study report?
Outcomes, safety and baseline populations are separate source sections. Quality-of-life measures appear under their original outcome titles.
Participant flow
Baseline characteristics
Progression-free Survival (PFS)
Complete Response Rate (CRR)
Overall Response Rate (ORR)
Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)
Duration of Response (DoR)
Time to Response (TTR)
Time to Progression (TTP)
Overall Survival (OS)
Progression-free Survival on Subsequent Line of Therapy (PFS2)
Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negativity Rate
Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Hematology Parameters
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Clinical Chemistry
Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Urine Dipstick
Number of Participants With Abnormal Ocular Findings on Ophthalmic Examination
Plasma Concentrations of Belantamab Mafodotin (Total Antibody) at Indicated Time Points
Plasma Concentrations of Belantamab Mafodotin (ADC) at Indicated Time Points
Plasma Concentrations of Monomethyl Auristatin-F With a Cysteine Linker (Cys-mcMMAF) at Indicated Time Points
Number of Participants With Positive Anti-drug Antibodies (ADAs) Against Belantamab Mafodotin
Titers of ADAs Against Belantamab Mafodotin
Number of Participants With Maximum Post-baseline Change From Baseline in Individual Items of Patient-Reported Outcome Version of the Common Term Criteria for Adverse Events (PRO-CTCAE)
Change From Baseline in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) as Measured by EuropeanOrganization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 30-item Core Module (EORTC QLQ-C30)
Change From Baseline in HRQoL as Measured by EORTC IL52
Adverse events
Limitations, agreements, and source contact
Who could take part
- eligibility Criteria
- Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed diagnosis of multiple myeloma as defined by the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria. * Previously treated with at least 1 prior line of multiple myeloma (MM) therapy, and must have documented disease progression during or after their most recent therapy. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2. * Must have at least 1 aspect of measurable disease, defined as one of the following; 1. Urine M-protein excretion \>=200 mg per 24-hour, or 2. Serum M-protein concentration \>=0.5 grams per deciliter (g/dL), or 3. Serum free light chain (FLC) assay: involved FLC level \>=10 mg per dL (\>=100 mg per liter) and an abnormal serum free light chain ratio (\<0.26 or \>1.65). * All prior treatment-related toxicities (defined by National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria for Adverse Events \[NCI-CTCAE\] version 5.0) must be \<=Grade 1 at the time of enrollment, except for alopecia. * Adequate organ function Exclusion Criteria: * Intolerant to daratumumab. * Refractory to daratumumab or any other anti-CD38 therapy (defined as progressive disease during treatment with anti-CD38 therapy, or within 60 days of completing that treatment). * Intolerant to bortezomib, or refractory to bortezomib (defined as progressive disease during treatment with a bortezomib-containing regimen of 1.3 mg/m\^2 twice weekly, or within 60 days of completing that treatment). Note: participants with progressive disease during treatment with a weekly bortezomib regimen are allowed. * Ongoing Grade 2 or higher peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain. * Prior treatment with anti-B-cell maturation antigen (anti-BCMA) therapy. * Prior allogenic stem cell transplant. * Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric disorder or other conditions, including renal, liver, cardiovascular, or certain prior malignancies. * Corneal epithelial disease.
- healthy Volunteers
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- minimum Age
- 18 Years
- sex
- ALL
- std Ages
- ADULT
- OLDER_ADULT
Treatment arms and interventions
- arm Groups
- intervention Names
- Drug: Belantamab mafodotin
- Drug: Bortezomib
- Drug: Dexamethasone
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- Belantamab mafodotin and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm A)
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- EXPERIMENTAL
- intervention Names
- Drug: Daratumumab
- Drug: Bortezomib
- Drug: Dexamethasone
- label
- Daratumumab and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm B)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- interventions
- arm Group Labels
- Belantamab mafodotin and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm A)
- description
- Humanized anti-B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) antibody/drug conjugate
- name
- Belantamab mafodotin
- type
- DRUG
- arm Group Labels
- Daratumumab and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm B)
- description
- Anti-cluster of differentiation 38 \[CD-38\] monoclonal antibody
- name
- Daratumumab
- type
- DRUG
- arm Group Labels
- Belantamab mafodotin and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm A)
- Daratumumab and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm B)
- description
- Proteasome Inhibitor
- name
- Bortezomib
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- DRUG
- arm Group Labels
- Belantamab mafodotin and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm A)
- Daratumumab and Bortezomib plus Dexamethasone (Arm B)
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- Synthetic glucocorticoid with anti-tumor activity
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- Dexamethasone
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Study design
- allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- masking Info
- masking
- NONE
- primary Purpose
- TREATMENT
Enrollment
- count
- 494
- type
- ACTUAL
Registered outcome plans (not posted results)
- primary Outcomes
- description
- PFS is defined as time from randomization until earliest date of disease progression (PD), determined by Independent Review Committee (IRC), according to the International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) Response Criteria, or death due to any cause. PD= increase of \>=25% from lowest value in \>=1 of following (serum M-protein \[absolute increase \>=0.5 grams per deciliter {g/dL}\]; serum M-protein increase \>=1g/dL \[when lowest M-protein \>=5g/dL\]; urine M-protein \[absolute increase \>=200 milligrams per 24 hours {mg/24h}\]; participants without measurable serum \& urine M-protein levels, difference between involved \& uninvolved serum free light chains (sFLC) levels \[absolute increase \>10mg/dL\]; appearance of new lesion,\>=50% increase from nadir in Sum of the products of the maximal perpendicular diameters of measured lesions (SPD) of \>1 lesion, or \>=50% increase in longest diameter of previous lesion \>1 centimeter (cm) in short axis.
- measure
- Progression-free Survival (PFS)
- time Frame
- Up to approximately 41 months
- secondary Outcomes
- description
- CRR is defined as percentage of participants with a confirmed complete response or better.
- measure
- Complete Response Rate (CRR)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- ORR is defined as percentage of participants with a confirmed partial response or better.
- measure
- Overall Response Rate (ORR)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- CBR is defined as percentage of participants with a confirmed minimal response (MR) or better
- measure
- Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- DOR is defined as time from first documented evidence of partial response or better until first documented progression or death, whichever occurs first.
- measure
- Duration of Response (DoR)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- TTR is defined as time from the date of randomization and the first documented evidence of response (PR or better) among participants who achieve partial response or better.
- measure
- Time to Response (TTR)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- TTP is defined as time from the date of randomization until the earliest date of documented date of disease progression or death, whichever occurs first.
- measure
- Time to Progression (TTP)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- OS is defined as time from the date of randomization until the date of death due to any cause.
- measure
- Overall Survival (OS)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- Progression-free survival on subsequent line of therapy is defined as time from randomization to disease progression after initiation of new anti-myeloma therapy or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. If disease progression after new antimyeloma therapy cannot be measured, a PFS event is defined as the date of discontinuation of new anti-myeloma therapy, or death from any cause, whichever is earlier.
- measure
- Progression-free Survival on Subsequent Line of Therapy (PFS2)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) negativity rate is defined as the percentage of participants who are MRD negative status by next generation sequencing (NGS).
- measure
- Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) Negativity Rate
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- An AE is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of a study treatment, whether or not considered related to the study treatment.
- measure
- Number of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs)
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- Blood samples will be collected for the analysis of hematology parameters.
- measure
- Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Hematology Parameters
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
- description
- Blood samples will be collected for the analysis of clinical chemistry parameters.
- measure
- Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes in Clinical Chemistry
- time Frame
- Up to 73 months
Full study description
- brief Summary
- This is a Phase 3, randomized, open-label study designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of belantamab mafodotin in combination with bortezomib/dexamethasone (Arm A) versus daratumumab in combination with bortezomib/dexamethasone (Arm B) in the participants with relapsed recurrent multiple myeloma.
Source references
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- Mateos MV, Trudel S, Quach H, Robak P, Beksac M, Pour L, Hus M, Kim K, Zherebtsova V, Delimpasi S, Jelinek T, Ward C, Ho PJ, Vorobyev V, Pitombeira de Lacerda M, Aparecida-Martinez G, Spicka I, Radocha J, Cavo M, Cerchione C, Fu C, Suzuki K, Rogers R, Phillips-Jones A, Wang Z, Baig H, Wilkes J, Zhou XL, Lewis E, Eccersley L, Sule N, Paka P, Opalinska JB, Mukhopadhyay P, Hungria V, Dimopoulos MA. Modification of belantamab mafodotin dosing to balance efficacy and tolerability in the DREAMM-7 and DREAMM-8 trials. Blood Adv. 2025 Nov 25;9(22):5708-5719. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2025016949.
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- Hungria V, Robak P, Hus M, Zherebtsova V, Ward C, Ho PJ, Hajek R, Kim K, Grosicki S, Sia H, Bryant A, Pitombeira de Lacerda M, Martinez GA, Sureda Balari A, Sandhu I, Cerchione C, Ganly P, Dimopoulos MA, Fu C, Garg M, Abdallah AO, Gatt ME, Oriol Rocafiguera A, Cavo M, Rifkin R, Fujisaki T, Mielnik M, Ficek J, Mantero A, Pirooz N, Varghese S, Lee J, McKeown A, Rogers R, Baig H, Eccersley L, Roy-Ghanta S, Mukhopadhyay P, Nielsen J, Opalinska J, Mateos MV; DREAMM-7 study investigators. Belantamab mafodotin plus bortezomib and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (DREAMM-7): updated overall survival analysis from a global, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2025 Aug;26(8):1067-1080. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(25)00330-4. Epub 2025 Jul 15.
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- Hungria V, Hus M, Fu C, Zherebtsova V, Ward C, Ho PJ, Mikulski D, Muronova L, Cerchione C, Loubert A, Bunod L, M'Hari M, Pirooz N, Rogers R, Lin CP, Roy-Ghanta S, Opalinska JB, Purser M, McKeown A, McNamara S, Baig H, Eccersley L, Pompilus F, Mateos MV; DREAMM-7 trial study group. Patient-reported outcomes with belantamab mafodotin, bortezomib, and dexamethasone versus daratumumab, bortezomib, and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (DREAMM-7): results from a phase 3, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Haematol. 2025 Aug;12(8):e599-e610. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3026(25)00163-2. Epub 2025 Jul 15.
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