🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-01-21

A Study of Elotuzumab With Pomalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in Relapsed Multiple Myeloma (NCT02718833)

A Phase II Study of Elotuzumab in Combination With Pomalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase2 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

This research study is studying a combination of study drugs as a possible treatment for relapsed and refractory Multiple Myeloma. The interventions involved in this study are elotuzumab, pomalidomide, bortezomib, dexamethasone.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (19 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (20 items).

Location: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center — Boston, Massachusetts

Age range: 18 Years

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Prior therapy with elotuzumab
  • Participants who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 2 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas or mitomycin C) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 2 weeks earlier. Patients may have received dexamethasone within 2 weeks prior to entering study.
  • Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents.
  • Concomitant high dose corticosteroids except patients may be on chronic steroids (maximum dose 10 mg/day prednisone equivalent) if they are being given for disorders other than myeloma, e.g. adrenal insufficiency, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.
  • Pregnant or lactating females
  • Prior history of malignancies, other than MM, unless the patient has been free of the disease for ≥ 3 years. Exceptions include the following:
  • Basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
  • Carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast
  • Incidental histologic finding of prostate cancer (T1a or T1b)
  • Another malignancy undergoing active treatment with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer.

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (6 Sites)

  • Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts
  • Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center — Danvers, Massachusetts
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital — Newton, Massachusetts
  • University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • University of Rochester — Rochester, New York

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

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💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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