Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: An Open-Label Randomized Study of Subcutaneous and Intravenous VELCADE in Subjects With Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma
Brief Summary: Randomized, open-label, international, multi-center, Phase 3 study in which patients are randomized to receive VELCADE administered by subcutaneous injection or intravenous infusion.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Newly diagnosed symptomatic multiple myeloma (MM) patient
* Aged under 65
* Candidate for ASCT, with measurable levels of paraprotein in the serum (³ 10 g/L) or the urine (³ 200 mg/day)
* Using effective contraceptive methods (for fertile men, women of childbearing potential)
* Provision of informed consent
* No evidence of active infection

Exclusion Criteria:

* Asymptomatic MM
* Non-secretory MM
* Aged 66 years or over
* ECOG performance status over 2 (see Appendix 2)
* Proven amyloidosis
* A personal medical history of cancer (except for basocellular skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer)
* Positive HIV serology
* A personal medical history of severe psychiatric disease
* Severe diabetes contraindicating the use of high-dose dexamethasone
* NCI grade ³ 2 peripheral neuropathy
* Serum clinical chemistry:

  * creatinine level \> 300 µmol/L or requiring dialysis
  * bilirubin, transaminases or GamaGT \> 3 the upper normal limit (UNL)
* Prior or current systemic therapy for MM, including steroids (except for emergency use of a 4-day block of dexamethasone between the screening phase and randomization)
* Radiation therapy in the 2 weeks preceding randomization
* A personal medical history of allergic reactions to compounds containing boron or mannitol
* Non-controlled or severe cardiovascular disease (including a myocardial infarction in the 6 months prior to recruitment) or NYHA class III or IV renal failure
* Use of any investigational drug in the 30 days preceding randomization
* Pregnant or lactating women; a serum Beta-hCG pregnancy test must be performed during the screening phase for female patients of childbearing potential
* Severe pulmonary troubles (including acute infiltrative pneumopathy)
B: Inclusion Criteria:

Subjects must satisfy the following criteria to be enrolled in the study:

* Male or female
* Not a candidate for HDT/SCT due to: age - subject is 65 years or older or in subjects less than 65 years of age - presence of important comorbid condition(s) likely to have a negative impact on tolerability of HDT/SCT.
* Symptomatic multiple myeloma or asymptomatic multiple myeloma with related organ or tissue damage. Asymptomatic multiple myeloma-related organ or tissue damage can include presence of asymptomatic lytic bone lesion or plasmacytoma, or presence of anemia, renal function impairment, or hypercalcemia, as long as the criteria for pre-treatment clinical laboratory values indicated below are met.
* Presence of measurable disease, defined as:

  * For secretory multiple myeloma, measurable disease is defined as any quantifiable serum monoclonal protein value.
  * For oligosecretory or nonsecretory multiple myeloma, measurable disease is defined by the presence of measurable soft tissue or organ (not bone) plasmacytomas as determined by clinical examination or applicable radiographs.
* Karnofsky performance status score of equal or greater then 60%.
* Willing and able to complete the PRO instruments
* Agrees to use an acceptable barrier method for contraception for the duration of the study (for male subjects); If female subjects are still having menstrual periods and are not surgically sterile, they must be practicing an effective method of birth control before entry, and throughout the study, and have a negative serum B-HCG pregnancy test at screening.
* Have pretreatment clinical laboratory values meeting the criteria as described in the protocol within 14 days before randomization.
* Subjects (or their legally acceptable representatives) must have signed an informed consent document indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study and are willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

Potential subjects who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from participating in the study:

* Diagnosis of smoldering multiple myeloma or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS, hypercalcemia, and renal insufficiency related to the monoclonal protein; and (if determined) proportion of plasma cells in the bone marrow of 10% or less.
* Diagnosis of Waldenström's disease or other conditions in which IgM M protein is present in the absence of a clonal plasma cell infiltration with lytic bone lesions
* Prior or current systemic therapy for multiple myeloma including steroids (with the exception of emergency use of a short course \[maximum of 4 days\] of steroids before randomization or of prior or current use of bisphosphonates)
* Radiation therapy within 30 days before randomization
* Plasmapheresis within 30 days before randomization
* Major surgery within 30 days before randomization (kyphoplasty is not considered major surgery)
* History of allergic reaction attributable to compounds containing boron or mannitol
* Peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain Grade 2 or higher.
* Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction, within 6 months of enrollment, uncontrolled angina, clinically significant pericardial disease, or cardiac amyloidosis
* Other malignancy within the past 5 years. Exceptions if treated and not active include the following: basal cell or nonmetastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, cervical carcinoma in situ or International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Stage 1 carcinoma of the cervix
* Concurrent medical condition or disease (e.g., active systemic infection, uncontrolled diabetes) that is likely to interfere with study procedures or results, or that, in the opinion of the investigator would constitute a hazard for participating in this study
* Use of any investigational drugs within 30 days before randomization
* Employees of the investigator or study center, with direct involvement in the proposed study or other studies under the direction of that investigator or study center, or family members of the employees or the investigator.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Voluntary written informed consent
* Male or female subject 18 years of age or older
* A Karnofsky Performance Status score of ≥50% (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status score ≤2)
* Subjects must have symptomatic myeloma or asymptomatic myeloma with myeloma-related organ damage
* Diagnosed Multiple myeloma
* Subjects must have measurable disease requiring systemic therapy
* Subjects must not have been treated previously with any systemic therapy for multiple myeloma
* Two weeks must have elapsed since the date of the last radiotherapy treatment
* Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum or urine pregnancy test with a sensitivity of at least 50 mIU/mL within 10 to 14 days prior to therapy and repeated within 24 hours before starting study drug. They must commit to continued abstinence from heterosexual intercourse or begin 2 acceptable methods of birth control (1 highly effective method and 1 additional effective method) used at the same time, beginning at least 4 weeks before initiation of Revlimid treatment. Women must also agree to ongoing pregnancy testing
* Men must agree to not father a child and agree to use a latex condom during therapy and for 4 weeks after the last dose of study drug, even if they have had a successful vasectomy, if their partner is of childbearing potential
* All subjects must agree to comply with the requirements of the RevAssistSM program

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of allergy to any of the study medications, their analogues, or excipients in the various formulations
* ≥Grade 2 peripheral neuropathy on clinical examination
* Myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrollment or New York Heart Association Class III or IV heart failure, uncontrolled angina, severe uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmias, or electrocardiographic evidence of acute ischemia or clinically significant conduction system abnormalities.
* Female subject who is pregnant or breast-feeding
* Clinically relevant active infection or serious comorbid medical conditions
* Any condition, including laboratory abnormalities, that in the opinion of the Investigator places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study. This includes but is not limited to serious medical or psychiatric illness likely to interfere with participation in this clinical study
* Active prior malignancy diagnosed or treated within the last 3 years
D: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female subjects 18 years or older
2. Diagnosis of multiple myeloma
3. Measurable, secretory multiple myeloma defined as serum monoclonal IgG of ≥10 g/L, serum monoclonal IgA or IgE ≥5 g/L, or serum monoclonal IgD ≥0.5g/L; or urine M-protein of ≥200 mg/24 hr
4. Relapse or progression of myeloma following prior systemic antineoplastic therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous treatment with VELCADE
2. More than 3 previous lines of therapy (separate lines of therapy are defined as single or combination therapies that are either separated by disease progression or by a greater than 6 month treatment-free interval)
3. Peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain of NCI CTCAE Grade ≥2
4. Any of the following within 3 weeks prior to randomization:

   antineoplastic or experimental therapy, corticosteroid use above 10mg a day (prednisone or equivalent), or plasmapheresis
5. Any of the following within 2 weeks prior to randomization:

   radiation therapy, major surgery (kyphoplasty is not considered major surgery)
6. Prior malignancy other than multiple myeloma diagnosed or treated within the last 2 years, with the exception of completely resected carcinoma in situ or basal/squamous carcinoma of the skin

Answer: D