SVN53-67/M57-KLH Peptide Vaccine in Treating Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Receiving Lenalidomide Maintenance Therapy

Inclusion Criteria

• Able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements
• Patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who have at least a partial response after induction therapy based on the International Working Group (IWG) Uniform Response Criteria
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =< 2 at study entry
• Must be free of systemic infection; subjects with active infections (whether or not they require antibiotic therapy) may be eligible after complete resolution of the infection; subjects on antibiotic therapy must be off antibiotics for at least 7 days before beginning treatment
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 750/mm^3
• Platelet count >= 30,000/mm^3
• Creatinine clearance >= 30 mL/minutes
• Total bilirubin =< 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 x ULN
• All study participants must be registered into the mandatory Revlimid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), and be willing and able to comply with the requirements of the Revlimid REMS
• Females of reproductive potential must adhere to the scheduled pregnancy testing as required in the Revlimid REMS program
• Able to take aspirin (81 or 325 mg) daily for prophylactic anticoagulation (patients intolerant to acetylsalicylic acid, ASA, may use warfarin or low molecular weight heparin or other anticoagulants deemed appropriate by the principal investigator [PI])
• Disease free of prior malignancies for > 2 years with exception of currently treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma “in situ” of the cervix or breast
• Participant must understand the investigational nature of this study and sign an Independent Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board approved written informed consent form prior to receiving any study related procedure

Exclusion Criteria

• Any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form
• Pregnant or breast feeding females; (lactating females must agree not to breast feed while taking lenalidomide)
• Any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study, as determined by the principal investigator
• Chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, radiosurgery, interferon (e.g. Intron-A), allergy desensitization injections, growth factors (e.g. Procrit, Aranesp, Neulasta), interleukins (e.g. Proleukin) or any investigational therapeutic medication within 4 weeks of study entry. NOTE: Growth factor use within this time period may be allowed per prescriber discretion
• Known hypersensitivity to thalidomide, lenalidomide, Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH), or granulocyte colony-macrophage stimulating factor (GM-CSF)
• The development of erythema nodosum if characterized by a desquamating rash while taking thalidomide or similar drugs
• Known seropositive for or active viral infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV); patients who are seropositive because of hepatitis B virus vaccine are eligible
• Any prior autoimmune disorders requiring cytotoxic or immunosuppressive therapy or autoimmune disorders with visceral involvement
• Patients with a known diagnosis of plasma cell leukemia
• Systemic corticosteroid therapy > 2 mg of dexamethasone or equivalent per day at study entry
• Patients had prior autologous or allogeneic stem cell transplant; prior stem cell collection is allowed
• Life expectancy less than 4 months
• SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Cognitively impaired adults/adults with impaired decision-making capacity
• SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
• SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Prisoners
• SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Pregnant women