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Belantamab Mafodotin, Cyclophosphamide, and Dexamethasone for the Treatment of Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Trial Status: administratively complete

This phase I/II trial tests whether belantamab mafodotin, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone works to shrink tumors in patients with multiple myeloma that has come back (relapsed) or does not response to treatment (refractory). Belantamab mafodotin is a monoclonal antibody, called belantamab, linked to a chemotherapy drug, called mafodotin. Belantamab is a form of targeted therapy because it attaches to specific molecules (receptors) on the surface of cancer cells, known as BCMA receptors, and delivers mafodotin to kill them. Chemotherapy drugs, such as cyclophosphamide, work in different ways to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Dexamethasone is a steroid and it is useful in myeloma treatment because it can stop white blood cells from traveling to areas where cancerous myeloma cells are causing damage. This decreases the amount of swelling or inflammation in those areas and relieves associated pain and pressure. Giving belantamab mafodotin with cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone may kill more cancer cells in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.