Clinical Trial: Seeking Previously Untreated Myeloma Patients Ineligible For High-dose Therapy

Cancer Center of Acadiana at Lafayette General Medical Center (Louisiana) seeks men and women 18 and older who have been diagnosed with multiple myeloma to participate in a clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of medications.

The study is a phase III clinical trial. Drugs that pass phase III may be approved for use in the general population. Principal investigator Dr. Sal Malad, an oncologist at the Cancer Center of Acadiana, will evaluate the drug daratumumab as part of the clinical trial. “When patients participate in a clinical trial, they are not only advancing medical technology, they are providing a valuable benefit to future generations. The goal of clinical trials at CCA is to support the patient-centered approach to health care,” hospital officials said in a news release.  For information, contact Lafayette General Medical Center at (337) 289-8658, click here or visit lafayettegeneral.com/clinicaltrials.