Tests dose changes for cancer drugs in people with Duffy null blood type
Tests adjusted cancer drug doses in adults with myeloma or breast cancer.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Andrew Hantel, MD
- Where
- Boston and Cincinnati, United StatesSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Dose Modifications for Individuals With Duffy Null Phenotype
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 1
- People taking part
- 90 people, planned
- Started
- 30 Jul 2026
- Expected to end
- 31 Mar 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- Dexamethasone
- Bortezomib
- LENALIDOMIDE
- Daratumumab
- Carboplatin
- Paclitaxel
- Pembrolizumab
- Cyclophosphamide
- Doxorubicin
- Record updated
- 2 November 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with multiple myeloma or stage II or III triple negative breast cancer who have the Duffy null phenotype and are about to start, or just started, a set standard treatment.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Multiple myeloma that needs treatment (Cohort 1), or stage II or III triple negative breast cancer (Cohort 2).
- Earlier treatment
- Treatment is planned or is in the first cycle: Dara-RVd for multiple myeloma, or carboplatin, paclitaxel and pembrolizumab first for breast cancer. People who started Cycle 2 cannot join.
- Biomarker or test result
- Confirmed Duffy null phenotype. An earlier test is fine if a CLIA-approved test was used.
Main reasons for not taking part
- ANC below 500 within 7 days of planned start of Cycle 1 Day 1
- Already started Cycle 2 of therapy
- Breast cancer cohort: already had the pembrolizumab, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide part of treatment
- Taking any other investigational agent
- Another condition or medicine known to affect neutrophil counts or function
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Diagnosis of:; Cohort 1: MM, based on IMWG criteria12, and currently requires treatment; Cohort 2: Stage II or III TNBC, with definition per protocol Section 3.2.1 AND
- Plan for treatment, per their treating physician, or currently receiving their first cycle (see 3.3.3 for definition) of:; Cohort 1: Dara-RVd for MM; Cohort 2: A Keynote 522-based regimen of carboplatin, paclitaxel, and pembrolizumab given as the first phase of neoadjuvant treatment for TNBC.***; Participants are eligible even if the duration of carboplatin and paclitaxel goes beyond 4 cycles, or if the use of pembrolizumab, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide is not planned or is not certain, as long as neoadjuvant treatment starts with carboplatin-paclitaxel-pembrolizumab. This cohort will be referred to as "Keynote 522" for the remainder of the protocol; AND
- Confirmed Duffy null phenotype; Previous testing is acceptable if performed by a CLIA-approved test; AND
- Age >=18 years old
Who cannot take part
- Participants who have started treatment at the time of enrollment cannot have started Cycle 2 of therapy
- Participants in Cohort 2 (TNBC) cannot have received any of the pembrolizumab, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide portion of therapy
- Participants receiving any other investigational agents for any indication
- ANC<500 within 7 days of planned start of Cycle 1 Day 1
- Another known condition or medicine with known impacts on neutrophil counts or neutrophil function
- Inability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Where in United States
- Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBoston, United StatesContact: Andrew Hantel, MDTaking people
- The Christ Hospital Cancer Center-ResearchCincinnati, United StatesContact: Julie Specht, MDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This study is comprised of a main study, an observational study, and optional survey studies. The main study is being done to see whether using Duffy null specific treatment dosing guidelines can reduce or delay dose modifications and avoid neutropenic fever (fever in the setting of low neutrophils) for people with Duffy null phenotype receiving treatment for multiple myeloma or triple negative breast cancer. The observational study is to collect dose modification and neutropenic fever information on patients who do not have the Duffy null phenotype and receive the same standard of care regimens to see if there are differences in dose modifications and neutropenic fever between the two groups. The survey studies seek to understand general health experiences and preferences and experiences specific to people with Duffy null phenotype.
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Study Drugs Include:
* Daratumumab * lenalidomide * bortezomib * dexamethasone * carboplatin * paclitaxel * pembrolizumab * cyclophosphamide * doxorubicin
The 2 groups in the trial
- Arm A: Multiple myeloma (MM)Treatment being tested
Participants with Multiple Myeloma and identified Duffy Null phenotype will receive standard of care (Dara-RVD) per institutional protocol with dosage adjustments per Duffy-Null guidance. Study treatment cycle lasts 28 days * dexamethasone 1X daily on days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 for 6 cycles * lenalidomide 1x daily on days 1-21 for 6 cycles * bortezomib 1x weekly for 2 cycles * daratumumab 1x weekly up to 2 cycles, then every 14 days for 4 more cycles
Treatment: Dexamethasone, Bortezomib, LENALIDOMIDE, and Daratumumab
- Arm B: Triple-Neg Breast CancerTreatment being tested
Participants with Triple Negative Breast Cancer and identified Duffy Null phenotype will receive standard of care (Keynote-522) per institutional protocol with dosage adjustments per Duffy-Null guidance Study treatment cycle lasts 21 days * Pembrolizumab 1x every 21 days on day 1 for cycles 1-4 * Paclitaxel 1x weekly on D1, 8, and 15 for cycles 1-4 * Carboplatin 1x weekly on D1, 8, and 15 for cycles 1-4 * Doxorubicin 1x every 14 days for cycles 5-8 * Cyclophosphamide 1x every 14 days for cycles 5-8 * Pembrolizumab 1x every 21 days on day 1 for cycles 5-8
Treatment: Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, Pembrolizumab, Cyclophosphamide, and Doxorubicin
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Pilot Study of Duffy Null-Specific Dose Modifications for Individuals With Duffy Null Phenotype Receiving Standard of Care Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies
- Plain-language title
- Tests dose changes for cancer drugs in people with Duffy null blood typeGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 2 November 2026