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Myeloma clinical trials and research
As of November 12, 2026, Find a Trial lists 21 Myeloma clinical trials that are recruiting, at sites in 8 countries (most in United States (10), Australia (4), France (3)). By phase: Phase 2 (4), Phase 2/3 (4), Phase 1 (4). The most active sponsors are Monash University (4), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (2). There are also 167 NIH-funded research projects on Myeloma, with $94.2 million in listed awards. Every study is explained in plain English. Data from ClinicalTrials.gov and NIH RePORTER, updated November 12, 2026.
- 21Clinical trials
- 167NIH research projects
- 8Countries
Newest Myeloma clinical trials
All recruiting trials (21)
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Genetics of Blood Cancers in the U.S. population
This study tests how genetic factors relate to blood cancers by collecting saliva DNA and online health surveys from at least 10,000 U.S. adults.
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Remote rehabilitation for people receiving CAR-T cell therapy
This project will test a home-based telerehabilitation program using interactive exercise, nutrition, behavioral support, and remote monitoring for people with lymphoma or myeloma who are getting CAR-T therapy.
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Stopping immunoglobulin replacement with or without antibiotics to prevent infections in blood cancer patients
This trial tests if stopping immunoglobulin replacement, with or without daily preventive antibiotics, is safe and keeps infections low in people with myeloma, leukemia, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma who have been on Ig therapy.
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Preventing infections in people with blood cancers using antibiotics or immunoglobulin
This project tests whether giving regular intravenous immunoglobulin or prophylactic antibiotics better prevents infections in people with myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or leukemia who have not yet started immunoglobulin replacement.
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Antibiotics versus immunoglobulin to prevent infections in people with blood cancers
This trial tests whether taking preventive antibiotics instead of regular IV immunoglobulin can prevent infections in people with myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or leukemia.
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Comparing antibiotics and immunoglobulin to prevent infections in blood cancers
This project tests whether immunoglobulin or antibiotic strategies better prevent infections in adults with blood cancers.
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Siltuximab treatment for CRS and ICANS after CAR‑T in multiple myeloma
We will test whether siltuximab helps adults with multiple myeloma who develop CRS or ICANS after receiving CAR‑T therapy.
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Telehealth music therapy for cognitive difficulties in blood cancer survivors
This program will test whether telehealth music therapy can help adults who survived leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma and who are having trouble with memory, attention, or thinking.
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Skin tests to check biotherapy allergies in cancer patients
We are testing skin tests to see if cancer patients treated with biotherapies have allergies or hypersensitivity to those drugs.
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Elranatamab treatment after cilta-cel for high-risk relapsed myeloma patients
This study is testing if Elranatamab can help high-risk myeloma patients who have already had cilta-cel live longer without their disease getting worse.
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Combining Elotuzumab and Iberdomide with Dexamethasone for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma
This study is testing a new combination of Elotuzumab, Iberdomide, and Dexamethasone to see if it helps people with relapsed multiple myeloma who have already tried another treatment.
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Home blood transfusions for people with advanced blood cancers in hospice
The study will test whether offering home blood transfusions to adults with advanced or relapsed blood cancers who are eligible for hospice helps improve quality of life, mood, and end-of-life care.
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Prophylactic use of Tocilizumab to prevent complications after CAR-T therapy
This study is testing if giving Tocilizumab before or during CAR-T therapy can help prevent serious side effects like cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity in patients with B-cell cancers.
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Platform for Rare Blood Disorders in Europe
This study is trying to gather and share information about rare blood disorders across Europe to help researchers understand these conditions better and improve treatment options for patients.
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Impact of Leukemia and Lymphoma Society services on blood cancer patients
This study is testing how the services provided by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society can help people with blood cancers feel better and manage their care over six months.
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Testing a new drug for patients with advanced multiple myeloma
This study is testing a new drug called KTX-1001 to see if it is safe and effective for adults with advanced multiple myeloma who have not responded to other treatments.
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Using Belantamab Mafodotin to treat high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma
This study is testing a new treatment called Belantamab Mafodotin to see if it is safe and effective for people with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma.
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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation to Prevent Complications After Stem Cell Transplantation
This study is testing whether giving a special stool treatment can help prevent complications like Graft-versus-Host Disease in patients receiving stem cell transplants for blood cancers.
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Developing a liquid biopsy protocol for cancer research at Princess Margaret
This study is trying to create a simple way to collect blood samples from cancer patients to see if analyzing certain molecules in their blood can help doctors understand their cancer better and track how it changes over time.
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Imaging study to evaluate leukemia treatment response
This study is testing if a special type of imaging can help doctors see how well treatments are working for people with high-risk acute leukemia or myeloma.
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Registry for patients with lymphoid cancers
This study is collecting information from patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and myeloma to better understand their conditions and improve treatment options.
NIH-funded research (newest 40 of 167)
Early-stage science funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Most of these projects don't enroll patients, but they show what is being worked on.
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Integrative study of multiple myeloma genetics and disease biology
A team at Dana-Farber and partners is pursuing a long-term project to understand the genetic and molecular drivers of multiple myeloma and how treatments interact with disease biology.
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Comparative Modeling to Prevent, Detect Early, and Treat Multiple Myeloma
A research team will build and compare computer models to understand how multiple myeloma develops, can be detected earlier, and treated more effectively.
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How LDL Affects Multiple Myeloma: New Pathways to Keep Remission
A new grant is studying how cholesterol from LDL particles fuels multiple myeloma and how this interaction influences the tumor environment and immune response, with goals to help patients stay in remission.
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Therapy-induced senescence and immune activation in multiple myeloma
A study in people with multiple myeloma will explore how treatment-related senescence in cancer cells may stimulate the immune system and affect cancer return after standard frontline therapy.
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BCMA CAR-T enteritis: understanding immune toxicities in multiple myeloma
A broad study to uncover why some CAR-T cell treatments targeting BCMA cause severe intestinal inflammation in people with multiple myeloma.
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Understanding Drug-Resistant Multiple Myeloma to Stop Relapse
Researchers are studying why some myeloma cells resist treatment and how to create new therapies to prevent relapse.
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Overcoming resistance to CART cell therapy in multiple myeloma
This grant aims to improve CAR T-cell therapy for people with multiple myeloma by tackling why some patients stop responding, using innovative approaches to boost cancer-fighting cells in the bone marrow.
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In vivo CAR-T for myeloma: a new approach to make CAR-T inside patients
A Mayo Clinic Arizona team is testing a one-step therapy that could turn a patient’s own T cells into anti-myeloma CAR-T cells inside the body, aiming to make CAR-T treatment more accessible.
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Mayo Clinic Mayo Myeloma SPORE Renewal 2025
A Mayo Clinic research program is renewing a translational effort to advance personalized approaches for multiple myeloma that could benefit patients at Mayo sites and beyond.
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Engineering Better T Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma
A patient-focused program to improve CAR-T cell therapy for multiple myeloma by making T cells more sensitive and able to target multiple cancer markers.
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Targeting the BiP protein to trigger cancer cell death in multiple myeloma
A physician-scientist in training is studying how a key cellular stress pathway keeps plasma cells alive in multiple myeloma and exploring BiP as a potential therapeutic target.
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CTO1681: reducing dangerous immune reactions in patients getting CAR T-cell therapy
A new oral drug (CTO1681) aims to prevent and lessen cytokine release syndrome in patients with blood cancers treated with CAR T-cell therapy.
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Differences in tumor biology of multiple myeloma across ancestries
This NIH grant studies why multiple myeloma affects people with African ancestry differently by comparing tumor genetics and the tumor environment between patients of African and European ancestry.
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Improving durability of responses after CAR T therapy for myeloma
This grant explores new CAR T cell approaches to keep multiple myeloma patients in remission longer after initial treatment success.
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Bone marrow pH and multiple myeloma progression in veterans
This project looks at how the acidity inside bone marrow affects how multiple myeloma behaves and responds to treatment in veterans.
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In vivo BCMA-CAR T therapy delivered by a single IV treatment for multiple myeloma
A new therapy aims to generate CAR-T cells directly inside the patient’s body to treat multiple myeloma, potentially reducing wait times and procedure costs.
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Detection and isolation of circulating myeloma cells for a minimally invasive blood test
A new blood-based test aims to detect and isolate rare myeloma cells from a simple blood draw to help monitor and guide treatment.
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Enhancing BCMA CAR T cells to achieve lasting responses in multiple myeloma
Aimed at making BCMA CAR T cell therapy work better for people with multiple myeloma by improving how well the engineered cells recognize and attack cancer cells.
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Targeting DNA instability and evolution in myeloma
A research program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute studies how genetic instability drives multiple myeloma to evolve and resist treatment, with a focus on DNA repair pathways.
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Understanding how lncRNAs affect multiple myeloma biology and treatment
This grant studies how long noncoding RNAs influence multiple myeloma behavior and response to therapy using bone marrow models.
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Understanding how cancer drugs affect transcriptional hubs in multiple myeloma
A research team is studying how cancer cells in multiple myeloma regulate gene activity and how drugs interact with those gene-control hubs to possibly improve treatments.
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MRD-guided quadruplet therapy and autologous stem cell transplant in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
This study asks if using a highly targeted blood cancer treatment plan and a stem cell transplant can deepen responses and improve outcomes for people with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
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Integrative Oncogenomics of Multiple Myeloma (MM)
A translational research program at Dana-Farber brings together basic biology, clinical science, and genomic data to better understand and treat multiple myeloma.
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Molecular clues to when multiple myeloma starts in at-risk people
This grant focuses on finding early signs that multiple myeloma begins in people at higher risk, especially older Black individuals, so we might catch the disease before it causes serious problems.
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Molecular clues to predict myeloma risk in Black adults
Researchers are looking for genomic signs that could predict who among Black adults ages 50+ will develop multiple myeloma, aiming to catch the disease early.
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Survivorship in Multiple Myeloma Patients Treated with CAR T-Cell Therapy
This study looks at real-world experiences and well-being of people with multiple myeloma who received CAR T-cell therapy, focusing on their symptoms, mood, and quality of life.
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Immunoprevention for multiple myeloma using preclinical models
Researchers will study early-stage multiple myeloma using mouse models to test safe, low-risk prevention strategies for people at high risk of progression.
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Understanding how CD56 helps multiple myeloma grow and hide from the immune system
A research program to learn why a protein called CD56 helps multiple myeloma progress and avoid immune attack, with the goal of developing new ways to slow or stop the disease.
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Understanding gene-regulating condensates in multiple myeloma
This project looks at how small clumps of gene-regulating molecules affect multiple myeloma cells to point toward new treatment ideas for people with the disease.
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Understanding multiple myeloma genetics and treatment outcomes
This program looks at how genetic and molecular features of multiple myeloma relate to patient outcomes and whether high‑dose therapy helps people who become minimal residual disease (MRD) negative.
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Morning light to improve sleep and reduce inflammation in multiple myeloma patients after stem cell transplant
A multi-site study will test whether exposure to circadian-friendly morning light helps multiple myeloma patients recover after autologous stem cell transplantation by improving sleep and reducing inflammation.
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Understanding how bone marrow fat cells influence multiple myeloma progression
A patient-facing overview of a grant studying how fat cells in the bone marrow interact with multiple myeloma cells and affect disease behavior.
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3D tumor microenvironment platform to test immunotherapies for multiple myeloma
A 3D, lab-grown model of multiple myeloma’s tumor environment is being developed to help test immunotherapies and new drug options.
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AI-powered imaging to predict and monitor multiple myeloma
A patient-friendly project uses artificial intelligence to read whole-body MRI scans and predict how multiple myeloma will behave, helping doctors tailor care.
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Epigenetic clues to MM risk differences in African Americans
This grant looks at how epigenetic changes might explain why African American people have higher rates of multiple myeloma than European Americans, with a focus on 5hmC marks in tumor cells.
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In Vivo Engineering of BCMA CAR T Cells for Multiple Myeloma
A new NIH grant aims to develop lipid nanoparticle systems that deliver BCMA CAR instructions directly to patients’ immune cells to treat multiple myeloma.
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BCMA CAR-T therapy with opaganib for ultrahigh risk multiple myeloma
A first-in-human-style treatment using a patient’s own CAR-T cells plus a targeted drug to help people with very high-risk multiple myeloma live longer and better.
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Movement is medicine in multiple myeloma: exercise-boosted immune and metabolic signals linked to treatment response
A study will look at how exercise changes immune and metabolic markers in the bone marrow of people with multiple myeloma to see if these changes predict how well treatment works.
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New targets on myeloma cells to drive smarter immunotherapies
Researchers are seeking new cell surface targets on myeloma cells to develop better immunotherapies for people with multiple myeloma who have exhausted other treatments.
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Osteocytes and bone disease in Multiple Myeloma: targeting local FGF23 to slow cancer and improve bone health
This grant explores whether blocking a bone-cell signal (FGF23) produced by osteocytes can slow multiple myeloma growth and reduce bone damage.
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Quick answers
How many Myeloma clinical trials are recruiting right now?
21, as of November 12, 2026. We update this list each time we refresh our data from ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where are these trials running?
In 8 countries. The most sites are in United States (10 trials), Australia (4 trials), France (3 trials), Spain (2 trials), Canada (2 trials). Each study page lists its sites and which ones are recruiting.
What phases are they in?
Phase 2: 4, Phase 2/3: 4, Phase 1: 4. Trials with no phase listed are usually device, behavioural or observational studies.
How do I join one?
Open a study, check the "Is this trial a fit for you?" section, then contact the study team listed on the page. They will ask a few screening questions. Asking is free and does not commit you to anything. Talk it over with your doctor first.
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