The primary efficacy endpoint in both studies was time to progression (TTP). In total, 353 patients were eva luated in the MM-009 study; 177 in the lenalidomide/dexamethasone group and 176 in the placebo/dexamethasone group and, in total, 351 patients were eva luated in the MM-010 study; 176 in the lenalidomide/dexamethasone group and 175 in the placebo/dexamethasone group.

In both studies, the baseline demographic and disease-related characteristics were comparable between the lenalidomide/dexamethasone and placebo/dexamethasone groups. Both patient populations presented a median age of 63 years, with a comparable male to female ratio. The ECOG performance status was comparable between both groups, as was the number and type of prior therapies.

Pre-planned interim analyses of both studies showed that lenalidomide/dexamethasone was statistically significantly superior (p < 0.00001) to dexamethasone alone for the primary efficacy endpoint, TTP (median follow-up duration of 98.0 weeks). Complete response and overall response rates in the lenalidomide/dexamethasone arm were also significantly higher than the dexamethasone/placebo arm in both studies. Results of these analyses subsequently led to an unblinding in both studies, in order to allow patients in the placebo/dexamethasone group to receive treatment with the lenalidomide/dexamethasone combination.

An extended follow-up efficacy analysis was conducted with a median follow-up of 130.7 weeks. Table 1 summarises the results of the follow-up efficacy analyses – pooled studies MM-009 and MM-010.

In this pooled extended follow-up analysis, the median TTP was 60.1 weeks (95% CI: 44.3, 73.1) in patients treated with lenalidomide/dexamethasone (N = 353) versus 20.1 weeks (95% CI: 17.7, 20.3) in patients treated with placebo/dexamethasone (N = 351). The median progression free survival was 48.1 weeks (95% CI: 36.4, 62.1) in patients treated with lenalidomide/dexamethasone versus 20.0 weeks (95% CI: 16.1, 20.1) in patients treated with placebo/dexamethasone. The median duration of treatment was 44.0 weeks (min: 0.1, max: 254.9) for lenalidomide/dexamethasone and 23.1 weeks (min: 0.3, max: 238.1) for placebo/dexamethasone. Complete response (CR), partial response (PR) and overall response (CR+PR) rates in the lenalidomide/dexamethasone arm remain significantly higher than in the dexamethasone/placebo arm in both studies. The median overall survival in the extended follow-up analysis of the pooled studies is 164.3 weeks (95% CI: 145.1, 192.6) in patients treated with lenalidomide/dexamethasone versus 136.4 weeks (95% CI: 113.1, 161.7) in patients treated with placebo/dexamethasone. Despite the fact that 170 out of the 351 patients randomised to placebo/dexamethasone received lenalidomide after disease progression or after the studies were unblinded, the pooled analysis of overall survival demonstrated a statistically significant survival advantage for lenalidomide/dexamethasone relative to placebo/dexamethasone (hazard ratio = 0.833, 95% CI = [0.687, 1.009], p=0.045).

Table 1: Summary of Results of Efficacy Analyses as of cut-off date for extended follow-up — Pooled Studies MM-009 and MM-010 (cut-offs 23 July 2008 and 2 March 2008, respectively)

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