Table 1 Treatment schedule, dose levels and DLTs.

From: Once weekly selinexor, carfilzomib and dexamethasone in carfilzomib non-refractory multiple myeloma patients

Dose levels

Selinexor, days 1, 8, 15 and 22

Dexamethasone, days 1, 8, 15 and 22

Carfilzomib, days 1, 8, and 15

Patients enrolled

Patients DLT evaluable

Patients with DLT

DLTs

1

100 mg PO

40 mg IV or PO

56 mg/m2 IV

3

2a

2b

Selinexor dose reduction due to Grade 3 thrombocytopenia; selinexor dose reduction due to Grade 3 vomiting

−1

80 mg PO

40 mg IV or PO

56 mg/m2 IV

6

6c

0

No DLTs

−1a

80 mg PO

40 mg IV or PO

70 mg/m2 IV

3

3

2c

Grade 4 thrombocytopenia and Grade 3 pneumonia; Grade 4 thrombocytopenia

−1b

60 mg PO

40 mg IV or PO

70 mg/m2 IV

3

ND

ND

ND

n1

100 mg PO—not on Day 22

40 mg IV or PO

56 mg/m2 IV

2

ND

ND

ND

n−1

80 mg PO—not on Day 22

40 mg IV or PO

70 mg/m2 IV

3

ND

ND

ND

  1. PO oral, IV intravenous, DLT dose-limiting toxicities, ND not determined, QW once weekly.
  2. aOne patient was not DLT evaluable because the platelet count was <50 × 109/L on C1D1.
  3. dOne patient had dose reduction of selinexor (due to Grade 3 thrombocytopenia without bleeding) to 80 mg in cycle 1 and then to 60 mg (cycle 2) continuing with treatment through C13; the other had dose reduction of selinexor (due to Grade 3 vomiting) to 80 mg in cycle 1 and of carfilzomib to 37.3 mg/m2 continuing with treatment through C5.
  4. cPatients enrolled after the first six patients were not included in the DLT assessment.
  5. bOne patient had dose reduction of selinexor to 60 and then to 40 mg, and of carfilzomib to 56 mg/m2 continuing with treatment through cycle 16. The other had dose reduction of selinexor to 60, 40 and finally 20 mg and of carfilzomib to 56 mg/m2 by further reductions continuing with treatment through week 3 of C26.