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Clinical Trial ● Currently Recruiting NCT04234022

Zn-DDC to Target Hypoxia-NFkappaB-CSCs Pathway in Multiple Myeloma

Zn-DDC to Target Hypoxia-NFkappaB-CSCs Pathway in Multiple Myeloma — Recruiting • Oncology • NCT04234022.

📅 09 Apr 2026 ⏱ 2 min read
Currently Recruiting
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Status
Currently Recruiting
NCT ID
NCT04234022
Start
2021-10-22
Completion
2027-12
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  • Zn-DDC to Target Hypoxia-NFkappaB-CSCs Pathway in Multiple Myeloma — Recruiting • Oncology • NCT04234022.
  • One-sentence summary:.
  • Researchers are testing whether Imuthiol, a cheap drug toxic to cancer stem cells, could be effective alone or combined with existing myeloma drugs.

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What This Trial Is Studying

The outlook for patients with haematological malignancies remains challenging. It has been shown in some early cancer studies that a particular drug called Zn-DDC otherwise known as Imuthiol is highly toxic to cancer stem cells. Imuthiol has been intravenously used in clinical trials with an excellent safety record. Recent novel therapy and immunotherapy in haematological malignancies have improved outcome and survival but come with an increasing cost burden. Imuthiol could be an ideal affordable drug to study on it's own as well as in combination with other drugs in myeloma…

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