Clinical Trials Center of Middle Tennessee, LLC

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference in best spectacle corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) in patients treated with one of the following two surgeries: (1) cataract surgery with preservation of the diseased endothelial cells ("cataract surgery only experimental intervention, investigational therapy/ arm 1); (2) cataract surgery combined with removal of the diseased endothelial cells and the attached Descemet's membrane followed by transplantation of a healthy endothelial cell layer with attached Descemet's membrane ("triple-DMEK"(""cataract surgery only", control intervention comparator therapy/ arm 2)

EMMA-1 is an open-label, non-randomized, two-stage phase II study. Patients with refractory multiple myeloma stage II or III or relapsed disease after at least one line of treatment will receive Cetuximab+/-Dexamethasone.
The planed treatment duration per patient is 16 weeks. Patients achieving a response or stable disease after 16 weeks of treatment may continue study medication for 6 more months (patients receiving Cetuximab alone) or for 3 more months (patients receiving Cetuximab plus Dexamethasone). Responding patients who relapse during follow-up period of two years may receive a second treatment with Cetuximab following initial study guidelines