Inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria and study summary
This research study is being done to learn more about multiple myeloma (MM). The study will test if the investigational study treatment, called belantamab mafodotin (also referred to as GSK2857916), can help patients who have already received at least one other treatment and whose MM has worsened. This type of MM is called relapsed/refractory MM or RRMM. In this study, belantamab mafodotin will be given in combination with two other drugs that are currently approved to treat MM, pomalidomide and dexamethasone (abbreviated to pom/dex). Adult patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma will be eligible to participate in this study if they meet all of the inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria as listed in the study Protocol. The study will include about 450 study participants and will last for approximately 5 years. The study will include a screening period, study treatment period, and follow-up. During screening participants will be evaluated for study eligibility per protocol as defined in the Inclusion and Exclusion criteria. Following screening, eligible participants will be divided into 2 treatment arms (referred to as Arm A and Arm B). Arm A participants will receive the investigational study treatment, belantamab mafodotin. Arm B participants will receive the comparator study treatment bortezomib plus pom/dex. The effects of the drugs will be compared between the two treatment arms. The study assessments will be performed during Screening, prior to the first dose of Cycle 1, and during each cycle of treatment. Upon completion of study treatment, participants will enter the follow-up phase.