NovoTTF-200A and Temozolomide Chemoradiation for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

November 14, 2024 updated by: Hackensack Meridian Health

Pilot Study of Concomitant NovoTTF-200A and Temozolomide Chemoradiation for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

This study is a prospective single arm trial designed to study the safety, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a medical device, NovoTTF-200A used concomitantly with standard adjuvant treatment for newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

A prospective, single arm, non-randomized, open label pilot trial will enroll ten patients with histologically-confirmed newly diagnosed GBM who meet all eligibility criteria. Patients will be recruited to the study by the principal investigator (PI) or one of the co-investigators (CI) at one institution, Hackensack University Medical Center. Accrual is expected to continue for 18 months.

The protocol has a planned enrollment of 10 patients. Should patients discontinue treatment on protocol for reasons unrelated to toxicity (e.g. lost to follow-up, withdrawal of consent), additional patient (s) may be enrolled to complete enrollment.

Following maximal debulking surgery, patients will undergo a gadolinium enhanced brain MRI within 72 hours and a screening visit 2 to 4 weeks following surgery. Extent of resection will be recorded as biopsy, partial resection or gross-total resection based upon residual enhancing tumor on post-operative MRI.The day prior to XRT start, patients will have a clinic visit for training and application of the NovoTTF-200A device. During this visit, the patient will be educated regarding general use and maintenance of the device, with a particular focus upon strategies to prevent, identify and manage dermatologic adverse events (dAE). Temozolomide will be dosed nightly during XRT as per standard of care, and NovoTTF-200A will be worn continuously, removed during XRT and replaced as soon as possible thereafter.

During XRT and for 12 weeks to follow, the patient will have study visits at regular intervals (TAB A) for a physical examination and to assess toxicity and device compliance. Visits outlined in TAB A are in addition to weekly visits during radiotherapy with the treating radiation oncologist. MRI will be obtained at 4 weeks (+/-7 days) and 12 weeks (+/-7 days) following completion of XRT, and maintenance temozolomide will recommence in 5/28 day cycles as per standard of care. Objective response will be assessed as defined by the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) criteria (TAB C) by the treating physician and confirmed by a second investigator.

In the case of suspected pseudoprogression, continued treatment and subsequent evaluations will help clarify whether it is true progression. Patients may continue treatment at the discretion of the investigator. If subsequent evaluations suggest that the tumor has in fact progressed, the date of progression will reflex to the date when the issue was first raised. However, if subsequent evaluations demonstrate improvement without change in therapy, the initial tumor increase may be considered pseudoprogression and response may be recorded as not evaluable for that time point. In the case of clinical progression, an unscheduled MRI will be obtained within 1 week of the investigator becoming aware of the clinical progression. No additional MRIs will be required after progression.

Temozolomide and NovoTTF-200A will continue until the final study visit, or until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Thereafter, temozolomide, MRI and response assessments will continue as per standard of care. Following the final study visit, the patient will be followed at a minimum of every two months for survival, either by phone or in person. If the patient is free of unacceptable toxicity attributable to NovoTTF-200A, they will be offered the opportunity to continue the device at no financial cost, but without obligation to do so.

Unacceptable toxicity includes the occurrence of device related serious adverse events or clinical and functional deterioration considered by the investigator to be prohibitive of continuing treatment. Treatment with the NovoTTF-200A device does not need to be terminated in the case of temozolomide toxicity.

The primary endpoint will be safety and tolerability of combined modality treatment with radiotherapy, temozolomide and NovoTTF-200A, based upon the incidence and severity of adverse events. Secondary endpoints will be overall survival, progression free survival and quality of life.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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12

Phase

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  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • New Jersey
      • Hackensack, New Jersey, United States, 07601
        • John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Histologically confirmed GBM using WHO criteria.
  2. Age ≥ 18 years
  3. Maximal debulking surgery (at the discretion of the investigator). Biopsy alone is not exclusionary.
  4. KPS ≥ 70
  5. Life expectancy of at least 3 months.
  6. Sexually active participants must agree to the strict use of barrier contraception.
  7. Patients must be able to understand the investigational nature of the study and provide informed consent.

  8. Adequate hematologic function:

    1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L
    2. Platelet count ) ≥ 100 x 109/L
    3. Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g /dL

  9. Adequate liver function

    1. Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN
    2. AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 x ULN

  10. Adequate renal function

    a. Creatinine ≤ 1.25 x ULN

  11. International normalized ratio (INR) or PT and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT): 1.5 x ULN (except for subjects receiving anticoagulation therapy). Use of anticoagulants is permitted as long as the INR or aPTT are within therapeutic limits (according to the medical standard of the institution).

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Active participation in another clinical treatment trial. Concomitant protocols for data or tissue collection without intervention are permitted.
  2. Any prior treatment for GBM aside from surgery, including carmustine wafers.
  3. Women who are pregnant or nursing.

  4. Severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or laboratory abnormality that could increase the risk associated with trial participation, NovoTTF-200A device use or interfere with interpretation of trial results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into the trial. This includes but not limited to:

    1. Patients with inadequately healed surgical incisions or other dermatologic scalp toxicity at baseline (grade 2 or higher, as defined in Section VIII) upon which transducer leads may require placement.
    2. Known HIV or other immunosuppressive disease, chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C
    3. Dementia or significantly altered mental status that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent and compliance with the requirements of the protocol.
  5. Implanted pacemaker, programmable shunt, cardiac defibrillator, deep brain stimulator, other implanted electronic devices in the brain or documented clinically significant arrhythmias.
  6. Infratentorial glioblastoma.
  7. Past hypersensitivity reaction to temozolomide or DTIC.
  8. Psychiatric illness that compromises the informed consent process, at the discretion of the investigator.
  9. Inability or unwillingness to return for required visits.
  10. Previous cytotoxic therapy within the last 5 years.
  11. Inability to begin temozolomide concomitant to radiation therapy, for reasons 4 or 7 above.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: NovoTTF-200A + Temozolomide Chemoradiation
NovoTTF-200A, concomitant with radiotherapy and temozolomide, as front-line therapy for glioblastoma
Device: NovoTTF-200A
  • Begins the day prior to radiotherapy start and continues until the end of temozolomide maintenance cycle #2 or until evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
  • Arrays are removed immediately prior to radiotherapy and replaced immediately thereafter.
Other Names:
  • Optune
Drug: Temozolomide

Concomitant phase:

  • 75 mg/m2 per day for 42 days concomitant with radiotherapy.
  • Begins 1 day prior to XRT start.

Maintenance phase:

  • Begins 4 weeks after concomitant phase completion (+/- 1 week).
  • Each cycle is 28 days (5 days of drug treatment followed by 23 days without).
  • Cycle 1: 150 mg/m2 once daily for the first 5 days of each treatment cycle.
  • Subsequent cycles: daily dose increased to 200 mg/m2, if the CTC non-hematologic toxicity for Cycle 1 is Grade ≤ 2 (except for alopecia, nausea and vomiting), absolute neutrophil count (ANC) is ≥ 1.5 x 109/L, and the platelet count is ≥ 100 x 109/L. The dose remains at 200 mg/m2 per day for the first 5 days of each subsequent cycle except if toxicity occurs.
Radiation: 3D conformal or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)
Radiotherapy will commence 4 weeks after the definitive surgical procedure (+/- 1 week), to a total dose of 54.0 - 60.0 Gy, delivered in 1.8 - 2.0 Gy fractions over 6 - 7 weeks. XRT target volumes will be determined utilizing all available imaging studies that best delineate extent of disease. Fusion image registration for treatment planning will be utilized as possible. Either 3D conformal or intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) will be utilized.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Safety and Tolerability]
Time Frame: 24 months
Safety and tolerability of combined modality treatment with radiotherapy, temozolomide and NovoTTF-200A based upon the incidence and severity of adverse events.
24 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall survival time
Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months
Assessed from NovoTTF-200A start date to date of death of any cause. Patients will be censored at the time that they are last known to be alive (if withdrawn or lost to follow-up).
From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 120 months
Progression free survival at 6 months
Time Frame: From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months
Assessed from NovoTTF-200A start date to the date of the first observation of clinical or radiographic disease progression or death due to any cause. Patients will be censored at the time they are last known to be alive and progression free (if withdrawn or lost to follow-up).
From date of randomization until the date of first documented progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 6 months
Quality of life assessed using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30)
Time Frame: 24 months
Change from baseline at each measure will be calculated for each subscale domain and symptom scale in the questionnaire. The QLQ-C30 incorporates five functional scales (physical, role, cognitive, emotional, and social), three symptom scales (fatigue, pain, and nausea and vomiting), a global health status / QoL scale, and a number of single items assessing additional symptoms commonly reported by cancer patients (dyspnea, loss of appetite, insomnia, constipation and diarrhea) and perceived financial impact of the disease. The response scale to each question ranges from 1 (Not at All) to 4 (Very Much). For each subscale domain and symptom scale, the change from baseline will summarized as mean (SD) or median (interquartile range), as appropriate.
24 months
Quality of life assessed using a European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Brain Cancer questionnaire (BN20)
Time Frame: 24 months
Change from baseline at each measure will be calculated for each subscale domain and symptom scale in the questionnaire. The questionnaire includes 20 items assessing future uncertainty, visual disorder, motor dysfunction, communication deficit and other disease symptoms (e.g. headaches and seizures) and treatment toxicities (e.g. hair loss). The response scale to each question ranges from 1 (Not at All) to 4 (Very Much). For each subscale domain and symptom scale, the change from baseline will summarized as mean (SD) or median (interquartile range), as appropriate.
24 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Hackensack Meridian Health

Collaborators

Collaborators

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NovoCure Ltd.

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Samuel Goldlust, MD, Hackensack Meridian Health

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

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July 26, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

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December 7, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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December 7, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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July 17, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 26, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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July 28, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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November 18, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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November 14, 2024

Last Verified

Last Verified

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November 1, 2024

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  • Pro2017-0087

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

Yes

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