Carmustine in Treating Adults With Recurrent Supratentorial Low-Grade Glioma

June 19, 2013 updated by: Duke University

Phase II Treatment of Adults With Recurrent Supratentorial Low Grade Glioma With Gliadel Wafers

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of carmustine in treating adults with recurrent supratentorial low-grade glioma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the antitumor activity of Gliadel wafers (carmustine) in the treatment of recurrent supratentorial low grade glioma.
  • Assess the toxicity of this therapy in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients are stratified by disease (fibrillary astrocytoma vs oligodendroglioma or mixed glioma).

Patients receive up to 8 Gliadel wafers (containing carmustine) implanted in the resected tumor cavity.

Patients are followed every 2 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: This study will accrue a maximum of 68 patients within 18-24 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

68

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • North Carolina
      • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
        • Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed recurrent primary low grade glioma including:

    • Fibrillary astrocytoma
    • Oligodendroglioma
    • Mixed glioma
  • Evidence of measurable enhancing or non-enhancing CNS neoplasm on MRI

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Hematocrit greater than 29%
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 125,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • SGOT less than 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin less than 1.5 times ULN

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dL
  • BUN less than 25 mg/dL

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior chemotherapy unless disease progression

Endocrine therapy:

  • Concurrent corticosteroids allowed (must be on stable dose for 1 week prior to study)
  • No concurrent immunosuppressive agents

Radiotherapy:

  • At least 4 weeks since prior radiotherapy unless disease progression

Surgery:

  • Not specified

Other:

  • No other concurrent medication that may interfere with study

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Duke University

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Henry S. Friedman, MD, Duke University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 1998

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2004

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 1999

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 26, 2003

First Posted (Estimate)

January 27, 2003

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 20, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 19, 2013

Last Verified

October 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1706
  • DUMC-1706-02-9R5
  • DUMC-1706-01-9R4
  • DUMC-000693-00-4
  • DUMC-1509-97-10
  • DUMC-1568-98-10R1
  • DUMC-1706-00-9R3
  • DUMC-97131
  • NCI-G98-1470
  • CDR0000066503 (Other Identifier: NCI)

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