Thalidomide and Procarbazine in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Malignant Glioma

September 7, 2021 updated by: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

A Phase II Trial Of Thalidomide And Procarbazine In Adults With Recurrent/Progressive Gliomas

RATIONALE: Thalidomide may stop the growth of malignant glioma by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as procarbazine, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining thalidomide with procarbazine may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving thalidomide together with procarbazine works in treating patients with recurrent or progressive malignant glioma.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • Determine the response rate in patients with recurrent or progressive malignant glioma treated with thalidomide and procarbazine.

Secondary

  • Determine the progression-free survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.
  • Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients receive oral procarbazine once daily on days 1-5 and oral thalidomide once daily on days 1-28. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then before every odd course.

Patients are followed every 2 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 23-55 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

18

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
    • Illinois
      • Decatur, Illinois, United States, 62526
        • CCOP - Central Illinois
    • North Carolina
      • Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, 27534-9479
        • CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
      • Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157-1096
        • Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center
    • South Carolina
      • Greenville, South Carolina, United States, 29615
        • CCOP - Greenville
      • Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, 29303
        • CCOP - Upstate Carolina

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 to 120 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed malignant glioma

    • Anaplastic astrocytoma
    • Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
    • Glioblastoma multiforme
    • Anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma
  • Progressive or recurrent disease* after radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy NOTE: *Patients with prior low-grade glioma who progressed after therapy and are found to have high-grade glioma are eligible
  • Measurable disease by MRI or CT scan

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

  • 18 and over

Performance status

  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

  • More than 2 months

Hematopoietic

  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic

  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Transaminases ≤ 4 times upper limit of normal

Renal

  • Creatinine ≤ 1.7 mg/dL

Other

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use 1 highly active method and 1 additional effective method of contraception for 1 month before, during, and for 4 weeks after study treatment
  • No concurrent serious infection
  • No other concurrent medical illness that would preclude study treatment
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated carcinoma in situ of the cervix or basal cell skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior thalidomide
  • No concurrent prophylactic filgrastim (G-CSF)

Chemotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 3 weeks since prior chemotherapy (6 weeks for nitrosoureas)
  • No prior procarbazine
  • No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens for malignant glioma

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • At least 3 months since prior radiotherapy

Other

  • Recovered from prior therapy
  • More than 7 days since prior antidepressants (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and/or monamine oxidase inhibitors)
  • No concurrent antidepressants
  • No other concurrent investigational agents

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
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Response rate by CT scan and MRI at baseline, pre-odd cycles, and study completion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Progression-free survival by CT scan, MRI, and follow up form at baseline, pre-odd cycles, and study completion
Overall survival by follow-up form at study completion
Quality of life by FACT-Br, FACIT-F and Karnofsky performance status (PS) at baseline, pre-odd cycles, and study completion
Toxicity by evaluation form at baseline, pre-odd cycles, and study completion

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Edward G. Shaw, MD, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
  • Principal Investigator: Glenn J. Lesser, MD, Wake Forest University Health Sciences
  • Principal Investigator: Volker W. Stieber, MD, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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 (Actual)

January 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 21, 2006

Study Completion (Actual)

March 21, 2006

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 8, 2004

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 8, 2004

First Posted (Estimate)

March 9, 2004

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 9, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 7, 2021

Last Verified

September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REBACDR0000354204
  • CCCWFU-91202
  • NCI-6358

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