Temozolomide During and After Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients Who Have Undergone Previous Surgery and Placement of Gliadel Wafers for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme

Phase II Study of Temozolomide and Radiation in Newly Diagnosed GBM Patients After Resection and Insertion of Gliadel® Wafers

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving temozolomide during and after radiation therapy may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery and placement of Gliadel wafers.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving temozolomide during and after radiation therapy works in treating patients who have undergone previous surgery and placement of Gliadel wafers for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.

Study Overview

• Status: Terminated
• Conditions: Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: temozolomide; Procedure: adjuvant therapy; Procedure: chemotherapy; Procedure: radiation therapy

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

• Determine the efficacy of adjuvant temozolomide when administered during and after external beam radiotherapy, in terms of survival, in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme who have undergone prior total surgical resection and placement of polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant (Gliadel® wafers).

OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.

Patients undergo external beam radiotherapy 5 days a week for 6 weeks and concurrently receive oral temozolomide once daily for 6 weeks. No more than 28 days later, patients receive additional oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment with temozolomide repeats every 28 days for up to 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 2 months for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 72 patients will be accrued for this study within 18 months.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 15
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231-2410
      • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Participation Criteria

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 supratentorial grade IV astrocytoma (glioblastoma multiforme)

• Underwent gross total resection within the past 6 weeks

  • Postoperative contrast-enhancing tumor extends ≤ 1 cm from the margin of the surgical cavity
  • 6-8 polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implants (Gliadel® wafers) were placed in the surgical resection cavity at time of surgery

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

• 18 and over

Performance status

• Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy

• Not specified

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 effective contraception
• No known hypersensitivity reaction to temozolomide
• No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated carcinoma in situ or basal cell skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

• No prior immunotherapy for the brain tumor
• No prior biologic agents (e.g., immunotoxins, immunoconjugates, antisense agents, peptide-receptor agonists, interferons, interleukins, tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy, lymphokine-activated killer cell therapy, or gene therapy) for the brain tumor

Chemotherapy

• See Disease Characteristics
• No other prior chemotherapy for the brain tumor

Endocrine therapy

• No prior hormonal therapy for the brain tumor
• Prior glucocorticoid therapy allowed

Radiotherapy

• No prior radiotherapy for the brain tumor

Surgery

• See Disease Characteristics

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Death

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
• Collaborators: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Stuart A. Grossman, MD, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 15, 2005
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 11, 2007
• Study Completion (Actual): December 11, 2007

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2005
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 12, 2005
• First Posted (Estimate): October 13, 2005

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 27, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 25, 2018
• Last Verified: June 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: adult glioblastoma; adult giant cell glioblastoma; adult gliosarcoma
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nervous System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Astrocytoma; Glioma; Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Glioblastoma; Nervous System Neoplasms; Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Temozolomide
• Other Study ID Numbers: J0498; P30CA006973 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); CDR0000445270; 04-12-16-03 (Other Identifier: JHM IRB)

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No