Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral Infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab With Temozolomide and Radiation Compared to Temozolomide and Radiation Alone in Newly Diagnosed GBM

A Phase III Randomized Trial of Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral Infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (Avastin) With Temozolomide and Radiation Compared to Temozolomide and Radiation Alone in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma (GBM)

Primary brain cancer kills up to 10,000 Americans a year. These brain tumors are typically treated by surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, either individually or in combination. Present therapies are inadequate, as evidenced by the low 5-year survival rate for brain cancer patients, with median survival at approximately 12 months. Glioma is the most common form of primary brain cancer, afflicting approximately 7,000 patients in the United States each year. These highly malignant cancers remain a significant unmet clinical need in oncology.

The investigators have completed a Phase I clinical trial that has shown that Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral Infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (BV) is safe up to a dose of 15mg/kg in patients with recurrent malignant glioma. Additionally, the investigators have shown in a recently completed Phase I/II clinical trial, that SIACI BV improves the median progression free survival (PFS) from 4-6 months to 11.5 months and overall survival (OS) from 12-15 months to 23 months in patients with newly diagnosed GBM. Therefore, this two-arm, randomized trial (2:1) is a follow up study to these trials and will ask simple questions: Will this repeated SIACI treatment regimen increase progression free survival (PFS-primary endpoint) and overall survival (OS-secondary endpoint) when compared with standard of care in patients with newly diagnosed GBM? Exploratory endpoints will include adverse events and safety analysis as well as quality of life (QOL) assessments. The investigators expect that this project will provide important information regarding the utility of repeated SIACI BV therapy for newly diagnosed GBM and may alter the way these drugs are delivered to our patients in the near future.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Glioblastoma; Brain Cancer; Glioblastoma Multiforme; GBM; Glioma, Malignant; Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype; Glioblastoma Multiforme, Adult
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (Avastin) with Temozolomide and Radiation; Drug: Temozolomide and Radiation Alone

Detailed Description

Those randomized to the treatment group (IA BV+TMZ/RT )the experimental aspects will include:

1. Subjects will first be treated with Mannitol prior to IA BV infusion. Mannitol is delivered IA, 12.5 mL over 2 minutes in order to disrupt the blood brain barrier. IA mannitol has been used in several thousand patients in previous studies for the IA delivery of chemotherapy for malignant glioma.
2. Subjects will then be treated with repeated IA BV. Each patient will receive one dose of IA BV on day 30, followed by chemoradiation. IA BV will be repeated every three months for a total of 3 infusions.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 432
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Tamika Wong, MPH; Phone Number: 212-434-4836; Email: twong4@northwell.edu
• Study Contact Backup: Name: John Boockvar, MD; Phone Number: 212-434-3900; Email: jboockvar@northwell.edu

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10075
      • Recruiting
      • Lenox Hill Brain Tumor Center
      • Contact: Tamika Wong, MPH; Phone Number: 212-434-4836; Email: twong4@northwell.edu
      • Contact: John Boockvar, MD; Phone Number: 212-434-3900; Email: jboockvar@northwell.edu
      • Sub-Investigator: David Langer, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Tamika Wong, MPH
      • Sub-Investigator: Rafael Ortiz, MD
      • Sub-Investigator: Olivia Albers, NP
      • Sub-Investigator: Amy McKewon, NP
      • Principal Investigator: John Boockvar, MD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject is a male or female 18 years of age or older.
2. Subject has a confirmed diagnosis of GBM according to the 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the CNS. Accordingly, eligible GBM patients will comprise only IDH-wild type astrocytomas with microvascular proliferation or necrosis or one or more of 3 genetic parameters (TERT promoter mutations, EGFR gene amplification, or combined gain of entire chromosome 7 and loss of entire chromosome 10).
3. Subject has a Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) 70% or greater.
4. Subject has a life expectancy of at least 6 months, in the opinion of the Investigator.
5. Subject must be able to undergo MRI evaluation.

6. Subject meets the following laboratory criteria:

   i. White blood count ≥ 3,000/μL ii. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/μL iii. Platelets ≥ 100,000/μL iv. Hemoglobin > 10.0 g/dL (transfusion and/or ESA allowed) v. Total bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) vi. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 3 x ULN vii. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine < 1.5 x ULN

7. Females of reproductive potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and be willing to use an acceptable method of birth control.
8. Males of reproductive potential must be willing to use an acceptable method of birth control to ensure effective contraception with partner.
9. Able to understand and willing to sign an institutional review board (IRB)-approved written informed consent document (legally authorized representative permitted).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject has initiated chemotherapy or radiation treatment for diagnosis of or GBM.
2. Subject has an IDH mutant astrocytoma or other non GBM brain tumor according to the 2021 WHO classification of Tumors of the CNS.
3. Subject intends to participate in another clinical trial
4. Subject has an active infection requiring treatment.
5. Subject has radiographic evidence of multi-focal disease or leptomeningeal dissemination.
6. Subject has a history of other malignancy unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 5 years. Adequately treated basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell skin cancer is acceptable regardless of time, as well as localized prostate carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ after curative treatment
7. Subject has a known positive test for human immunodeficiency virus infection, or active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection.
8. Subject has a history or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease that would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion.
9. Subject, if female, is pregnant or is breast feeding.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: SIACI of Bevacizumab (Avastin) with Temozolomide and Radiation; Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (Avastin) with Temozolomide and Radiation	Drug: Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (Avastin) with Temozolomide and Radiation; Subjects who are assigned to the IA BV+TMZ/RT group (Treatment Group), in addition to your standard of care cancer treatment, you will have a dose of bevacizumab delivered directly to your brain through superselective intra-cranial intra-arterial catheterization of the arteries that supply blood to your brain tumor along with the start of the initial 42 day oral temozolomide treatment. IA BV will be repeated every three months for a total of 3 infusions.; Other Names: IA BV+TMZ/RT; Intraarterial Bevacizumab
Active Comparator: Standard of care Temozolomide and Radiation	Drug: Temozolomide and Radiation Alone; Subjects who are assigned to the TMZ/RT alone group (Control Group) you will receive standard of care cancer treatment that involves a daily oral dose of temozolomide for 42 days with radiation to the tumor followed by 28 days of rest and then repeated maintenance treatment cycles of daily oral temozolomide 5 days on and 23 days off.; Other Names: TMZ/RT alone

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Overall survival (OS)	The primary end point will be overall survival (OS). Overall survival is defined as the time from randomization until death due to any cause. Participants who are still alive at the time of analysis will be censored at their last known alive date.	62 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Progression-free survival (PFS)	The secondary end point will be progression-free survival (PFS). PFS is defined from the time of randomization until first documentation of disease progression (according to RANO Criteria), or death from any cause, whichever occurs first. Participants without documented disease progression at the time of analysis will be censored at the time of their last tumor assessment.	62 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Northwell Health
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: John Boockvar, MD, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research/Lenox Hill Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 27, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2027
• Study Completion (Estimated): April 1, 2028

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 7, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): March 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 30, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 26, 2023
• Last Verified: May 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial; Astrocytoma; Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial; Neuroectodermal Tumors; Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal; Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue; Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Nervous System Neoplasms; Glioblastoma; Glioma; Brain Neoplasms; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Alkylating Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological; Angiogenesis Inhibitors; Angiogenesis Modulating Agents; Growth Substances; Growth Inhibitors; Temozolomide; Bevacizumab
• Other Study ID Numbers: 22-0014

Drug and device information, study documents

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