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Carmustine in Treating Patients With Progressive or Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

Phase 2
Conditions
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Registration Number
NCT00006656
Lead Sponsor
Direct Therapeutics
Brief Summary

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 patients who have progressive or recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the maximum tolerated dose of intratumoral carmustine in ethanol (DTI-015) in patients with unresectable recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. (Phase I of this study closed to accrual as of 01/15/2002.)

* Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

* Assess the activity of this regimen in these patients.

* Estimate peripheral blood carmustine levels in these patients treated with this regimen.

OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation, multicenter study.

Patients receive carmustine in ethanol (DTI-015) intratumorally over 5 minutes during stereotactic biopsy or open craniotomy.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of DTI-015 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 3 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. (Phase I of this study closed to accrual as of 01/15/2002.)

Additional patients then receive treatment with DTI-015 at the recommended phase II dose.

Patients are followed at 4, 8, and 12 weeks and then every 1-3 months until disease progression.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 12 patients were accrued for phase I of this study and approximately 14-18 patients will be accrued for phase II of this study. (Phase I of this study closed to accrual as of 01/15/2002.)

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

Stanford University Medical Center

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Stanford, California, United States

John F. Kennedy Medical Center

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Edison, New Jersey, United States

Emory University Hospital - Atlanta

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

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Los Angeles, California, United States

University of Colorado Cancer Center

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Denver, Colorado, United States

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

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Tampa, Florida, United States

Evanston Northwestern Health Care

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Evanston, Illinois, United States

Barrett Cancer Center

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Houston, Texas, United States

UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute

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San Francisco, California, United States

Massey Cancer Center

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Richmond, Virginia, United States

Medical College of Wisconsin

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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