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Carmustine in Treating Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Registration Number
NCT00004028
Lead Sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Brief Summary

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

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of carmustine in treating patients who are undergoing surgery for recurrent malignant glioma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the safety of polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant (GLIADEL) in patients undergoing surgery for recurrent malignant glioma.

OUTLINE: This is a dose escalation study.

All patients undergo maximal tumor resection. At the time of surgery, groups of 6 patients receive up to 8 polifeprosan 20 wafers containing increasing doses of carmustine implanted into the resection cavity.

Patients with an intraoperative diagnosis other than glioblastoma multiforme or anaplastic astrocytoma do not receive wafer implantation, and are removed from study.

Patients are followed 3, 6, and 12 months after implantation.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 52 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
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 (9)

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

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Baltimore, Maryland, United States

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

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Tampa, Florida, United States

University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Emory University Hospital - Atlanta

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Henry Ford Hospital

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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest University

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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San Antonio, Texas, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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