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Phase III Trial of Anaplastic Glioma Without 1p/19q Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH)

Phase 3
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Interventions
Genetic: DNA methylation analysis
Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
Radiation: radiation therapy
Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Procedure: adjuvant therapy
Registration Number
NCT00626990
Lead Sponsor
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. 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. Giving radiation therapy together with temozolomide may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known whether giving temozolomide during and/or after radiation therapy is more effective than radiation therapy alone in treating anaplastic glioma.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying giving temozolomide during and/or after radiation therapy to see how well it works compared to radiation therapy alone in treating patients with anaplastic glioma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* To assess whether concurrent radiotherapy with daily temozolomide improves overall survival as compared to no daily temozolomide in patients with non-1p/19q deleted anaplastic glioma.

* To assess whether adjuvant temozolomide improves survival as compared to no adjuvant temozolomide in patients with non-1p/19q deleted anaplastic glioma.

Secondary

* To assess whether concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide prolongs progression-free survival and neurological deterioration-free survival in patients with non-1p/19q deleted anaplastic glioma.

* To assess the safety of concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide in patients with non-1p/19q deleted anaplastic glioma, including late effects on cognition.

* To assess the impact of concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide on the quality of life of patients with non-1p/19q deleted anaplastic glioma.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to institution, World Health Organization (WHO) performance status (0 vs \> 0), age (≤ 50 vs \> 50), presence of 1p LOH only (yes vs no), presence of oligodendroglial elements (yes vs no), and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase promoter methylation status (methylated vs unmethylated vs indeterminate). Patients are randomized to 1 of 4 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients undergo radiotherapy\* once daily, 5 days a week, for 6.5 weeks (total of 33 fractions).

* Arm II: Patients undergo radiotherapy\* once daily, 5 days a week and receive oral temozolomide once daily for 6.5 weeks (total of 33 fractions of radiotherapy).

* Arm III: Patients undergo radiotherapy\* once daily, 5 days a week for 6.5 weeks (total of 33 fractions). Beginning 4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy, patients receive adjuvant oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment with adjuvant temozolomide repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses.

* Arm IV: Patients undergo radiotherapy\* once daily, 5 days a week and receive oral temozolomide once daily for 6.5 weeks (total of 33 fractions of radiotherapy). Beginning 4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy, patients receive adjuvant oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment with adjuvant temozolomide repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses.

* Patients must begin radiotherapy within 8 days after randomization and within 7 weeks after surgery.

In all arms, treatment continues in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Patients complete quality-of-life questionnaires, including EORTC core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30) version 3, EORTC brain cancer module (BCM20), and the Mini Mental Status Exam at baseline, 4 weeks after the completion of radiotherapy, and then every 3 months for 5 years.

Tissue samples are collected at baseline for histology review, 1p/19q analysis, methylation status of the O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase promoter, and isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation analysis.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
751
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Radiotherapy (RT) aloneradiation therapyradiation therapy alone
RT & Concurrent CTDNA methylation analysisRadiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide chemotherapy
Radiotherapy (RT) aloneDNA methylation analysisradiation therapy alone
RT + Adjuvant CTradiation therapyRadiotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CTlaboratory biomarker analysisRadiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CTradiation therapyRadiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CTquality-of-life assessmentRadiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide chemotherapy
Radiotherapy (RT) alonelaboratory biomarker analysisradiation therapy alone
Radiotherapy (RT) alonequality-of-life assessmentradiation therapy alone
RT & Concurrent CT + adjuvant CTDNA methylation analysisRadiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT + Adjuvant CTDNA methylation analysisRadiotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT + Adjuvant CTlaboratory biomarker analysisRadiotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT + Adjuvant CTadjuvant therapyRadiotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT + Adjuvant CTquality-of-life assessmentRadiotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CT + adjuvant CTlaboratory biomarker analysisRadiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CT + adjuvant CTadjuvant therapyRadiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CT + adjuvant CTquality-of-life assessmentRadiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CT + adjuvant CTradiation therapyRadiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CTtemozolomideRadiotherapy and concurrent temozolomide chemotherapy
RT + Adjuvant CTtemozolomideRadiotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
RT & Concurrent CT + adjuvant CTtemozolomideRadiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy plus adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Overall Survival as Measured From the Day of Randomizationfrom date from enrollment till the date of death (time till death is up to 10.9 years after patient enrollment in the study)

The duration of survival is the time interval between randomization and the date of death due to any cause. Patients not reported dead or lost to follow up will be censored at the date of the last follow up examination.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression-free Survivalfrom randomization till the date of disease progression or death (time till death is up to 10.9 years after patient enrollment in the study)

Disease progression is defined as radiological or neurological/clinical progression (whichever occurs first); progression free survival (PFS) is the time interval between the date of randomization and the date of disease progression or death whichever occurs first. If neither event has been observed, the patient is censored at the date of the last follow up examination. Radiological progression was defined as increase of contrast enhancing area on MRI or CT scans of more than 25% as measured by two perpendicular diameters compared to the smallest measurements ever recorded for the same lesion by the same technique. The appearance of new lesions with or without contrast enhancement Neurological/clinical progression was defined as:decrease in WHO performance status,deterioration of neurological functions,appearance of signs/symptoms of increased intracranial pressure,and/or start of corticosteroid or increase of corticosteroid dosage by 50% for control of neurological symptoms.

Neurological Deterioration Free Survivalwithin 2 weeks of randomization; during radiotherapy at week 4 and 6; 4 weeks after the end of radiotherapy; Six monthly after the end of radiotherapy; Prior to each cycle of adjuvant therapy; Every six months after the documentation of first progression.

Neurological deterioration is defined as a decrease in WHO performance status as follows:

decrease in WHO performance status

* for patients with baseline WHO performance status 0: deterioration to WHO performance status 2 or worse for which no other explanation is present, and which is maintained for at least three months

* for patients with baseline WHO performance status 1 or 2: deterioration to WHO performance status 3 or worse for which no other explanation is present and which is maintained for at least three months

The date of neurological deterioration will be the first date the persistent decrease in performance status was diagnosed. Neurological deterioration free progression is the time interval between the date of randomization and the date of neurological deterioration or death whichever occurs first. If neither event has been observed, the patient is censored at the date of the last follow up examination

Quality of Life of the Patientfrom 14 days prior to randomization till five years or death (time till death is up to 10.9 years after patient enrollment in the study)

Quality of life was assessed by the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) version 3 and the Brain Cancer Module-20

Trial Locations

Locations (132)

Boston Medical Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Brigham and Women's Hospital

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Massachussets General Hospital Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Emory University

🇺🇸

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Parkview Hospital

🇺🇸

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

University of Rochester - James P. Wilmot Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

McFarland Clinic

🇺🇸

Ames, Iowa, United States

Northwestern University

🇺🇸

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dixie Medical Center Regional Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Saint George, Utah, United States

Carolinas Medical Center

🇺🇸

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

State University of New York Upstate Medical University

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

🇦🇺

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

St Vincent'S Hospital

🇦🇺

Melbourne, Australia

Intermountain Medical Center

🇺🇸

Murray, Utah, United States

Cancer Treatment Center

🇺🇸

Wooster, Ohio, United States

Highland Hospital

🇺🇸

Rochester, New York, United States

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ohio State University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Centre Eugene Marquis

🇫🇷

Rennes, France

Addenbrookes Hospital

🇬🇧

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Trust

🇬🇧

Wirral, United Kingdom

Universitaetsklinikum Bonn

🇩🇪

Bonn, Germany

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

🇩🇪

Hannover, Germany

Austin-Repatriation Medical Centre

🇦🇺

Heidelberg, Australia

Princess Alexandra Hospital

🇦🇺

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Christie NHS Foundation Trust

🇬🇧

Manchester, United Kingdom

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - City Hospital campus

🇬🇧

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Derriford Hospital

🇬🇧

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Cancercare Manitoba

🇨🇦

Winnipeg, Canada

Royal North Shore Hospital

🇦🇺

St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

🇦🇺

Nedlands, Australia

Alfred Hospital

🇦🇺

Prahran, Australia

ICO Badalona - Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol (Institut Catala D'Oncologia)

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille - C.H.U. De La Timone

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Centre Antoine Lacassagne

🇫🇷

Nice, France

Royal Marsden Hospital

🇬🇧

Sutton, United Kingdom

University Health Network - Oci / Princess Margaret Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

Universitaetskliniken Regensburg

🇩🇪

Regensburg, Germany

Royal Hobart Hospital

🇦🇺

Hobart, Australia

Hospital Clinic Universitari

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

C.H.U. de Nancy - Hopital St Julien

🇫🇷

Nancy, France

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Bristol Haematology And Oncology Centre

🇬🇧

Bristol, United Kingdom

St. James'S University Hospital

🇬🇧

Leeds, United Kingdom

Tom Baker Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Calgary, Canada

London Regional Cancer Center

🇨🇦

London, Canada

Chu Pitie-Salpetriere AP-HP

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

🇩🇪

Tuebingen, Germany

Klinikum Bamberg

🇩🇪

Bamberg, Germany

Swedish Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

University of Florida

🇺🇸

Gainesville, Florida, United States

LDS Hospital

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

UCSF University of California San Francisco Medical Center-Mount Zion

🇺🇸

San Francisco, California, United States

University Of Utah - Huntsman Cancer Institute

🇺🇸

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Abington Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Abington, Pennsylvania, United States

Via Christi Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

🇺🇸

Los Angeles, California, United States

Memorial Health University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Savannah, Georgia, United States

Saint Vincent Oncology Center

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Mayo Clinic in Florida

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Loyola University Medical Center

🇺🇸

Maywood, Illinois, United States

Oncology Associates PC

🇺🇸

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Wesley Medical Center

🇺🇸

Wichita, Kansas, United States

St John's Mercy Medical Center

🇺🇸

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Western Reserve University

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cancer Care Center, Incorporated

🇺🇸

Salem, Ohio, United States

UHHS-Chagrin Highlands Medical Center

🇺🇸

Orange Village, Ohio, United States

Lehigh Valley Hospital

🇺🇸

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Eastside

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

Utah Valley Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Provo, Utah, United States

Gundersen Lutheran

🇺🇸

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States

Flinders Medical Centre

🇦🇺

Bedford Park, Australia

Allan Blair Cancer Centre

🇨🇦

Saskatoon, Canada

Institut Gustave Roussy

🇫🇷

Villejuif, France

UniversitaetsKlinikum Heidelberg

🇩🇪

Heidelberg, Germany

Hopital Cantonal Universitaire De Geneve

🇨🇭

Geneve, Switzerland

Cheltenham General Hospital

🇬🇧

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Western General Hospital

🇬🇧

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Weston Park Hospital

🇬🇧

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Royal Devon And Exeter Hospital

🇬🇧

Exeter, United Kingdom

Ospedale Bellaria

🇮🇹

Bologna, Italy

Istituto Scientifico H.S. Raffaele

🇮🇹

Milano, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista Di Torino-Universita Di Torino

🇮🇹

Torino, Italy

Arizona Oncology Services Foundation

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Henry Ford Hospital

🇺🇸

Detroit, Michigan, United States

June E. Nylen Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Sioux City, Iowa, United States

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Summa Barberton Hospital

🇺🇸

Barberton, Ohio, United States

Akron City Hospital - Summa Health System

🇺🇸

Akron, Ohio, United States

MetroHealth Medical Center

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Southwest General Health Center Ireland Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States

UHHS - Westlake Medical Center

🇺🇸

Westlake, Ohio, United States

Penn State M.S. Hershey Medical Center

🇺🇸

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Reading Hospital and Medical Center

🇺🇸

West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

University of Texas Medical Branch

🇺🇸

Galveston, Texas, United States

Md Anderson Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Methodist Hospital

🇺🇸

Houston, Texas, United States

Virginia Mason CCOP

🇺🇸

Seattle, Washington, United States

Virginia Commonwealth University

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital

🇺🇸

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin

🇺🇸

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Florida Hospital

🇺🇸

Orlando, Florida, United States

Maine Medical Center

🇺🇸

Scarborough, Maine, United States

ZNA Middelheim

🇧🇪

Antwerpen, Belgium

Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

🇮🇱

Tel Aviv, Israel

Medisch Centrum Haaglanden - Westeinde

🇳🇱

Den Haag, Netherlands

Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

🇳🇱

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Medical University of South Carolina

🇺🇸

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Saint Vincent Hospital

🇺🇸

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Royal Melbourne Hospital

🇦🇺

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Seneca

🇺🇸

Seneca, South Carolina, United States

Maastro Clinic - Maastricht Radiation Oncology

🇳🇱

Maastricht, Netherlands

Erasmus MC - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center

🇳🇱

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

🇺🇸

Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

University Of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Greer Radiation Oncology

🇺🇸

Greer, South Carolina, United States

Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

🇳🇱

Amsterdam, Netherlands

University Medical Center Groningen

🇳🇱

Groningen, Netherlands

Saint Mary's Hospital

🇺🇸

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

West Michigan Cancer Center

🇺🇸

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

🇧🇪

Brussels, Belgium

Clinique Notre-Dame

🇧🇪

Charleroi, Belgium

Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas

🇧🇪

Gent, Belgium

U.Z. Gasthuisberg

🇧🇪

Leuven, Belgium

Universitaetsspital

🇨🇭

Zurich, Switzerland

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

🇺🇸

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Waukesha Memorial Hospital

🇺🇸

Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States

Rapid City Regional Hospital

🇺🇸

Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Faris Road

🇺🇸

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

UPMC - Heritage Valley Health System - The Medical Center

🇺🇸

Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States

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