Thalidomide and Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme Who Have Undergone Radiation Therapy
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
- Registration Number
- NCT00039468
- Lead Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Thalidomide may stop the growth of glioblastoma multiforme by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining thalidomide with irinotecan may kill any tumor cells remaining after radiation therapy.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of combining thalidomide with irinotecan in treating patients who have glioblastoma multiforme that has been treated with radiation therapy.
- Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES:
* Determine the response rate of patients with glioblastoma multiforme treated with thalidomide and irinotecan after radiotherapy.
* Determine the preliminary efficacy of this regimen in these patients.
* Determine the disease-free survival and overall survival of patients treated with this regimen.
* Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
* Assess the quality of life of patients treated with this regimen.
OUTLINE: Beginning 2-4 weeks after completion of radiotherapy, patients receive irinotecan IV over 90 minutes on day 1. Patients also receive oral thalidomide daily. Treatment repeats every 21 days for at least 3 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Quality of life is assessed at baseline, 1 week after the first course, prior to all subsequent courses, and then after course 6.
Patients are followed for 5 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 9-24 patients will be accrued for this study.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 26
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Response 2 years To evaluate the response rate and hence preliminary efficacy of Irinotecan and Thalidomide following radiotherapy in the treatment of newly diagnosed or relapsed glioblastoma multiforme.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Toxicity / QOL / Survival 2 years To evaluate 1) toxicity 2) quality of life 3) disease free survival and 4) overall survival of patients treated with this combination.
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University
🇺🇸Columbus, Ohio, United States
Norris Cotton Cancer Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
🇺🇸Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States