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Brain and Central Nervous System TumorsPhase 1NCT00032097

Motexafin Gadolinium in Treating Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme Who Are Undergoing Radiation Therapy to the Brain

A Phase 1 study testing motexafin gadolinium and radiation therapy in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs such as motexafin gadolinium may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness motexafin gadolinium in treating patients with glioblastoma multiforme who are undergoing… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
What is being tested?
motexafin gadolinium and radiation therapy
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
Not given
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Apr 2002to not given
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed supratentorial grade IV astrocytoma
  • Glioblastoma multiforme
  • Previously untreated disease
  • Measurable and contrast-enhancing tumor by MRI after incomplete resection/biopsy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 60-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • WBC at least 3,000/mm^3
  • Absolute granulocyte count at least 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3
  • Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL
  • SGOT/SGPT no greater than 4 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Alkaline phosphatase no greater than 4 times ULN
  • PT/APTT normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL

Cardiovascular:

  • No uncontrolled hypertension

Other:

  • Mini mental state exam score at least 15
  • No history of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency or porphyria
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except curatively treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or carcinoma in situ of the breast
  • No serious infection
  • No other medical illness that would preclude study participation
  • No allergy to MRI contrast (e.g., motexafin gadolinium)
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for up to 2 months after study

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • No prior biologic therapy or immunotherapy for this disease, including any of the following:
  • Immunotoxins
  • Immunoconjugates
  • Antisense therapy
  • Peptide receptor antagonists
  • Interferons
  • Interleukins
  • Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
  • Lymphokine-activated killer cell therapy
  • Gene therapy

Chemotherapy:

  • No prior chemotherapy for this disease

Endocrine therapy:

  • Must be on a stable corticosteroid regimen (i.e., no increase within 5 days prior to treatment on this protocol)
  • No other prior hormonal therapy for this disease

Radiotherapy:

  • No prior radiotherapy for this disease

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Recovered from prior surgery

Other:

  • No other concurrent investigational agents

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21231

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About this study

Official title: A Phase I Trial To Evaluate Repetitive Intravenous Doses Of Gadolinium-Texaphyrin As A Radiosensitizer In Patients With Glioblastoma Multi Forme

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs such as motexafin gadolinium may make the tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness motexafin gadolinium in treating patients with glioblastoma multiforme who are undergoing radiation therapy to the brain.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the toxicity of 2 different schedules of motexafin gadolinium as a radiosensitizer in patients with glioblastoma multiforme receiving cranial radiotherapy.
  • Determine the maximum tolerated doses of this drug on these 2 schedules in these patients.
  • Determine the pharmacokinetic profile of this drug in these patients.
  • Determine the biodistribution of this drug in both neoplastic tissue and normal brain parenchyma in these patients.
  • Determine the effect and accumulation of this drug in both normal brain parenchyma and neoplastic tissue in these patients.
  • Correlate the effect and accumulation of this drug in both normal brain parenchyma and neoplastic tissue with the pharmacokinetics of this drug in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter, dose-escalation study of motexafin gadolinium (PCI-0120). Patients are sequentially assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups.

  • Group I: Patients receive PCI-0120 IV over 30-60 minutes once every other day for 6 weeks. Patients concurrently undergo cranial radiotherapy once daily 5 days a week for 6 weeks.
  • Group II: Patients receive PCI-0120 IV over 30-60 minutes once daily concurrently during radiotherapy. Patients undergo cranial radiotherapy as in group I.

Cohorts of 3-6 patients in each group receive escalating doses of PCI-0120 until the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) is determined. The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity.

Patients are followed at 1 month and then every 2 months thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 18-30 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
motexafin gadolinium, radiation therapy
Keywords
adult glioblastoma, adult giant cell glioblastoma, adult gliosarcoma
Medical subject headings
Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Glioblastoma, Gliosarcoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • motexafin gadoliniumDrug

  • radiation therapyRadiation

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startApr 2002

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00032097
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000069257
Other IDs
NABTT-2116, JHOC-NABTT-2116
Status last verified
Jan 2004
First submitted
8 Mar 2002
Last updated
9 Feb 2009
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing motexafin gadolinium and radiation therapy in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by National Cancer Institute (NCI) at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Feb 2009. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Feb 2009.

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