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Primary Brain TumorsPhase 2NCT01472731

Safety and Imaging Study of GC1008 in Glioma

A Phase 2 study testing 89Zr-GC1008 and GC1008 in people with Primary Brain Tumors, run by University Medical Center Groningen at 1 site in Netherlands.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

Brain tumors account for only 2% of all cancers but result in a disproportionate share of cancer morbidity and mortality. The five-year survival rates for the most common histologic subtypes, anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma (glioblastoma multiforme, GBM), are 30% and 10%, respectively. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 years
Conditions the study is for
Primary Brain Tumors
What is being tested?
89Zr-GC1008 and GC1008
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
12 participants
Where
1 siteNetherlands
Study dates
Dec 2011to Nov 2012
Phase
Phase 2
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 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • > 18 years
  • WHO 0,1,2
  • Suspicion of malignant glioma on contrast-enhanced MRI
  • Able to give written informed consent
  • Relapsed malignant glioma
  • Patient may have undergone surgery for the recurrence. Residual and measurable disease after surgery is not required. Surgery must have confirmed the recurrence. Post-operative MRI must be made within 48 hours following surgery
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  • For non operated patients, recurrent disease must be at least one bidimensionally measurable target lesion (contrast enhancing lesion) with one diameter of at least 2cm, based on MRI scan done within 4 weeks prior to start of treatment
  • 18 years
  • WHO 0,1,2
  • Serum albumin ≥3.0 g/dL
  • Adequate organ function including:
  • Hb ≥10.0 g/dL
  • ANC ≥1,500/mm3
  • platelets ≥100,000/mm3
  • Serum total bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN (Patients with Gilbert's Disease may be included if their total bilirubin is ≤3.0 mg/dL)
  • ALT and AST ≤2.5 x ULN.
  • Estimated or measured creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min
  • PT and PTT within normal ranges
  • Negative tests for hepatitis viruses B and C and HIV, unless the result is consistent with prior vaccination or prior infection with full recovery
  • Enrollment >4 weeks since major surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy (≥6 weeks if they were treated with a nitrosourea, mitomycin, or monoclonal antibodies), immunotherapy, or biotherapy/targeted therapies and recovered from the toxicity of prior treatment to ≤ Grade 1, exclusive of alopecia. Concurrent cancer therapy is not permitted (except for corticosteroids) (For long acting agents, a treatment free interval of 2 half lives should be considered)
  • Able to give written informed consent
  • Patients of child-producing potential must agree to use effective contraception while enrolled on study and receiving the experimental drug, and for at least 3 months after the last treatment

Who cannot join

  • Meningeal carcinomatosis, uncontrolled seizures, or a disease that either causes or threatens neurologic compromise
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Known allergy to component of 89Zr-GC1008
  • Significant medical or psychosocial problems
  • Part 2
  • History of ascites or pleural effusions , unless successfully treated, completely resolved, and the patient has not been treated for these conditions for >4 months
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  • Active thrombophlebitis, thromboembolism, hypercoagulability states, bleeding, or use of anti-coagulation therapy. Patients with a history of deep venous thrombosis may participate if successfully treated, completely resolved, and no treatment has been given for >4 months
  • Hypercalcemia: Calcium >11.0 mg/dL (2.75 mmol/L) unresponsive or uncontrolled in response to standard therapy
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Diagnosis with another malignancy - unless following curative intent therapy, the patient has been disease free for at least 5 years and the probability of recurrence of the prior malignancy is <5%. Patients with curatively treated early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, basal cell carcinoma of the skin, or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia are eligible for this study
  • Organ transplant, including allogeneic bone marrow transplant
  • Investigational agents used within 4 weeks prior to study enrollment (within 6 weeks for long-acting agents such as a monoclonal antibody)
  • Immunosuppressive therapy including: cyclosporine A, tacrolimus, or sirolimus
  • Significant or uncontrolled medical illness, such as congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, symptomatic coronary artery disease, significant ventricular arrhythmias within the last 6 months, or significant pulmonary dysfunction. Patients with a remote history of asthma or active mild asthma may participate
  • Active infection, including unexplained fever (temperature >38.1 'C), or antibiotic therapy within 1 week prior to enrollment
  • Systemic autoimmune disease
  • Known allergy to component of GC1008 or 89Zr-GC1008
  • Significant medical or psychosocial problems

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Netherlands1 site
  • University Medical Center Groningen

    Groningen, 9713 GZ

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About this study

Official title: Guiding GC1008 Treatment of Primary Brain Tumors by 89Zr-GC1008 PET Imaging.

Brain tumors account for only 2% of all cancers but result in a disproportionate share of cancer morbidity and mortality. The five-year survival rates for the most common histologic subtypes, anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma (glioblastoma multiforme, GBM), are 30% and 10%, respectively.

Drugs affecting transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) might be of great interest for malignant glioma treatment. TGF-β is an oncogenic factor in advanced tumors where it induces proliferation, angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis as well as suppresses the antitumoral immune response. In addition TGF-β and its TGF-β receptors, TβRI and TβRII, are overexpressed in GBMs. TGF-β signaling is involved in multiple steps of GBM development. GC1008 is an antibody that is capable of neutralizing TGF-β and may therefore offer a new treatment option for patients with malignant glioma.

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For therapeutic success, it may be essential for GC1008 to reach the target site, in this case located in the brain. We will be able to prove this with 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging. This imaging method also allows quantification of the amount of GC1008 reaching the tumor.

This study consists of 2 parts. In part 1, patients with a suspicion of a malignant glioma undergo an 89Zr-GC1008 PET scan before standard (surgical)treatment. In part 2, patients with relapsed malignant glioma will undergo an 89Zr-GC1008 PET scan and will be treated with GC1008 in a phase II study as there is no standard treatment for these patients.

We hypothesize that GC1008 uptake in brain tumors can be visualized and quantified using the 89Zr-GC1008 PET scan and GC1008 might offer a new treatment option for patients with relapsed malignant gliomas.

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Brain tumors account for only 2% of all cancers but result in a disproportionate share of cancer morbidity and mortality. The five-year survival rates for the most common histologic subtypes, anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma (glioblastoma multiforme, GBM), are 30% and 10%, respectively.

After surgery, the standard treatment of malignant glioma is focused on cell death induction by DNA damage, neglecting the fact that invasion into surrounding brain tissue is a fundamental feature of and the major reason for treatment failure.

Drugs affecting transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) might be of great interest for malignant glioma treatment. The reason for this is the fact that TGF-β acts as a tumor suppressor in normal epithelial cells and early-stage tumors but transforms in an oncogenic factor in advanced tumors where it induces proliferation, angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis as well as suppresses the antitumoral immune response. In addition TGF-β expression and its TGF-β receptors, TβRI and TβRII, are overexpressed in GBMs. TGF-β signaling is involved in multiple steps of GBM development (Golestaneh, Mishra, 2005) and invasion (Wesolowska et al, 2008). Plasma TGF-β levels are elevated in GBM patients and decrease after surgical tumor resection (Schneider et al, 2006). Progression-free survival and overall survival are worse for malignant glioma patients with high TGF-β signaling compared with glioma patients with low TGF-β signaling activity (Bruna et al, 2007). All these features make TGF-β a promising target molecule for biological treatment approaches for GBM (Wick et al, 2006). Phase I/II-studies with the TGF-β2-specific antisense oligodeoxynucleotide AP12009 in malignant glioma showed promising results (Hau et al, 2007). Another approach to target TGF-β is with monoclonal antibodies, such as GC1008. GC1008 is a fully human IgG4 kappa monoclonal antibody capable of neutralizing all mammalian isoforms of TGF-β (i.e., 1, 2, and 3). For therapeutic success, it may be essential for GC1008 to reach the target site, in this case located in the brain. Our own data with 89Zr-bevacizumab, which is also an IgG, showed that the VEGF directed antibody bevacizumab penetrates the brain and is localized in brain metastases. We therefore expect GC1008 to reach the malignant glioma as well. In order to initiate clinical trials with TGF-β antibody in these patients it would clearly be of great help to prove that the drug arrives at the tumor site. 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging will allow us to prove this. In addition, PET imaging allows quantification of the amount of GC1008 reaching the malignant glioma. A phase II study with GC1008 in patients with relapsed malignant gliomas will be initiated as currently, there is no standard treatment available for these patients.

Study objectives:

Part 1: Feasibility of 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging in patients with suspicion of a malignant glioma to assess if GC1008 penetrates into the brain tumor and to quantify its uptake.

Part 2: 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging in patients with relapsed malignant glioma and phase II extension study with therapeutic GC1008 in these patients.

For part 1, 12 patients will be included. For part 2, 12-20 patients will be included.

Being tested
89Zr-GC1008, GC1008
Keywords
GC1008, PET imaging, primary brain tumors, recurrent high grade glioma's
Medical subject headings
Brain Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • 89Zr-GC1008Other

    Also called 89Zr-fresolimumab

    radioactive labeled GC1008, intravenous use, 37 MBq total

  • GC1008Drug

    Also called fresolimumab

    5 mg/kg intravenous use

Study groups in NCT01472731
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
GC1008 imaging and treatmentExperimentalPart 1: Feasibility of 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging in patients with suspicion of a malignant glioma to assess if GC1008 penetrates into the brain tumor and to quantify its uptake. Part 2: 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging in patients with relapsed malignant glioma and phase II extension study with therapeutic GC1008 in these patients
Receives: Other: 89Zr-GC1008; Drug: GC1008

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Biomarker imaging

    Part 1, Biomarker imaging: 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging in patients with suspicion of a malignant glioma:

    Primary endpoint:

    • Quantification of uptake of 89Zr-GC1008 as determined by PET imaging. The data obtained from the PET-scans will be quantified as standardized uptake value (SUV).

    Measured: 2 years

  2. Quantification of uptake

    Part 2, In relapsed malignant glioma patients 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging followed by participation in phase 2 study of GC1008

    Primary endpoint:

    • Quantification of uptake of 89Zr-GC1008 in relapsed malignant glioma patients as determined by PET imaging. The data obtained from the PET-scans will be quantified as standardized uptake value (SUV).

    Measured: 2 years

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Correlation of 89Zr-GC1008 tumor uptake

    Part 1, Biomarker imaging: 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging in patients with suspicion of a malignant glioma:

    Secondary endpoint:

    • Correlation of 89Zr-GC1008 tumor uptake with tumor histology, immunohistochemistry for TGF-β, VEGF expression, TGF-β tumor levels as determined by ELISA.

    Measured: 2 years

  2. Correlation of 89Zr-GC1008 tumor uptake

    Part 1, Biomarker imaging: 89Zr-GC1008 PET imaging in patients with suspicion of a malignant glioma:

    Secondary endpoint:

    • 89Zr-GC1008 biodistribution in humans.

    Measured: 2 years

  3. Secondary endpoints Part 2

    • Radiological Response Rate; measured by conventional MRI
    • Overall survival (OS); assessed by clinical follow up
    • 6-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate; assessed by clinical follow up
    • Correlation of 89Zr-GC1008 tumor uptake pre-surgery and at relapse in the subgroup that underwent a 89Zr-GC1008 PET scan before primary surgery
    • Number of patients with a positive PET scan as determined by quantification of uptake of 89Zr-GC1008 in relapsed malignant glioma patients.
    • Correlation of 89Zr-GC1008 tumor uptake with treatment outcome.

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

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

  1. First posted16 Nov 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2011
  3. Primary completionNov 2012
  4. Study completionNov 2012

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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 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
12 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01472731
Sponsor's protocol ID
GC1008
Other IDs
2010-021639-15
Status last verified
May 2024
First submitted
18 Jul 2011
Last updated
6 May 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing 89Zr-GC1008 and GC1008 in people with Primary Brain Tumors, run by University Medical Center Groningen at 1 site in Netherlands.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 22 inclusion and 18 exclusion criteria. 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 6 May 2024. 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 Netherlands. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Biomarker imaging (time frame: 2 years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

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 6 May 2024.

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