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GlioblastomaPhase 2GLIOSTELLANCT06336291

A Study With L19TNF in Combination With Lomustine in Patients With Glioblastoma at Progression or Recurrence

A Phase 2 study testing L19TNF and Lomustine in people with Glioblastoma, run by Philogen S.p.A. at 9 sites in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

The trial aims to collect safety, efficacy, exposure, dose- response, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information of the combination of L19TNF and lomustine at different dose levels in patients with Glioblastoma at progression or recurrence Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Glioblastoma
What is being tested?
L19TNF and Lomustine
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
90 participants
Where
9 sitesUnited States
Study dates
22 May 2024to Jun 2026
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

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

Who may be able to join

  • Male or female, age ≥18.
  • Patients with histologically confirmed glioblastoma per 2021 WHO classification progression according to RANO criteria.
  • For operated patients, the histological report must document glioblastoma recurrence and a new MRI will need to be done at 3-5 weeks after surgery (directly before study treatment start). Study treatment will need to start minimum 4 weeks after surgery.
  • MGMT promotor status known.
  • Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) ≥ 60%.
  • Documented negative test for HIV-HBV-HCV. For HBV serology, the determination of HbsAg and anti-HbcAg Ab is required. In patients with serology documenting previous exposure to HBV, negative serum HBV-DNA is required (HBV-DNA is not required for patients with documented vaccination report). For HCV, HCV-RNA or HCV antibody test is required. Subjects with a positive test for HCV antibody but no detection of HCV-RNA indicating no current infection are eligible.
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  • Female patients: female patients must be either documented not Women Of Childbearing Potential (WOCBP)* or must have a negative pregnancy test within 14 days of starting treatment.
  • Additionally WOCBP must agree to use, from the screening to 6 months following the last study drug administration, highly effective contraception methods, as defined by the "Recommendations for contraception and pregnancy testing in clinical trials" issued by the Head of Medicine Agencies' Clinical Trial Facilitation Group (www.hma.eu/ctfg.html) and which include, for instance, progesterone-only or combined (estrogen- and progesterone-containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation, intrauterine devices, intrauterine hormone-releasing systems, bilateral tubal occlusion or vasectomized partner.
  • Male patients: male subjects able to father children must agree to use two acceptable methods of contraception throughout the study and until 6 months after last study drug administration (e.g. condom with spermicidal gel). Double-barrier contraception is required.
  • Personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the subject has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study.
  • Willingness and ability to comply with the scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures.
  • Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) are defined as females who have experienced menarche, are not postmenopausal (12 months with no menses without an alternative medical cause) and are not permanently sterilized (e.g., tubal occlusion, hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or bilateral salpingectomy).

Who cannot join

  • Inability to undergo contrast-enhanced MRI.
  • Anti-cancer treatment with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy, hormones, tumor treating fields or other antitumor therapies within 4 weeks prior to study treatment start.
  • Subjects who participated in an investigational drug or device study within 4 weeks prior to study treatment start.
  • Grade ≥ 4 myelotoxicity with previous treatment of alkylating agents (e.g., TMZ, CCNU).
  • Previous treatment with Bevacizumab.
  • Previous treatment with L19TNF.
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  • Previous treatment in the PH-L19TNFCCNU-02/20 study.
  • Known history of allergy to TNF, any excipient in the study medication or any other intravenously administered human proteins/peptides/antibodies.
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) < 1.5 x 10^9/L; platelets < 100 x 10^9/L or hemoglobin (Hb) < 9.0 g/dl.
  • Chronically impaired renal function as indicated by creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min/1.73m2 or for patients older than 65 years without albuminuria or proteinuria, creatinine clearance < 45 mL/min/1.73m2.
  • Inadequate liver function (ALT, AST, ALP ≥ 2.5 x ULN or total bilirubin ≥ 1.5 x ULN).
  • INR > 1.5 ULN.
  • Any severe concomitant condition which makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the study or which could jeopardize compliance with the protocol, in the opinion of the investigator.
  • Active or history of autoimmune disease that might deteriorate when receiving an immune-stimulatory agent, in the judgement of the investigator.
  • History within the last year of cerebrovascular disease and/or acute or subacute coronary syndromes including myocardial infarction, unstable or severe stable angina pectoris.
  • Heart insufficiency (> Grade II, New York Heart Association (NYHA) criteria).
  • Clinically significant cardiac arrhythmias or requiring permanent medication.
  • LVEF <55% or any other abnormalities observed during baseline ECG and echocardiogram investigations that are considered as clinically significant by the investigator. Patients with a marked prolongation of QT/QTc interval (e.g., repeated demonstration of QTc >470 milliseconds using Fredricia's QT correction formula) are excluded.
  • Uncontrolled hypertension.
  • Known arterial aneurism at high risk of rupture.
  • Ischemic peripheral vascular disease (Grade IIb-IV according to Leriche-Fontaine classification)
  • Anxiety ≥ CTCAE Grade 3.
  • Severe diabetic retinopathy such as severe non-proliferative retinopathy and proliferative retinopathy.
  • Major trauma including major surgery (such as abdominal/cardiac/thoracic surgery) within 3 weeks of administration of study treatment.
  • Known active or latent tuberculosis (TB).
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding.
  • Requirement of chronic administration of high dose corticosteroids or other immunosuppressant drugs. Subjects must have been either off corticosteroids, or on a stable or decreasing dose ≤ 4 mg daily dexamethasone (or equivalent) for 7 days prior to start of treatment. Limited or occasional use of corticosteroids to treat or prevent acute adverse reactions is not considered an exclusion criterion.
  • Presence of active and uncontrolled infections or other severe concurrent disease, which, in the opinion of the investigator, would place the patient at undue risk or interfere with the study.
  • Concurrent malignancies unless the patient has been disease-free without intervention for at least 2 years.
  • Growth factors or immunomodulatory agents within 7 days prior to the administration of study treatment.
  • Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, or bone fracture.
  • Deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism or other acute vascular events within 6 months.
  • Anticoagulation therapy with P2Y12 antagonists (e.g., clopidogrel, ticagrelor) and vitamin K antagonists (e.g., phenprocoumon, warfarin).
  • Requirement of concurrent use of other anti-cancer treatments or agents other than study medication.
  • Any recent live vaccination within 4 weeks prior to treatment or plan to receive live vaccination during the study.

Trial locations and contacts

9 sites in 1 country.

9 sites in 1 country

United States9 sites
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02114

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215

  • University of Virginia (UVA)

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611

  • The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas, 77030

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065

  • Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232

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About this study

Official title: A Dose Optimization Study for L19TNF in Combination With Lomustine in Patients With Glioblastoma at Progression or Recurrence

The trial aims to collect safety, efficacy, exposure, dose- response, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information of the combination of L19TNF and lomustine at different dose levels in patients with Glioblastoma at progression or recurrence

Read the detailed description

The present study is a randomized, open-label, non-controlled phase II study in patients with glioblastoma at any progression/recurrence (first and later).

Overall, 90 subjects will be enrolled and parallel assigned in a 1:1 fashion to one of six treatment arms (from A to F) of 15 patients each.

Each arm has a different combination of L19TNF (7 μg/kg or 10 μg/kg or 13 μg/kg) and lomustine at different dose levels (90 or 110 mg/m2).

Treatment is based on a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles.

This is an open-label study, so there is no blinding.

Patients who successfully complete the screening evaluations and are eligible for participation in the study will be enrolled and randomly assigned (1:1:1:1:1:1) to either of the six parallel treatment arms.

To maintain an appropriate balance between the six treatment arms and avoid undesired confounding effect of different factors, patients will be randomized in accordance with the following strata:

  • MGMT status
  • Steroid administration
  • Previous systemic therapy treatment for progression

A randomization list will be prepared for each stratum using permuted block, the block sizes will be chosen randomly from different, pre-specified sizes with an equal treatment allocation ratio. The labels for the arms are assigned randomly within each block (fixed seed). The obtained final list is sorted by block together with the progressive enrollment number for the patients.

The primary objective of this study is to select the optimal regimen of L19TNF in combination with lomustine, that maximizes effects on clinical parameters and minimizes the probability of moderate to severe adverse events, among six (three L19TNF doses x two lomustine doses) combination schedules for the treatment of patient with progressing or recurrent glioblastoma.

Primary endpoints include Safety (Incidence of adverse Events (AEs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) and Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI), standard laboratory assessments, ECG, ECHO and physical examination according to CTCAE v.5.0) and Efficacy (Survival rate at 12 months).

The secondary objective of this study is to further evaluate safety, efficacy, exposure, dose-response, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information of the combination of L19TNF and lomustine at different dose levels to determine the best dose regimen for further studies.

During the conduct of the study the safety information collected will be routinely reviewed by the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) in order to identify possible safety concerns.

If the probability in a treatment arm that the development of unacceptable toxicity rate exceeds 33 % is equal or higher than 80%, the recruitment to this treatment arm will be interrupted and the DSMB will be informed to assess the events and relationship to the study treatment. The DSMB may then recommend to re-start recruitment again for the treatment arm or permanently suspend it.

In case of a treatment-related death, recruitment will be suspended for all treatment arms until the Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) has reviewed the event and recommended to restart

Conditions
Glioblastoma
Being tested
L19TNF, Lomustine
Keywords
L19TNF, Glioblastoma at progression
Medical subject headings
Glioblastoma

What participants receive

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

  • L19TNFDrug

    Also called onfekafusp alfa

    7 μg/kg

  • L19TNFDrug

    Also called onfekafusp alfa

    10 μg/kg

  • L19TNFDrug

    Also called onfekafusp alfa

    13 μg/kg

  • LomustineDrug

    90 mg/m2

  • LomustineDrug

    110 mg/m2

Study groups in NCT06336291
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Arm AExperimentalPatients will be treated with L19TNF on Days 1, 3 and 5, and on Days 22, 24 and 26 and Lomustine on Day 1 (in the evening after L19TNF infusion) of a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles.
Receives: Drug: L19TNF; Drug: Lomustine
Arm BExperimentalPatients will be treated with on Days 1, 3 and 5, and on Days 22, 24 and 26 and Lomustine on Day 1 (in the evening after L19TNF infusion) of a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles
Receives: Drug: L19TNF; Drug: Lomustine
Arm CExperimentalPatients will be treated with L19TNF on Days 1, 3 and 5, and on Days 22, 24 and 26 and Lomustine on Day 1 (in the evening after L19TNF infusion) of a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles.
Receives: Drug: L19TNF; Drug: Lomustine
Arm DExperimentalPatients will be treated with L19TNF on Days 1, 3 and 5, and on Days 22, 24 and 26 and Lomustine on Day 1 (in the evening after L19TNF infusion) of a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles.
Receives: Drug: L19TNF; Drug: Lomustine
Arm EExperimentalPatients will be treated with L19TNF on Days 1, 3 and 5, and on Days 22, 24 and 26 and Lomustine on Day 1 (in the evening after L19TNF infusion) of a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles.
Receives: Drug: L19TNF; Drug: Lomustine
Arm FExperimentalPatients will be treated with L19TNF on Days 1, 3 and 5, and on Days 22, 24 and 26 and Lomustine on Day 1 (in the evening after L19TNF infusion) of a 42-day cycle for up to a maximum of 6 cycles.
Receives: Drug: L19TNF; Drug: Lomustine

What is being measured

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

  1. Adverse Events

    Occurence of AEs according to CTCAE v.5.0

    Measured: From the screening, throughout the study, until demonstration of confirmed disease progression, treatment begins with another anti-cancer agent or surgery, or for a minimum of 12 months

  2. Serious Adverse Events

    Occurence of SAEs according to CTCAE v.5.0

    Measured: From the screening, throughout the study, until demonstration of confirmed disease progression, treatment begins with another anti-cancer agent or surgery, or for a minimum of 12 months

  3. Unacceptable Toxicity

    Occurence of Unacceptable Toxicity according to CTCAE v.5.0

    Measured: From the start of treatment up to 3 months

  4. DILI assessment

    Occurence of DILI according to CTCAE v.5.0

    Measured: From the screening, throughout the study, until demonstration of confirmed disease progression, treatment begins with another anti-cancer agent or surgery, or for a minimum of 12 months

  5. Survival

    Survival rate at 12 months

    Measured: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Overall Survival

    Measured: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months

  2. Progression Free Survival

    Measured: From enrollment to the date of progression or death from any cause, whichever came first, for a minimum of 12 months

  3. Objective Response Rate

    The rate of patients achieving Complete Response (CR) or Partial Response (PR) defined according to RANO criteria

    Measured: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months

  4. Disease Control Rate

    The rate of patients achieving complete (CR), partial (PR) and stable response (SD)

    Measured: From enrollment to death from any cause, for a minimum of 12 months

  5. Duration of Response

    Measured: From enrollment to the date of progression or death from any cause, whichever came first, for a minimum of 12 months

  6. Time to reach maximum drug concentration [Tmax]

    Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling

    Measured: From the start of treatment up to 9 months

  7. Terminal half-life [t1/2]

    Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling

    Measured: From the start of treatment up to 9 months

  8. Area under the drug concentration-time curve, extrapolated to infinity [AUC]

    Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling

    Measured: From the start of treatment up to 9 months

  9. Maximum drug concentration [Cmax]

    Pharmacokinetics assessment of L19TNF through blood sampling

    Measured: From the start of treatment up to 9 months

  10. Human anti-fusion protein antibodies (HAFA) levels against L19TNF

    Determination of the formation of Human Anti-Fusion protein Antibodies (HAFA) against L19TNF

    Measured: From the start of treatment to the date of progression or death for any cause, whichever come first

Timeline

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

  1. First posted28 Mar 2024
  2. Study start22 May 2024
  3. Primary completionJun 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2026 (estimated)

Resources

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
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
90 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06336291
Sponsor's protocol ID
PH-L19TNFLOM-01/23
Acronym
GLIOSTELLA
Status last verified
Apr 2026
First submitted
4 Mar 2024
Last updated
21 Apr 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing L19TNF and Lomustine in people with Glioblastoma, run by Philogen S.p.A. at 9 sites 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?

The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 35 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: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 9 sites 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 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?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

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?

Adverse Events (time frame: From the screening, throughout the study, until demonstration of confirmed disease progression, treatment begins with another anti-cancer agent or surgery, or for a minimum of 12 months). The study lists 5 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 21 Apr 2026.

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