Radiation Therapy Followed by Bleomycin in Treating Adult Patients With Newly Diagnosed Supratentorial Glioblastoma Multiforme
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors focused on measuring adult glioblastoma, adult giant cell glioblastoma, adult gliosarcoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme (with areas of necrosis) by surgical biopsy or excision within 4 weeks of study Tumor and/or any associated edema limited to one hemisphere and unifocal No gross invasion of a ventricular surface Tumor accessible No other astrocytoma No multifocal or recurrent malignant glioma No disease below the tentorium or beyond the cranial vault PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Adult Performance status: Zubrod 0-1 Life expectancy: At least 8 weeks Hematopoietic: Hemoglobin at least 10 g/dL (transfusion allowed) Absolute neutrophil count at least 1,500/mm^3 Platelet count at least 100,000/mm^3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) or Serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) no greater than 2 times normal Renal: Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) no greater than 25 mg/dL Creatinine no greater than 1.5 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Fertile patients must use effective contraception No hypersensitive or idiosyncratic reaction to bleomycin No other prior malignancies within the past 2 years except nonmelanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix or urinary bladder No other major medical illness or psychiatric impairment that would preclude study participation PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: No prior chemotherapy for glioblastoma multiforme No prior radiosensitizer for glioblastoma multiforme Endocrine therapy: Not specified Radiotherapy: No prior radiotherapy to the head or neck resulting in overlapping radiotherapy fields Surgery: See Disease Characteristics Recovered from prior surgery
Sites / Locations
- Foundation for Cancer Research and Education
- Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
- Methodist Hospital Cancer Center at Nebraska Methodist Hospital - Omaha
- South Jersey Regional Cancer Center
- Fox Chase Virtua Health Cancer Program at Virtua Memorial Hospital
- Cancer Treatment Center
- St. John Health System
- Cottonwood Hospital Medical Center
- Utah Valley Regional Medical Center - Provo
- Dixie Regional Medical Center
- LDS Hospital
- CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
- Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Radiation therapy followed by bleomycin via Ommaya reservoir
60.0 Gy/30 fractions x 2.0 Gy. Then within 2-6 weeks after completion of radiation therapy or at the time a patient experiences disease progression during or immediately after completion of radiation therapy, if clinically feasible, a modified Ommaya reservoir is implanted with the delivery catheter in the tumor or tumor cyst/cavity. Bleomycin, 15 units per week, is then given via the Ommaya reservoir without interruption for a maximum of two years as long as there is no toxicity above grade 3 or evidence of disease progression.