Lymphokine-Activated Killer Cells or Gliadel Wafer in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme That Can Be Removed by Surgery
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 giant cell glioblastoma, adult gliosarcoma, adult glioblastoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed primary malignant glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) (i.e., grade IV anaplastic astrocytoma)
Must have undergone standard primary therapy (e.g., surgery, radiotherapy, and temozolomide) within the past 90 days
- Additional anticancer therapy as part of first-line therapy, including a radiosurgical procedure (e.g., stereotactic or gamma knife radiosurgery) allowed
- Must be an operable candidate and willing to undergo craniotomy
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Karnofsky performance status 70-100%
- Life expectancy ≥ 2 months
- Hemoglobin > 10.0 g/dL
- AGC > 1,500/mm³
- Platelet count > 100,000/mm³
- Serum total bilirubin < 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
- ALT and AST < 2.5 times ULN
- Serum creatinine < 1.5 times ULN
- Negative pregnancy test
- Resides in the United States of America
- Venous access available for leukapheresis procedure to obtain peripheral blood mononuclear cells
No diagnosis of any other invasive cancer within the past 5 years, except in situ carcinoma or basal cell carcinoma or localized squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
- Patients with prior diagnosis of minimal microscopic cancer (e.g., colonic polyp or stage I prostate cancer with Gleason score < 6) may be eligible, as determined by the principal investigator
- No concurrent serious medical or psychiatric illness that may interfere with giving informed consent or conducting this study
- No known hypersensitivity or allergy to either carmustine or aldesleukin
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- See Disease Characteristics
- At least 3 weeks since prior anticancer therapy and recovered
- No polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant (Gliadel® wafer) at the time of prior surgery for GBM
- No prior treatment for progressive disease
- No other concurrent anticancer therapy (e.g., continuation of hormonal therapy for breast or prostate cancer that was diagnosed > 5 years ago)
Sites / Locations
- Hoag Cancer Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Arm I
Arm II
Patients undergo intracranial placement of polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant (Gliadel® wafer) at the time of therapeutic craniotomy.
Patients undergo leukapheresis to obtain autologous lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, followed 3-7 days later by therapeutic craniotomy. The autologous LAK cells are then instilled into the tumor bed cavity at the time of therapeutic craniotomy.