A Study to See if Memantine Protects the Brain During Radiation Therapy Treatment for a Brain Tumor
Brain Neoplasm, Recurrent Brain Neoplasm
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Brain Neoplasm
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- >= 4 and < 18 years at time of study entry
- Patients must weigh 15 kg or greater at time of study entry
- Newly diagnosed or recurrent primary brain tumors that have not received prior cranial radiotherapy
- Planned focal, cranial or craniospinal radiation treatment for a primary brain tumor
- The patient must have receptive and expressive language skills in English, French or Spanish since the neurocognitive function and quality of life (QOL) assessment instruments are available in these languages only
Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 or a serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
- Age: 4 to < 6 years; Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 0.8 male; 0.8 female
- Age: 6 to < 10 years; Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1 male; 1 female
- Age: 10 to < 13 years; Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.2 male; 1.2 female
- Age: 13 to < 16 years; Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.5 male; 1.4 female
- Age: >= 16 years; Maximum serum creatinine (mg/dL): 1.7 male; 1.4 female
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) =< 135 U/L
- Note: For the purpose of this study, the ULN for SGPT (ALT) has been set to the value of 45 U/L
- The patient must be able to undergo magnetic resonance imaging
- All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
- All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
Exclusion Criteria:
- Life expectancy of less than 18 months
Pre-existing conditions:
- Any contraindication or allergy to memantine
- Intractable seizures while on adequate anticonvulsant therapy, defined as more than one seizure per month for the past 2 months or since initiating anticonvulsant therapy
- Co-morbid systemic illnesses, psychiatric conditions, social situations, or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens or would limit compliance with the study requirements
- Patients with a motor, visual, or auditory condition that precludes computerized neurocognitive assessments are not eligible to participate
- Patients with any medical condition or taking medications that lead to alterations of urine pH towards the alkaline condition (e.g., renal tubular acidosis, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, sodium bicarbonate)
Personal history of prior cranial or craniospinal radiotherapy is not allowed
- Note: Prior anti-cancer therapy including surgery, chemotherapy, targeted agents are allowed as per standard of care clinical treatment guidelines
- Female patients who are pregnant are excluded since fetal toxicities and teratogenic effects have been noted for the study drug. A pregnancy test is required for female patients of childbearing potential
- Lactating females who plan to breastfeed their infants
- Sexually active patients of reproductive potential who do not agree to use an effective contraceptive method for the duration of their study participation
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital of Alabama
- Providence Alaska Medical Center
- Banner Children's at Desert
- Phoenix Childrens Hospital
- Banner University Medical Center - Tucson
- Arkansas Children's Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
- Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Valley Children's Hospital
- Kaiser Permanente-Oakland
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University
- Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego
- UCSF Medical Center-Mission Bay
- Children's Hospital Colorado
- Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children
- Children's National Medical Center
- Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida
- University of Florida Health Science Center - Gainesville
- Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital
- Miami Cancer Institute
- Nemours Children's Hospital
- Saint Joseph's Hospital/Children's Hospital-Tampa
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
- Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise
- University of Illinois
- University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate
- Riley Hospital for Children
- Blank Children's Hospital
- University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Norton Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital New Orleans
- Ochsner Medical Center Jefferson
- Maine Children's Cancer Program
- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
- Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- C S Mott Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Michigan
- Michigan State University Clinical Center
- Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health
- Beaumont Children's Hospital-Royal Oak
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Columbia Regional
- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
- Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center
- Washington University School of Medicine
- Mercy Hospital Saint Louis
- Children's Hospital and Medical Center of Omaha
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Alliance for Childhood Diseases/Cure 4 the Kids Foundation
- Hackensack University Medical Center
- Morristown Medical Center
- Saint Peter's University Hospital
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
- Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center
- Albany Medical Center
- Montefiore Medical Center - Moses Campus
- Maimonides Medical Center
- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York
- Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone
- Mount Sinai Hospital
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Stony Brook University Medical Center
- State University of New York Upstate Medical University
- Mission Hospital
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Carolinas Medical Center/Levine Cancer Institute
- Duke University Medical Center
- East Carolina University
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Sanford Broadway Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Dayton Children's Hospital
- ProMedica Toledo Hospital/Russell J Ebeid Children's Hospital
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Legacy Emanuel Children's Hospital
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
- Geisinger Medical Center
- Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Prisma Health Richland Hospital
- BI-LO Charities Children's Cancer Center
- Sanford USD Medical Center - Sioux Falls
- East Tennessee Childrens Hospital
- Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
- The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial
- Vanderbilt University/Ingram Cancer Center
- Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
- Medical City Dallas Hospital
- UT Southwestern/Simmons Cancer Center-Dallas
- El Paso Children's Hospital
- Cook Children's Medical Center
- M D Anderson Cancer Center
- Children's Hospital of San Antonio
- Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Primary Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
- Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
- Carilion Children's
- Seattle Children's Hospital
- Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital
- Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and Health Center
- Madigan Army Medical Center
- West Virginia University Healthcare
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
- Marshfield Medical Center-Marshfield
- HIMA San Pablo Oncologic Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Arm I (memantine hydrochloride)
Arm II (placebo)
Patients receive memantine hydrochloride PO BID for 24 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also complete cognitive testing over 20-30 minutes at baseline, end of radiation therapy, and at 3, 6, 12, 30, and 60 months.
Patients receive placebo PO BID for 24 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also complete cognitive testing over 20-30 minutes at baseline, end of radiation therapy, and at 3, 6, 12, 30, and 60 months.