Intratumorally-Administered Topotecan Using CED in High Grade Glioma Undergoing Stereotactic Biopsy
Glioma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Glioma focused on measuring Topotecan, Convection-Enhanced Delivery
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically confirmed diagnosis of supratentorial WHO Grade III or IV Glioma (High Grade Glioma) that has undergone surgical biopsy or resection followed by adjuvant chemoradiotherapy, that has evidence of recurrence or progression based on imaging studies and a stereotactic biopsy is indicated for confirmation of recurrence/progression
- Karnofsky Performance Status 70-100
- MRI demonstration of a stereotactically accessible enhancing mass that does not require resection to relieve clinically significant mass effect
- Patient understands the procedures and agrees to comply with the study requirements by providing written informed consent
Laboratory values within the following ranges:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,500 / μL
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000 / μL
- Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g / dL
- prothrombin time (PT) / partial thromboplastin time (PTT) not above institutional norms
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of at least 50 mL/min
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient is mentally or legally incapacitated at the time of the study
- Known HIV(+) or has been diagnosed with AIDS
- Participation in another investigational drug study in the prior 4 weeks
- Positive pregnancy test in a female
- Patient, in the opinion of the investigator, is likely to be poorly compliant
- Diffuse subependymal or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) disease
- Tumors involving the cerebellum
- Tumor enhancement involving both hemispheres
- Active infection requiring treatment
- Unexplained febrile illness
- Radiation or chemotherapy within 4 weeks of enrollment
- Systemic diseases associated with unacceptable anesthesia or operative risk
- Inability to undergo magnetic resonance imaging
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Predominantly enhancing mass with volume of 8 cc or less
Predominantly enhancing mass with volume of > 8 cc
Predominantly non-enhancing mass
Only 1 Cleveland Multiport Catheter (CMC) will be placed and CED will be performed intra-operatively only in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipped Operating Room. Topotecan infusion will be performed over a 4-hour period, with the goal of complete tumor coverage. The initial rate will be 1.20 ml/hour and infusion will be monitored by intermittent MRI imaging. The rate may be adjusted upwards during the infusion, in the event of incomplete tumor coverage, or downwards, if new mass effect is apparent. Following completion of the 4-hour infusion, the CMC will be removed. The initial rate for each subsequent patient may be adjusted upwards in increments of up to 1.20 ml/hour based upon the tumor coverage and safety characteristics of the previously treated patients.
2 Cleveland Multiport Catheter (CMCs) will be placed and the total infusion rate of Topotecan per CMC to be used for the first 24 hours for the first patient will be 0.834 ml/hour (3.48 microliters/minute/microcatheter). The rate used for the second 24 hours of the infusion will be 1.668 ml/hour. If the first patient does not experience rate-limiting toxicity, then the patient #2's initial infusion rate will start at the highest tolerated rate for patient #1, and the second 24-hour rate for that patient will be increased by 0.834 ml/hour. Each subsequent patient will undergo rate escalation in a similar manner until we observe either: 1) complete coverage of the enhancing tumor by the infused Gadopentetic acid (Gd-DTPA), or 2) rate-limiting toxicity.
The total infusion rate of Topotecan per Cleveland Multiport Catheter (CMC) to be used for the first 24 hours for the first patient will be 0.29 ml/hour. The rate used for the second 24 hours of the infusion will be 0.58 ml/hour. If the first patient does not experience rate-limiting toxicity, then the patient #2's initial infusion rate will start at the highest tolerated rate for patient #1, and the second 24-hour rate for that patient will be increased by 0.29 ml/hour. Each subsequent patient will undergo rate escalation in a similar manner until we observe either: 1) complete coverage of the non-enhancing tumor by the infused Gd-DTPA, or 2) rate-limiting toxicity.