Active clinical trials for "Glioblastoma"

This is a multicenter study evaluating the safety and tolerability of Toca 511 administered intravenously to patients with recurrent or progressive Grade III or Grade IV Gliomas who have elected to undergo surgical removal of their tumor. Patients meeting all of the inclusion and none of the exclusion criteria will receive an initial dose of Toca 511 administered as an intravenous, bolus injection, followed approximately 11 days later by an additional dose injected into the walls of the resection cavity at the time of planned tumor resection. Approximately 6 weeks later, patients will begin treatment with oral Toca FC, an antifungal agent, and repeated every 4 weeks. All patients enrolled in this study will be encouraged to participate in a continuation protocol that enables additional Toca FC administration and the collection of long-term safety and response data.

The purpose of this study is to test the safety and effects of a special type of a cancer vaccine called a 'dendritic cell vaccine' in patients with either newly diagnosed or recurrent glioblastoma. The goal of this dendritic cell vaccine is to activate a patient's own immune system against their tumor. This study utilizes a patient's own immune-stimulating dendritic cells that are isolated in a procedure called leukapheresis. In a laboratory, these dendritic cells are treated in a way that is designed to promote an immune response against cancer stem cells. Then the dendritic cells are injected under the skin in a series of vaccinations, with the goal of activating an immune response against cancer stem cells in the tumor. To qualify for this study, patients must have very little to no residual tumor visible on a recent MRI. In addition to the vaccines, patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma will receive standard temozolomide chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Patients with recurrent glioblastoma will not receive any treatment other than the vaccines as long as they are participating in this study, unless they were previously treated with bevacizumab, in which case they will be allowed to continue receiving bevacizumab.

RATIONALE: heat shock protein gp96-peptide complex made from a person's tumor cells may help the body build an effective immune response to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: This trial is studying the safety and effectiveness of autologous gp96 treatment of glioblastoma and to see how well it works in treating patients with newly diagnosed supratentoria glioma.

This is a phase II study on the usage of stereotactic Gamma Knife radiosurgery as a boost to the tumor bed border zone in conjunction with the usage of bevacizumab.

This clinical trial will recruit patients diagnosed with glioblastoma at the time of recurrence or progression following prior treatment with surgery, radiation therapy and alkylating chemotherapy. Patients will be screened and if found eligible will be randomized to one of two treatment arms (1:1 randomization). Patients randomized to the Axitinib treatment-arm will be treated with Axitinib until progression (they can be treated after progression in the Axitinib plus lomustine arm), unacceptable treatment related toxicity, or patients refusal to continue study treatment. Patients randomized to the Axitinib plus Lomustine-arm will receive treatment until progression, unacceptable treatment related toxicity, or patients refusal to continue study treatment.

RATIONALE: Genetically-modified neural stem cells (NSCs) that convert 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) into the chemotherapy agent 5-FU (fluorouracil) at sites of tumor in the brain may be an effective treatment for glioma. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies genetically-modified NSCs and 5-FC in patients undergoing surgery for recurrent high-grade gliomas.

The purpose of this study is to find out whether the new drug PX-866 will slow the growth of your glioblastoma multiforme.

To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of low dose rate radiation therapy plus temozolomide. This will be in patients with High Grade Glioma (to only include Anaplastic Astrocytoma or Glioblastoma Multiforme) who have previously been treated with surgery followed by radiation surgical resection followed by adjuvant radiation therapy plus temozolomide.

This randomized, non-comparative study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Avastin (bevacizumab) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Patients will be randomized to receive Avastin 10 mg/kg intravenously every 2 weeks or fotemustine 75 mg/m2 on days 1, 8 and 15, followed by, after a 5 weeks interval, 100 mg/m2 intravenously every 3 weeks. Treatment with fotemustine serves as a calibration arm and no formal efficacy comparison will be made between the two treatment arms. The anticipated time of study treatment is until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Background: - AZD7451 is a drug that may help interfere with brain tumor cell growth. It can prevent glioma cells from entering into normal brain tissue, and slow or stop the growth of additional tumors. Researchers want to see if AZD7451 is effective against gliomas that have not responded to surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy. Objectives: - To see if AZD7451 is a safe and effective treatment for gliomas that have not responded to standard treatments. Eligibility: - Individuals at least 18 years of age who have gliomas that have not responded to standard treatments. Design: Participants will be screened with a physical exam, medical history, blood and urine tests, heart function tests, an eye exam, and imaging studies. Participants will take AZD7451 daily by mouth for 28-day cycles of treatment. Participants will keep a medication diary and record any side effects. Treatment will be monitored with frequent blood tests and imaging studies. Treatment will continue as long as there are no serious side effects and the tumor does not start growing again....