Active clinical trials for "Glioblastoma"

Glioblastomas are the most common and most aggressive primary brain tumors in adults. The prognosis is poor despite multimodal therapy with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Therefore, novel treatments are urgently needed. L19TNF is a fully human fusion protein consisting of human tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α fused to the L19 antibody in scFv format, specific to the extra-domain B of fibronectin. TNF not only induces apoptosis or necrosis in certain target cells, but also exerts inflammation and immunity. L19TNF selectively delivers TNF to the tumor site to spare normal tissues from undesired toxicity. Preclinical experiments with L19TNF have demonstrated tumor growth retardation in various mouse tumor models including models of glioma.

The investigator propose a single-center randomized phase II controlled study designed to compare the management of first recurrence of GBM using etoposide versus tamoxifen.

Radiation therapy is an integral part of the multimodal primary therapy of glioblastomas. As the overall prognosis in this tumor entity remains unfavorable, current research is focused on additional drug therapies, which are often accompanied by increases in toxicity. By using proton beams instead of photon beams, it is possible to protect large parts of the brain which are not affected by the tumor more effectively. An initial retrospective matched-pair analysis showed that this theoretical physical benefit is also clinically associated with a reduction in toxicity during therapy and in the first few months thereafter. The aim of the GRIPS study is to prospectively test this clinical benefit in a randomized, open-label Phase III study. Patients are treated in the study using either modern photon radiation techniques (standard arm) or proton beams (experimental arm). The primary endpoint is the cumulative toxicity CTC grade 2 and higher in the first 4 months. Secondary endpoints include overall survival, progression-free survival, quality of life, and neurocognition.

This study is a prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled clinical study. Indications: Glioblastoma diagnosed after surgery (WHO grade IV). The patient received conventional postoperative concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy, or neoadjuvant temozolomide combined with concurrent increased intensity-modulated radiotherapy. According to data from previous clinical trials, conventional doses of concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy PFS 6.9 months neoadjuvant temozolomide combined with concurrently increased intensity-modulated radiotherapy PFS 13.7 months, an estimated 20% leakage rate, and a total sample size of 80 patients.

The purpose of the this study is to see if the use of a PET scan with 18F-fluciclovine (PET or Fluciclovine PET) in addition to the normal radiation planning imaging procedures (MRI and CT scan) will help determine the areas where the radiation therapy is to be delivered. It is also a goal of the study to determine if subjects live longer when treatment plans for radiation therapy are designed using a Fluciclovine PET scan, as well as MRI and CT scans. We will also collect information on if and where the tumor returns. Information on the side effects from the two different treatment planning imaging methods will also be collected. 18F-Fluciclovine is an FDA-approved radioactive diagnostic agent that is injected into the patient and then taken up by cancer cells, which can then be visualized with a PET/CT scan. 18F-Fluciclovine is FDA approved for the detection of recurrent prostate cancer, but is still investigational for the purposes of this study.

This is a multicenter, open-label, Phase 1b/2 efficacy and safety study of Berubicin utilizing a Simon's 2-stage design to confirm the efficacy (or futility) of a single arm of Berubicin treatment, administered at the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D) identified in Phase 1 studies (7.5 mg/m2 Berubicin HCl), on the endpoint of ORR in up to approximately 61 patients. A central reader will determine the radiologic responses for each patient according to m RANO criteria. The responder criteria for this Simon's design will be based on objective response criteria defined as individual patients achieving CR or PR per m-RANO criteria within 6 months from baseline.

This is a randomized, parallel-arm, phase I/II study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of B7-H3 CAR-T in between Temozolomide cycles comparing to Temozolomide alone in treating patients with glioblastoma that has come back or does not respond to the standard treatment. The antigen B7-H3 is highly expressed in glioblastoma of a subset of patients. B7-H3 CAR-T, made from isolated patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells, can specifically attack patient glioblastoma cells that expressing B7-H3.

This is a single arm clinical study to estimate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic (PK) characteristics of Chimeric Antigen Receptor-modified T cells (CAR-T) SNC-109 in patients with recurrent glioblastoma (r-GBM) and preliminarily evaluate the effectiveness, the immunogenicity of the product, as well as their correlation between the changes of cytokines from baseline level after cellular infusion.

The purpose of this study is to find out how much tratuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) can penetrate the tumor when injected into the body, and whether T-DXd may be an effective treatment for brain cancers that express the HER2 protein.

This early phase I trial tests brain concentration level and safety of defactinib or VS-6766 for the treatment of patients with glioblastoma. Recently, two new drugs that seem to work together have been shown to have promising treatment effects in tissue culture and animal models of glioblastoma. Each inhibits a different glioblastoma growth pathway and when used together may create a larger effect on tumor growth than either alone. Growth pathway describes a series of chemical reactions in which a group of molecules in a cell work together to control cell growth. It is known that glioblastoma tumor cells can grow because of lack of regulation. Both Pyk2 and the closely related kinase (FAK) proteins help regulate tumor cell invasion, unless they are produced in large amounts (over expressed). Specifically, Raf and FAK/Pyk2 regulation of cell division is activated quite a bit more in gliomas compared to normal tissues. Recently developed inhibitors of Raf (VS-6766) and FAK (defactinib) which belong to a class of medications called kinase inhibitors, are aimed to bring their activity to proper levels and may stop tumor growth.