Active clinical trials for "Glioma"

The purpose of this research study is to determine if armodafinil is safe and effective in treating fatigue in patients with malignant gliomas undergoing treatment with radiotherapy plus temodar. Armodafinil is a wakefulness-promoting agent that has been FDA approved for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness for a variety of disorders. Armodafinil may also help to reduce radiation-induced fatigue in brain tumor patients.

1. Purpose of the Study - This protocol aims to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of autologous ALD-451 cells administered intravenously in World Health Organization (WHO) grade IV malignant glioma patients following surgery, radiation therapy and temozolomide; as well as to obtain an initial description of the effects of ALD-451 cells on neuro-cognition allowing the design of a subsequent phase 2 trial of this intervention in patients with malignant glioma. The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate the safety of intravenously administered autologous bone marrow derived ALD-451 cells in the brain following surgery, radiation therapy and temozolomide in patients with WHO grade IV malignant glioma. The secondary objective of this study is to determine the recovery of ALD-451 from bone marrow of patients following radiation therapy and temozolomide. The exploratory objective of this study is to determine if intravenous administration of autologous ALD-451 cells following surgery, radiation therapy and temozolomide in WHO grade IV malignant glioma patients may have an effect on subsequent deterioration of neurocognition and patient-reported outcomes.

Many types of cancer are primarily treated with surgery and patient survival is directly related to the extent to which the tumor is able to be removed. It is often difficult for surgeons to distinguish tumor tissue from normal tissue or to detect tumor cells that have spread from the original tumor site, resulting in incomplete removal of the tumor and reduced patient survival. In some sites, such as the brain, it is critical to avoid damage to normal tissue around the tumor to prevent adverse effects of surgery on function. We hypothesize that BLZ-100 will improve surgical outcomes by allowing surgeons to visualize the edges of the tumor and small groups of cancer cells that have spread to other sites in real-time as operate. This is a safety study to assess the safety of BLZ-100 in patients with gliomas undergoing surgery.

The primary goal of this study is evaluate T cell immune status and immune reconstitution and the association with specific cytokines in patients with newly diagnosed HGGs undergoing the standard RT/TMZ and adjuvant TMZ.

Bevacizumab may reduce CNS side effects caused by radiation therapy. This randomized phase II trial is studying how well bevacizumab works in reducing CNS side effects in patients who have undergone radiation therapy to the brain for primary brain tumor, meningioma, or head and neck cancer.

This is a phase 1, multi-centre, sequential cohort, open-label, dose-escalation study of the safety, tolerability, and PK of ANG1005 in patients with recurrent or progressive malignant glioma. ANG1005 will be given by IV infusion once every 21 days (1 treatment cycle). Each patient will participate in only 1 dose group and will receive up to 6 cycles of treatment provided there is no evidence of tumor progression, there is recovery to ≤Grade 1 or baseline nonhematologic, ANG1005-related toxicity (except alopecia), the absolute neutrophil count is ≥1.5 x 109/L, and the platelet count is ≥100 x 109/L.

The goal of this pilot study is to determine if intra-arterial (IA) chemotherapy is safe in the treatment of progressive diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG). IA administration of the chemotherapeutic agent enhances the regional distribution of the drug, thereby increasing the local delivered dose while minimizing systemic toxicity. It also provides a treatment option for these patients at the time of tumor recurrence.

This study is trying to learn and understand if the chemotherapy drug called carboplatin works as well as the standard therapy. The standard therapy for Low Grade Glioma (LGG) in children and young adults is using a combination of carboplatin and vincristine. Studies in children have shown that the use of carboplatin alone has promise of being just as effective for treating LGG as standard therapy. Additionally, this study will try to understand if treatment with carboplatin alone is associated with an improved quality of life for LGG patients and their families.

Gliomas, especially high grade gliomas and diffuse low grade gliomas, are characterized by their infiltrative nature. Recently, a new conception of supratotal resection has been proposed. Given the lack of prospective supporting data, the correlation between supratotal resection and the survival of patients with glioma need to be established. Therefore, the investigators aim to do a single center prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to assess the effect of supratotal resection at least 1 cm beyond the MR imaging-defined abnormalities on progression-free survival (PFS) of glioma.

Gliomas,especially high-grade glioma ,are the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults,yet outcomes from this aggressive neoplasm remain dismal.The extent of resection is one of the most essential factors that influence the outcomes of glioma resection.However, conventional structural imaging has failed to accurately delineate glioma margins because of tumor cell infiltration. the investigators have finished few project that suggest the feasibility of Magnetic Resonance Spectrum(MRS)-guided resection,unfortunately, lacking sufficient clinical evidence.This prospective cohort study is to provide a clinical evidence for the validity of MRS-guided resection in patients with HGG .