Active clinical trials for "Glioblastoma"

This study will combine the chemotherapy agent temozolomide with the investigational drug SCH66336 (an agent which interferes with new cell growth). Patients will be treated with oral temozolomide on days 1-5 and oral SCH66336 on days 8-28 every 28 days.

The main goal of this study is to evaluate and to determine the dose of a highly accurate irradiation (allowing to increase the dose delivered while restricting the risk of complication) in association with temozolomide.

This pilot clinical trial studies the feasibility of palliative 4pi radiotherapy in treating patients with glioblastoma multiforme that has come back after standard chemoradiation. A new radiotherapy delivery planning system, called 4pi radiotherapy, may help improve radiation delivery by improving dose coverage to the treatment target, while reducing the dose to surrounding normal tissues.

The purpose of this study is to learn more about the way physicians communicate with brain tumor patients. This study will look at how oncologists provide information about brain tumors, brain scan results, and treatment options. This study will look at how oncologists provide information about brain tumors, brain scan results, and treatment options. Ultimately, the investigators hope to use these findings to improve communication between patients, caregivers and their doctors.

Patients with GBM, who were deemed ineligible for any active protocols at our centre, received accelerated hypofractionation EBRT if 60Gy/20Fx using an IMRT technique with conventional dose of concomitant and adjuvant TMX as per the STUPP's TMZ schedule. Thirty five patients, 15 females and 20 males with a median age of 63 (range 31-78) were treated with a median KPS of 90 (range 50-100). Four patients had multicentric disease at presentation. Eight patients had biopsy only while the rest had a near total resection (n=14) and partial resection (n=13) with a median follow-up of 12.1 months, the median survival was 14.4 months.

For patients with progressive or recurrent glioblastoma there is no standard therapy. One strategy is re-exposure to temozolomide in a higher dose. This increase in dosing can be done by 2 regimens. Aim of this study is to compare these 2 dosing regimens concerning toxicity. In study arm A patients receive temozolomide for one week, followed by a week without temozolomide. In study arm B patients receive temozolomide for three weeks, followed by a week without temozolomide. The regimen that is less toxic will be selected for further evaluations.

Primary objectives To determine maxi tolerated dose of Temodar® in combo w O6-benzylguanine administered for 5 consecutive days in pts w progressive/recurrent GBM To characterize toxicity associated w Temodar® in combo w O6-BG administered for 5 consecutive days in pts w progressive/recurrent GBM To determine Neulasta®-supported MTD defined as the MTD of Temodar® in combo with O6-BG administered for 5 days while receiving Neulasta® once per treatment cycle between days 7 & 14 in pts w progressive/recurrent GBM To obtain preliminary response rates of Temodar® in combo w O6-BG administered for 5 consecutive days in pts w progressive/recurrent GBM

Objectives: To define role of O6-Benzylguanine (BG) in restoring Temodar (temozolomide) sensitivity in patients with Temodar-resistant malignant glioma. To further define toxicity of combo therapy using Temodar + BG.

This study is a phase 2 trial of GC1118, an EGFR monoclonal antibody, for recurrent glioblastoma patients who were treated with standard concurrent chemoradiation.

The long term goal of this research is to establish whether NPC sparing RT techniques improve neurocognitive outcomes compared to conventional RT for brain tumors. If the proposed study demonstrates that NPC sparing RT is not associated with increased LR in the spared regions of the brain compared to conventional RT, it will ideally serve as the foundation for a future multi-institutional randomized controlled trial comparing neurocognitive outcomes in patients treated with NPC-sparing RT versus conventional radiation therapy.