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Radiation Therapy Followed by Carmustine in Treating Patients Who Have Supratentorial Glioblastoma Multiforme

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006386
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 27, 2003
Last Update Posted : October 22, 2020
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy followed by carmustine in treating patients who have supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme.


Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Drug: carmustine Radiation: radiation therapy Radiation: stereotactic radiosurgery Phase 2

Detailed Description:

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the overall and progression-free survival in patients with supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme treated with accelerated radiotherapy and conformal stereotactic radiotherapy boost followed by carmustine.
  • Determine the short and long-term toxicity of this regimen in these patients.
  • Determine the feasibility of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive daily accelerated radiotherapy 5 days a week on weeks 1-2. On weeks 3-6, patients receive accelerated radiotherapy 4 days a week (3 days a week on week 6) and conformal stereotactic radiotherapy boost once weekly. Patients then receive carmustine IV over 1-2 hours on days 1-3 every 8 weeks for 6 courses beginning within 1 month after the completion of radiotherapy.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months for 3 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 76 patients will be accrued for this study within 15 months.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 80 participants
Allocation: N/A
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Phase II Trial of Accelerated Radiotherapy Using Weekly Stereotactic Conformal Boosts For Supratentorial Glioblastoma Multiforme
Study Start Date : March 2001
Actual Primary Completion Date : November 2004
Actual Study Completion Date : February 2009

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Drug Information available for: Carmustine

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: External beam radiotherapy with stereotactic boost
External beam radiotherapy (EBXRT): 50 Gy in 25 daily fractions of 2 Gy. Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) boost: 4 treatments of 5 or 7 Gy, once per week during weeks 3-6. Patients will not receive EBXRT on the SRT treatment days.
 Drug: carmustine
Radiation: radiation therapy
Radiation: stereotactic radiosurgery


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Overall Survival [ Time Frame: From registration to date of death or last follow-up. Analysis occurs after all patients have been potentially followed for 18 months. ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Progression-free Survival [ Time Frame: From registration to date of progression, death or last follow-up. Analysis occurs at the same time as the primary outcome analysis. ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   Child, Adult, Older Adult
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme by surgical biopsy or resection within 5 weeks of study
  • Postoperative residual contrast enhancing tumor and resection tumor cavity together no greater than 60 mm in maximum diameter
  • No well-differentiated or anaplastic astrocytomas or multifocal glioma
  • No tumors originating in the brainstem
  • No residual tumor within 10 mm of optic chiasm
  • No recurrent glioblastoma multiforme

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • Not specified

Performance status:

  • Zubrod 0-1

Life expectancy:

  • Not specified

Hematopoietic:

  • Hemoglobin greater than 9 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count greater than 1,500/mm^3
  • Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm^3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin less than 2.0 mg/dL
  • Serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) or serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) less than 2 times normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine less than 1.8 mg/dL
  • Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) less than 30 mg/dL

Pulmonary:

  • Chest x-ray normal OR
  • Diffusion capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) greater than 60% predicted

Other:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • Neurologic functional status 0-3
  • No other prior malignancy within the past 5 years except carcinoma in situ of the cervix or bladder, ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, or nonmelanomatous skin cancer

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy:

  • Not specified

Chemotherapy:

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy:

  • Concurrent steroids allowed

Radiotherapy:

  • Not specified

Surgery:

  • See Disease Characteristics

Other:

  • Concurrent anticonvulsants allowed
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Locations
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Sponsors and Collaborators
Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Investigators
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Study Chair: Robert M. Cardinale, MD MCV Hospitals
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Publications of Results:

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Responsible Party: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006386    
Other Study ID Numbers: RTOG-BR-0023
CDR0000068264
First Posted: January 27, 2003    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: October 22, 2020
Last Verified: November 2015
Keywords provided by Radiation Therapy Oncology Group:
adult glioblastoma
adult giant cell glioblastoma
adult gliosarcoma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Glioblastoma
Nervous System Neoplasms
Central Nervous System Neoplasms
Astrocytoma
Glioma
Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms
 Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Neoplasms by Site
Nervous System Diseases
Carmustine
Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
Alkylating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents