The Assessment of Immune Response in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients Treated With Pembrolizumab (PIRG)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05235737 |
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First Posted : February 11, 2022
Last Update Posted : March 10, 2022
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To evaluate the short-term and longer-term safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of neoadjuvant and adjuvant Pembrolizumab on top of standard therapy (Stupp protocol) in patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM).
Randomized comparison of safety, tolerability, and clinical efficacy of (1) neoadjuvant and adjuvant Pembrolizumab (on top of Stupp protocol, n=12 patients), (2) neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab (on top of Stupp protocol, n=12 patients), and (3) standard of care (Stupp protocol only, n=12 patients). Immuno-PET examination will be performed before and after surgery in all patients.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma | Drug: Pembrolizumab | Phase 4 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 36 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Masking Description: | Open Label |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Single Center, Open-Label, Randomized Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Pembrolizumab on Top of Standard Chemo-Radiotherapy (Stupp Protocol) in Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). |
Estimated Study Start Date : | March 1, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | June 1, 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | May 30, 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Treatment arm 1
n=12 evaluable patients - neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab (2 doses, 200mg each) plus adjuvant Pembrolizumab (16 cycles q3w, 200mg each) on top of standard chemo-radiotherapy (Stupp protocol: radiotherapy 60Gy over 6 weeks, 2 Gy per daily fraction Mo-Fri setting plus Temozolomide 75mg/m2 of body surface area (BSA) daily during radiotherapy and six cycles post-radiotherapy of 150-200mg/m2 for 5 days in each 28-day cycle)
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Drug: Pembrolizumab
Adding Pembrolizumab as a neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy to the standard of care protocol |
Active Comparator: Treatment arm 2
n=12 evaluable patients - neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab (2 doses, 200mg each) on top of standard chemo-radiotherapy (Stupp protocol: radiotherapy 60Gy over 6 weeks, 2 Gy per daily fraction Mo-Fri setting plus Temozolomide 75mg/m2 BSA daily during radiotherapy and six cycles post-radiotherapy of 150-200mg/m2 for 5 days in each 28-day cycle)
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Drug: Pembrolizumab
Adding Pembrolizumab as a neoadjuvant therapy to the standard of care protocol |
No Intervention: Treatment arm 3
n=12 evaluable patients - standard chemo-radiotherapy (Stupp protocol: radiotherapy 60Gy over 6 weeks, 2 Gy per daily fraction Mo-Fri setting plus Temozolomide 75mg/m2 BSA daily during radiotherapy and six cycles post-radiotherapy of 150-200mg/m2 for 5 days in each 28-day cycle)
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- Overall survival [ Time Frame: 3 years after initial tumor surgery ]Proportion of patients remaining alive from initial tumor resection
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: 3 years after initial tumor surgery ]Time from initial tumor resection to the first occurrence of progression/relapse or death from any cause, whichever occurs first
- Time-to-progression [ Time Frame: 3 years after initial tumor surgery ]Time from initiation of study treatment to disease progression/relapse
- Usability assessment of immuno-PET imaging with 89Zr-DFO-Atezolizumab for quantitative analysis of early changes in PD-L1 expression [ Time Frame: 48 hours after surgery ]Immuno-PET scans (Standardized Uptake Values) will be correlated with the level and distribution of T cell activation markers.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
- Signed Informed Consent Form
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Age ≤70 years
- Able to comply with the study protocol in the investigator's judgment
- Clinically and radiologically (contrast CT, full profile MRI - T1-weighted with or without contrast, T2-weighted, FLAIR, DWI, PWI, MR-spectroscopy) confirmed diagnosis of GBM, localized outside eloquent brain areas
- Resectable tumor
- Fully physically active ≥80 points in Karnofsky performance scale
- Life expectancy of at least 3 months
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Adequate organ function (confirmed within 1 weeks before enrollment):
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9g/dL
- Absolute Neutrophils Count (ANC) ≥1.5×109/L
- White Blood Cells (WBC) count ≥3×109/L
- Platelets (PTL) ≥ 100×109/L
- AST/ALT ≤2.5×ULN
- Serum creatinine (S-Cr) ≤ ULN
- Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) ≥50mL/min
- Albumin ≥ LLN
- Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 ULN (except patients with documented Gilbert's Syndrome, who must present adequate level of direct bilirubin)
- International normalized ratio (INR) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤ 1.5×ULN. (Elevation of INR and aPTT due to administration of anticoagulation drugs is not a contraindication for the enrollment. However, it must return to normal range prior to surgery).
- For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use double barrier contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last immuno-PET imaging.
- For men: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use double barrier contraceptive methods that result in a failure rate of < 1% per year during the treatment period and for at least 120 days after the last immuno-PET imaging.
Exclusion criteria:
Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study entry:
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Any active concomitant malignancy, except:
- Locally treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma
- Cervical carcinoma in situ
- Breast cancer in situ
- Bladder cancer in situ
- Low grade prostate cancer (under observation with PSA level in normal range)
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Any previous systemic cancer treatment, including, but not limited to:
- Radiotherapy
- Brachytherapy for brain tumor
- Chemotherapy
- Carmustine wafer treatment (Gliadel®)
- Any immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy or any anticancer vaccination
- Hypersensitivity or allergy to any substance with similar action mechanism to Pembrolizumab, Atezolizumab, Temozolomide, other monoclonal antibodies or contrast agents
- Any active immunosuppressive systemic therapy (except corticosteroids under 12mg)
- Any active autoimmune disease or systemic therapy for autoimmune disease within 2 years before enrollment
- History of any immunodeficiency
- Active infection
- Significant cardiovascular disease, such as New York Heart Association cardiac disease ≥ Class III, myocardial infarction within 3 months, coronary artery disease, unstable arrhythmias or unstable angina
- Active liver disease, hepatitis, HBV or HCV infection
- History of tuberculosis
- Any mental disorder that may affect patient's participation
- Any drug or psychoactive substance dependence
- Evidence of significant uncontrolled concomitant disease that could affect compliance with the protocol
- Treatment with any other investigational agent or participation in another clinical trial with therapeutic intent within 28 days prior to study treatment initiation
- Major surgical procedure within 4 weeks prior to study enrollment or anticipation of need for a major surgical procedure during the course of the study other than for diagnosis
- Any live vaccination within 30 days before enrollment
- Any active immunosuppressive systemic infection including history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2
- Pregnant or lactating or intending to become pregnant during the study - women who are not postmenopausal (postmenopausal defined as ≥ 12 months of non-drug-induced amenorrhea) or surgically sterile must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 2 weeks prior to initiation of study treatment
- Any condition that the patient's physician determines to be detrimental to the patient participating in this study; including any clinically important deviations from normal clinical laboratory values or concurrent medical events.
- Inability to understand the local language for use of the patient QoL instruments.
- Tumor other than glioblastoma grade 4 IDH-wildtype, astrocytoma grade 3 or 4 IDH-mutant identified in post-surgery histopathology.
- Presence of 1p19q codeletion.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05235737
Contact: Wojciech Kaspera, Md, Phd | +48-32-3682551 | wkaspera@sum.edu.pl |
Responsible Party: | Wojciech Kaspera, Principal Investigator, Medical University of Silesia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05235737 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2019/ABM/01/00062 |
First Posted: | February 11, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 10, 2022 |
Last Verified: | February 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
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