Temozolomide and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Gliomas

Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Clinical Trial

Official title: A Phase II Study of a Temozolomide-Based Chemoradiotherapy Regimen for High-Risk Low-Grade Gliomas

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Giving temozolomide together with radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving temozolomide together with radiation therapy works in treating patients with low-grade gliomas.

Clinical Trial Description

OBJECTIVES:

• Compare the 3-year survival of patients with high-risk low-grade gliomas treated with temozolomide and radiotherapy followed by temozolomide alone with that of patients enrolled on European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)clinical trials EORTC-22844 and EORTC-22845.

• Determine the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

• Determine the association between progression-free survival and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) methylation status in patients treated with this regimen.

• Determine the association between survival and MGMT methylation status in patients treated with this regimen.

• Determine the quality of life (QOL) of patients treated with this regimen.

• Determine the neurocognitive function of patients treated with this regimen.

• Evaluate the feasibility of collecting patient-reported QOL and neurocognitive assessments over 3 years.

OUTLINE: This is a non-randomized, multicenter study.

Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-42 and undergo radiotherapy once daily on days 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, 22-26, 29-33, and 36-40, one hour before RT weekdays, in the evening weekends. Beginning 28 days after completion of chemoradiotherapy, patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment with temozolomide repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline, 6 months, 12 months.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed at 4 months, every 6 months for 2 years, and then annually thereafter.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 135 patients will be accrued for this study within 44 months. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
• Central Nervous System Neoplasms
• Glioma
• Nervous System Neoplasms

• NCT number: NCT00114140
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: January 2005
• Completion date: May 20, 2022