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Filter by:RATIONALE: Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well erlotinib works in treating patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme or gliosarcoma.
The purpose of this study is to determine treatment related toxicity, tumor response, progression-free survival and quality of life of newly diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) patients undergoing a combination of surgical resection, brachytherapy and external beam radiation with concomitant temozolomide, followed by adjuvant temozolomide.
A single arm Phase 2 trial with the study drug temozolomide (temodar) for newly diagnosed glioblastoma in elderly patients (defined as greater than or equal to 70 years old). Following surgical resection, and confirmation of glioblastoma, patients will proceed to primary chemotherapy with temozolomide (temodar). Temodar is given for 42 consecutive days on and 14 days off occurring every 56 days. Procedures prior to initial study treatment (<14 Days) are: Neurological/Oncological History, Neurological Examination, Height, Weight, and Body Surface Area, Performance Status, Quality Of Life FACT-BR, Labs, MGMT tissue analysis, and Cranial CT/MRI with and without contrast. The same procedures are repeated on Day 1 of each treatment cycle with the addition of an adverse event assessment. And the off study procedures for patients are performance status, Quality Of Life FACT-BR, MGMT tissue analysis, and cranial CT/MRI with and without contrast. Patients may continue with each temodar daily dose therapy if clinical and neuroradiographical exams are stable or improving.
This was an investigational study to assess the objective overall response (OOR) rate (complete response [CR] + partial response [PR]) of imatinib mesylate and hydroxyurea (hydroxycarbamide) combination therapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (brain tumors). This study also evaluated the duration of tumor response (as per MacDonald criteria), clinical benefit, progression-free survival rate at 6 and 12 months, and the survival rate at 12 and 24 months.
Cure rates for patients with high grade glioma remain disappointing, in part because tumor cells are often resistant to chemotherapy, and because using higher doses of chemotherapy causes damage to normal blood cells. This trial is designed to try to overcome both of these barriers. The idea is to make tumor cells more sensitive to a chemotherapy agent, Temozolomide, by using 06Benzylguanine (06BG). In addition, patients will have a portion of their blood cells modified by the insertion of a chemotherapy resistance gene which may help protect blood cells from damage by the combination of the Temozolomide and 06BG.
RATIONALE: Giving the herb Boswellia serrata after surgery and radiation therapy may slow the growth of any remaining tumor cells. It is not yet known whether giving Boswellia serrata together with standard treatment is more effective than standard treatment alone in treating high-grade gliomas. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is the study of a combination of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) herbal supplement intervention as an adjuvant to standard treatment of patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent high-grade gliomas (HGG). The central hypothesis of this application is that a herbal preparation that inhibits 5-LO activity, will produce measurable biologically meaningful decrease in 5-LO eicosanoid production and brain edema that will be associated with improved survival and quality of life in patients with HGG.
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 during and after radiation therapy may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery and placement of Gliadel wafers. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving temozolomide during and after radiation therapy works in treating patients who have undergone previous surgery and placement of Gliadel wafers for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
RATIONALE: Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of erlotinib in treating patients with progressive glioblastoma multiforme.
This is an open label clinical trial of imatinib mesylate 800 mg po/day in a population of patients with unresectable, recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Patients will be treated for up to 12 months
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is an experimental radiation therapy technique that is based on the principle of irradiating boron atoms with neutrons. When neutrons have relatively low energy, boron atoms that have been targeted to cancerous tissue using a suitable boron carrier (an amino acid derivative called BPA, boronophenylalanine) will capture the neutrons. As a result from the neutron capture the boron atoms will split into two, producing helium and lithium ions. The helium and lithium ions, in turn, have only a short pathlength in tissue (about 5 micrometers) and will deposit their cell damaging effect mainly within the tumor provided that the boron carrier (BPA) has accumulated in the tumor. In practice, the study participants will receive BPA as an approximately 2-hour intravenous infusion, following which the tumor is irradiated with low energy (epithermal) neutrons obtained from a nuclear reactor at the BNCT facility. BNCT requires careful radiation dose planning, but neutron irradiation will last approximately only for one hour. In this study BNCT is given only once. The study hypothesis is that glioblastoma tissue may accumulate the boron carrier compound, and glioblastoma might respond to BNCT.