Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral Infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab With Temozolomide and Radiation Compared to Temozolomide and Radiation Alone in Newly Diagnosed GBM

Study Purpose

Primary brain cancer kills up to 10,000 Americans a year. These brain tumors are typically treated by surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, either individually or in combination. Present therapies are inadequate, as evidenced by the low 5-year survival rate for brain cancer patients, with median survival at approximately 12 months. Glioma is the most common form of primary brain cancer, afflicting approximately 7,000 patients in the United States each year. These highly malignant cancers remain a significant unmet clinical need in oncology. The investigators have completed a Phase I clinical trial that has shown that Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral Infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (BV) is safe up to a dose of 15mg/kg in patients with recurrent malignant glioma. Additionally, the investigators have shown in a recently completed Phase I/II clinical trial, that SIACI BV improves the median progression free survival (PFS) from 4-6 months to 11.5 months and overall survival (OS) from 12-15 months to 23 months in patients with newly diagnosed GBM. Therefore, this two-arm, randomized trial (2:1) is a follow up study to these trials and will ask simple questions: Will this repeated SIACI treatment regimen increase progression free survival (PFS-primary endpoint) and overall survival (OS-secondary endpoint) when compared with standard of care in patients with newly diagnosed GBM? Exploratory endpoints will include adverse events and safety analysis as well as quality of life (QOL) assessments. The investigators expect that this project will provide important information regarding the utility of repeated SIACI BV therapy for newly diagnosed GBM and may alter the way these drugs are delivered to our patients in the near future.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	18 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Subject is a male or female 18 years of age or older. 2. Subject has a confirmed diagnosis of GBM according to the 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the CNS. Accordingly, eligible GBM patients will comprise only IDH-wild type astrocytomas with microvascular proliferation or necrosis or one or more of 3 genetic parameters (TERT promoter mutations, EGFR gene amplification, or combined gain of entire chromosome 7 and loss of entire chromosome 10). 3. Subject has a Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) 70% or greater. 4. Subject has a life expectancy of at least 6 months, in the opinion of the Investigator. 5. Subject must be able to undergo MRI evaluation. 6. Subject meets the following laboratory criteria: i. White blood count ≥ 3,000/μL ii. Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/μL iii. Platelets ≥ 100,000/μL iv. Hemoglobin > 10.0 g/dL (transfusion and/or ESA allowed) v. Total bilirubin and alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2x institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) vi. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) < 3 x ULN vii. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine < 1.5 x ULN. 7. Females of reproductive potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and be willing to use an acceptable method of birth control. 8. Males of reproductive potential must be willing to use an acceptable method of birth control to ensure effective contraception with partner. 9. Able to understand and willing to sign an institutional review board (IRB)-approved written informed consent document (legally authorized representative permitted).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subject has initiated chemotherapy or radiation treatment for diagnosis of or GBM. 2. Subject has an IDH mutant astrocytoma or other non GBM brain tumor according to the 2021 WHO classification of Tumors of the CNS. 3. Subject intends to participate in another clinical trial. 4. Subject has an active infection requiring treatment. 5. Subject has radiographic evidence of multi-focal disease or leptomeningeal dissemination. 6. Subject has a history of other malignancy unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 5 years. Adequately treated basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell skin cancer is acceptable regardless of time, as well as localized prostate carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ after curative treatment. 7. Subject has a known positive test for human immunodeficiency virus infection, or active hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. 8. Subject has a history or evidence of any other clinically significant disorder, condition or disease that would pose a risk to subject safety or interfere with the study evaluation, procedures or completion. 9. Subject, if female, is pregnant or is breast feeding.

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT05271240
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	Phase 3
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Northwell Health
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	John Boockvar, MD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	Feinstein Institute for Medical Research/Lenox Hill Hospital
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	United States
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Glioblastoma, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Glioma, Malignant, GBM, Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype, Glioblastoma Multiforme, Adult

Additional Details

Those randomized to the treatment group (IA BV+TMZ/RT )the experimental aspects will include: 1. Subjects will first be treated with Mannitol prior to IA BV infusion. Mannitol is delivered IA, 12.5 mL over 2 minutes in order to disrupt the blood brain barrier. IA mannitol has been used in several thousand patients in previous studies for the IA delivery of chemotherapy for malignant glioma. 2. Subjects will then be treated with repeated IA BV. Each patient will receive one dose of IA BV on day 30, followed by chemoradiation. IA BV will be repeated every three months for a total of 3 infusions.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: SIACI of Bevacizumab (Avastin) with Temozolomide and Radiation

Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (Avastin) with Temozolomide and Radiation

Active Comparator: Standard of care Temozolomide and Radiation

Standard of care Temozolomide and Radiation

Interventions

Drug: - Repeated Superselective Intraarterial Cerebral infusion (SIACI) of Bevacizumab (Avastin) with Temozolomide and Radiation

Subjects who are assigned to the IA BV+TMZ/RT group (Treatment Group), in addition to your standard of care cancer treatment, you will have a dose of bevacizumab delivered directly to your brain through superselective intra-cranial intra-arterial catheterization of the arteries that supply blood to your brain tumor along with the start of the initial 42 day oral temozolomide treatment. IA BV will be repeated every three months for a total of 3 infusions.

Drug: - Temozolomide and Radiation Alone

Subjects who are assigned to the TMZ/RT alone group (Control Group) you will receive standard of care cancer treatment that involves a daily oral dose of temozolomide for 42 days with radiation to the tumor followed by 28 days of rest and then repeated maintenance treatment cycles of daily oral temozolomide 5 days on and 23 days off.

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Lenox Hill Brain Tumor Center, New York, New York

Status

Recruiting

Address

Lenox Hill Brain Tumor Center

New York, New York, 10075

Site Contact

John Boockvar, MD

[email protected]

212-434-3900