Adjuvant Stereotactic Fractionated Radiotherapy to the Resection Cavity in Recurrent Glioblastoma

Study Purpose

This multi-center randomized controlled phase II trial will investigate the impact of stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy to the resection cavity of complete resected recurrent glioblastoma on progression free survival. As secondary endpoints, overall survival, safety and toxicity as well as early response criteria on MRI, quality of life and neurocognitive function will be assessed. Chemotherapy will not be part of the protocol, however, additional treatment will be possible upon investigators best choice.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years - 99 Years
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Unifocal, supratentorial recurrent glioblastoma.
  • - Prior course of standard treatment.
  • - Complete resection of all contrast enhancing areas.
  • - age ≥ 18 years of age.
  • - Karnofsky Performance Score 60% or higher.
  • - For women with childbearing potential, (and men) adequate contraception.
  • - Ability of subject to understand character and individual consequences of the clinical trial.
  • - Written informed consent (must be available before enrolment in the trial)

    Exclusion Criteria:

    - Multifocal glioblastoma of gliomatosis cerebri.
  • - Time interval of less than 6 months after primary radiotherapy.
  • - Previous re-irradiation or prior radiosurgery of prior treatment with interstitial radioactive seeds.
  • - refusal of the patients to take part in the study.
  • - Patients who have not yet recovered from acute toxicities of prior therapies.
  • - Known carcinoma < 5 years ago (excluding Carcinoma in situ of the cervix, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin) requiring immediate treatment interfering with study therapy.
  • - Pregnant or lactating women.
  • - Participation in another clinical study or observation period of competing trials, respectively.

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT02715297
Phase

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Phase 2
Lead Sponsor

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Technical University of Munich
Principal Investigator

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Stephanie E. Combs, Prof. Dr.
Principal Investigator Affiliation Klinik für RadioOnkologie und Strahlentherapie
Agency Class

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Other, Industry
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries Germany
Conditions

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Glioblastoma
Additional Details

The treatment of recurrent glioblastoma is, beside of its abundance in clinical practice, still under discussion. Patients presenting with recurrent disease are therefore treated within individual concepts, largely based on small prospective trials, retrospective evaluations or case reports. Therefore, the treatment ranges from best supportive care over primary systemic treatments towards local therapies such as radiotherapy or surgical resection. Even if there might be a large selection bias, local therapies with or without concomitant or adjuvant chemotherapy seem to promise the largest prognostic benefit. Whether the combination of surgical resection and adjuvant radiotherapy improves survival, as it does within the primary situation, is unknown. The result of surgical resection might have an impact as well. Several case reports, retrospective evaluations and prospective studies have also included patients with remaining gross tumor after maximum save resection. In these trials, radiotherapy was associated with improvements in progression free as well as overall survival. Therefore, the influence of neuroimaging on prognosis is currently evaluated within the GLIA-A trial. Furthermore, stereotactic radiotherapy with or without an experimental systemic therapy is currently investigated within another multicenter randomized trial (NOA-12). Whether patients might benefit from a postoperative radiotherapy of the resection cavity after complete extirpation of all macroscopic tumor is key question of this protocol. To answer this question, the considered standard of care after complete resection, namely observation with or without adjuvant systemic therapy, will be compared to a postoperative normofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy towards the resection cavity within an open label, randomized trial. The prescribed total dose will be 46 Gy in 2 Gy fractions of 36 Gy in 3 Gy fractions depending on the treatment volume. Concerning safety, side effects will be monitored prospectively. Safety parameters will be compared between both arms of the study. Furthermore, measures for quality of life, neurocognitive function as well as neuroimaging features will be evaluated prospectively.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Arm A: SRT to the resection cavity

Postoperative stereotactic fractionated radiotherapy (SRT) to the resection cavity to a Total Dose of 46 Gy, 2 Gy single dose, or 36 Gy in 3 Gy single dose 5 fractions/week, depending on the volume and location of the treatment region.

No Intervention: Arm B: Observation

Observation without adjuvant radiotherapy.

Interventions

Radiation: - SRT to the resection cavity

46 Gy total dose will be delivered in 2 Gy per fraction, or 36 Gy delivered in 3 Gy per fraction, 5 fractions within 1 week. Doses will have to cover 95% of the PTV with the prescribed dose. The clinical target volume (CTV) will be defined as the resection cavity of the recurrent glioblastoma plus a margin of 5mm. A CTV to PTV margin of 1 to 3mm will be added according to technique used for immobilisation.

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International Sites

Dept. Radiation Oncology, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Status

Recruiting

Address

Dept. Radiation Oncology

Munich, Bavaria, 81675

Site Contact

Stephanie E. Combs, Prof. Dr.

direktion.radonk@mri.tum.de

089 4140 4501

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