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Study of Therapy with TransMID™ Compared to Best Standard of Care in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme
This study is currently recruiting patients.
Sponsored by: | Xenova Biomedix |
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Information provided by: | Xenova Biomedix |
Purpose
TransMID treatment or best standard of care for patients with advanced glioblastoma multiforme
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a type of brain tumour. GBM tumours are usually treated with surgery and radiotherapy. Unfortunately, this type of brain tumour may continue to grow or come back (recur) despite treatment.
This trial will compare a new drug called TransMID with the best standard treatment that is currently available. TransMID is a drug that is a combination of a protein called transferrin and a poison called diphtheria toxin.
Cancer cells need iron in order to continue to grow. They need more iron than normal cells. Transferrin helps cells to take up available iron. So the cancer cells are attached to the transferrin in TransMID, and the diphtheria poison kills them. The aim of this treatment is to kill the cancer cells while not affecting the normal brain cells. This treatment for brain tumours may have fewer side effects than other treatments because it targets cancer cells.
The best standard treatment will involve giving chemotherapy. You may have chemotherapy as part of the treatment when you are diagnosed. Or it may be kept in reserve to treat your brain tumour if it comes back or continues to grow. Your cancer specialist (consultant) will decide which chemotherapy drugs you should have.
Condition | Treatment or Intervention | Phase |
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Glioblastoma Multiforme |
Drug: TransMID™ |
Phase III |
MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer; Cancer Alternative Therapy
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Phase III Multicenter Study of Intratumoral/Interstitial Therapy with TransMID™ Compared to Best Standard of Care in Patients with Progressive and/or Recurrent, Non-Resectable Glioblastoma Multiforme
Expected Total Enrollment: 323
Study start: May 2004;
Study completion: May 2005
This is a Multicenter, open label, randomized study comparing TransMID™ with a chemotherapeutic regimen considered to be best standard of care and consisting of either nitrosoureas, platinum compounds, temozolomide, procarbazine or PCV (procarbazine, lomustine (CCNU) & vincristine). A planned interim analysis of the primary efficacy endpoint will be conducted after approximately 50% of the required events have been observed.
In order for a patient to be eligible for enrollment into this trial, he/she must be diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme which has been confirmed histologically and have undergone conventional treatment, including surgery (biopsy or debulking) and/or radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy, have a recurrent and/or progressive tumor ≥1.0 cm and ≤4.0 cm in diameter.
Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and above, Genders Eligible for Study: Both
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Location and Contact Information
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