Actively Recruiting

Phase 1
Phase 2
Age: 18Years +
All Genders
NCT05664464

Glutamate Inhibitors in Glioblastoma

Led by University of Zurich · Updated on 2024-05-10

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Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

204 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

U

University of Zurich

Lead Sponsor

S

Swiss National Science Foundation

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The goal of this 1:1 randomized, multi-center, open-label phase Ib/II clinical trial is to explore the efficacy of the add-on of the anti-glutamatergic drugs gabapentin, sulfasalazine and memantine to standard chemoradiotherapy with temozolomide compared to chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Glutamate Inhibitors in Glioblastoma

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years +
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Newly diagnosed supratentorial glioblastoma as defined by 2021 WHO CNS tumor classification
  • Signed informed consent
  • Age over 18 years
  • Eligible for standard chemoradiotherapy with temozolomide (no hypofractionated radiotherapy)
  • Karnofsky Performance Score of 70 or higher
  • Ability to understand and judge according to local investigator
  • Availability of paraffin-embedded tumor tissue for central pathology review
  • Adequate blood counts, liver and kidney function
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Scheduled for hypofractionated radiotherapy
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Intention to become pregnant or father a child during the study
  • Lack of safe contraception in women of childbearing potential
  • Other significant diseases such as renal failure, liver dysfunction, or cardiovascular disease
  • Known or suspected drug or alcohol abuse
  • Inability to follow study procedures due to language, psychological, or cognitive issues
  • Participation in another investigational drug study within 30 days
  • Previous enrollment in this study
  • Being an investigator or related to study personnel
  • Prior brain radiotherapy or overlapping radiation fields
  • Active cancer interfering with study treatment
  • Abnormal ECG with QTc over 450 ms
  • Contraindication to gadolinium-enhanced MRI
  • Known intolerance to study drugs or related compounds
  • Acute intermittent porphyria
  • Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • Concomitant treatment with digoxin, cyclosporin, or methotrexate
  • History of severe skin reactions or renal tubular acidosis

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8090

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Research Team

H

Hans-Georg Wirsching, MD

CONTACT

M

Michael Weller, MD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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