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Measuring Non-Enhancing Glioblastoma Progression
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if magnetic resonance imaging with magnetic resonance spectroscopy ("MRI/MRS" scanning) can measure any extra growth in the tumor that does not show up on regular MRI images. This study procedure will be performed on patients with recurrent glioblastoma who are either being treated with chemotherapy that blocks blood vessel growth, or will soon begin this type of chemotherapy.
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Mebendazole in Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Glioma Patients Receiving Temozolomide
The purpose of this study is to find the highest dose of mebendazole (MBZ) that can be safely given to people with malignant brain tumors in combination with the current standard of care (temozolomide) without causing severe side effects. We also want to find out if MBZ can slow the growth of the brain tumor. The study doctors have found that MBZ is effective against malignant brain tumors in the laboratory and animal models of brain tumors.
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Memory Perception Assessment in Central/Non-central Nervous System Cancers
Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to implement intended actions in the future. It allows maintaining and retrieving future plans, goals, and activities (i.e., remember to remember). PM is associated with most everyday memory problems . PM is crucial to correctly respond to all the social, occupational and working demands of everyday life, to perform many deferred health-related actions and is involved in therapeutic adherence . Indeed, PM errors are an important part of the aging memory complaints. The prevalence of self-reported PM failures is also significant among young adults, compared with self-reported retrospective memory (RM) failures .Yet, PM errors are major...
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Metabolic Tumor Volumes in Radiation Treatment of Primary Brain Tumors
- Metabolic Tumor Volume (MTV), identified by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) is different from the Clinical Target Volume (CTV) used for radiation dose delivery in the treatment of brain tumors. - If MTV > CTV, the investigators hypothesize that the difference in volumes (cc) is related to worse clinical outcome. Furthermore, in case of local recurrence, the lesion is located in the MTV area that is outside of the CTV. - Alternatively, if CTV > MTV, then the difference in volumes is related to higher treatment toxicity.
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Methylation Patterns of the NUPR1, MGMT, NDRG2, and GLI1 Genes and Their Impact on Therapeutic Outcome of GBM Patients
The study aimed to investigate the role of promoter methylation of MGMT, NUPR1, NDRG2, and GLI1 genes in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients. Tissue samples were collected from GBM patients and individuals with non-neurooncological diseases (NND). The methylation status of the four genes was analyzed, and the clinical characteristics and survival of GBM patients were evaluated.
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MET-PET for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
This research study is a prospective pilot study. The purpose of a pilot clinical study is to obtain preliminary data to support the reason for doing a larger clinical trial on testing the clinical effectiveness of an investigational intervention. "Investigational" means that the role of MET-PET scans is still being studied and that research doctors are trying to find out more about it. It also means that the FDA has not approved this intervention for your type cancer. In this research study, the investigators are evaluating whether or not MET-PET scans have value in predicting response to standard chemoradiation therapy in participants with newly-diagnosed glioblastoma. A...
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Mibefradil Dihydrochloride and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Recurrent Glioma
RATIONALE: Mibefradil dihydrochloride may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. 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. PURPOSE: This phase I trial is studying the best dose of mibefradil dihydrochloride when given together with temozolomide in treating patients with glioma.
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MK-3475 in Combination With MRI-guided Laser Ablation in Recurrent Malignant Gliomas
The blood brain barrier (BBB) is a major obstacle to drug delivery in the treatment of malignant brain tumors including Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). MRI-guided laser ablation (MLA) has been noted to disrupt peritumoral BBB, which could then lead to increased access of new tumor antigens to the lymphovascular system and vice versa of immune effector cells to the tumor for effective activation of the immune system. Therefore the combination of MK-3475 and MLA as proposed in this protocol is hypothesized to create a therapeutic synergy in which MLA increases material access to promote immune activation and then MK-3475 maximizes these tumor-specific immune reactions to impart...
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Molecular Genetic, Host-derived and Clinical Determinants of Long-term Survival in Glioblastoma
This pro - and retrospective multicenter clinical epidemiological study studies the molecular genetic, host-derived and clinical determinants of glioblastoma patients with an overall survival of more than 5 years. The different research focusses are: - Identification of clinical parameters and patient characteristics / host-related factors in long-term survivors (Focus 1) - Identification of molecular tumor characteristics in long-term survivors (Focus 2) - Assessment of therapy-related parameters, including neuro-toxicity (Focus 3) - Immunological studies (Focus 4)
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Molecular Profiling in Guiding Individualized Treatment Plan in Adults With Recurrent/Progressive Glioblastoma
This current study will use a new treatment approach based on each patient's tumor genomic profiling consisting of whole genome sequencing, exome analysis, and RNA sequencing as well as predictive modeling. This new treatment strategy has shown promising results in adult patients with other solid tumors.
