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Lomustine in Addition to Standard of Care in Patients With MGMT Methylated Glioblastoma
Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is notoriously difficult to treat, with current therapies often extending life by only a few months. The standard treatment involves surgery followed by radiation and chemotherapy with Temozolomide (TMZ). The efficacy of TMZ, however, is significantly enhanced when the tumor's o6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) gene is methylated. Recent studies, such as the NOA-09 trial, have suggested that adding Lomustine (LOM) to TMZ could improve outcomes for patients with this specific tumor profile. Hypothesis: The investigators hypothesize that the addition of LOM to the TMZ regimen will lead to significantly improved survival rates among...
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Lorlatinib for Newly-Diagnosed High-Grade Glioma With ROS or ALK Fusion
The goal of this study is to determine the response of the study drug loratinib in treating children who are newly diagnosed high-grade glioma with a fusion in ALK or ROS1. It will also evaluate the safety of lorlatinib when given with chemotherapy or after radiation therapy.
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Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting Guided Extended Resection in Glioblastomas
Magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a procedure that uses radio waves, a powerful magnet, and a computer to make a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body. The goal of this study is to determine if MR fingerprinting, new way of acquiring MRI images, can help identify the extent of tumor spread in the brain, better than routine MRI images.
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MRI Hypoxia Study for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) Radiation Therapy
This study is designed to evaluate the role of Oxygen Enhanced (OE) Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent (BOLD) MRI in detecting regions of hypoxic tumour and to evaluate their use as imaging methods to selectively deliver targeted radiotherapy to regions of aggressive disease.
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Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Concurrent Azeliragon in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
Preclinical data have demonstrated the combination of azeliragon, a RAGE inhibitor, with radiation therapy (RT) can effectively reduce immune-suppressive myeloid cells and restore T-cell activation to improve tumor control in murine glioma models. Ongoing clinical studies of azeliragon with RT alone and RT plus temozolomide (TMZ) to treat patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) have demonstrated safety and tolerability. The purpose of this window-of-opportunity study is to validate that the combination of azeliragon with RT and TMZ would modulate immune-suppressive myeloid and T cells in the tumor microenvironment in patients with GBM.
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New Antigens Against Glioblastoma
In this study the investigators will select and develop potential therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for glioblastoma (GB). Activities include tissue microarray (TMA) to test monoclonal antibodies specificity and target distribution, selection of glioblastoma specific functional monoclonal antibodies, identification of candidate targets.
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NG101m Adjuvant Therapy in Glioblastoma Patients
The purpose of this clinical trial is to evaluate the addition of NG101m adjuvant therapy to standard of care treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. All subjects will receive NG101m capsules along with the standard treatment of temozolomide and radiation.
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Niraparib and Temozolomide in Patients Glioblastoma
The study evaluates safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics at recommended phase II dose (RP2D) and preliminary antitumor activity of Niraparib + dd-TMZ "one week on, one week off" in patients affected by recurrent GBM IDH wild-type and recurrent IDH mutant (WHO grade 2-4) gliomas. The treatment will be administered until progressive disease, unacceptable toxicity, consent withdrawal, lost to follow-up or death. The entire study is expected to last approximately 40 months.
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Optimizing Cytokine-Induced Killer Cells in Glioblastoma Patients
The goal of this prospective observational cohort study is to assess the optimal in vitro production protocol for generating Cytokine-Induced Killer (CIK) cells, a type of T lymphocyte, and to evaluate the potential adverse effects of concurrent neuro-oncology therapies on these cells in glioblastoma (GBM) patients. Additionally, the study aims to explore mechanisms to enhance the antitumor activity of CIK cells against GBM by investigating GBM's immune escape mechanisms that may counteract the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-independent activity of CIK cells. The main questions it aims to answer are: What is the most effective in vitro production protocol for generating highly...
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Patient's Derived Organoids for Drug Screening in Glioblastoma
The study will enroll patients suffering from glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor. Intervention is intended as a laboratory intervention and not as a clinical intervention. In fact, tumor removed from patients' brains will be sent to a dedicated laboratory to obtain an "avatar" of the tumor, named patient-derived organoid (PDO). A number of experimental antitumor approaches will be studied on PDOs. Results of these experiments will be correlated to the prognosis of patients.
