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Study of Therapy With TransMID™ Compared to Best Standard of Care in Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme

Study 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.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms

No
Study Type

An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes.


An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes.


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Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1) Male or female at least 18 years of age 2) Histological results confirming GBM are available 3) Progressive GBM (≥ 25% increase in contrast enhanced tumor CSA compared to the nadir or smallest previous measured CSA) and/or recurrent GBM after conventional treatment, including surgery (biopsy or debulking surgery) and/or radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy 4) Pre-study MRIs used to determine current progression and/or recurrence of GBM are available to the Investigator and for independent confirmation of progression and/or recurrence 5) Patient is not considered a candidate for resection 6) If female of child-bearing potential, a reliable method of contraception must be combined with a negative pregnancy test before entering the study (female patients must be willing to use contraception for 2 months after the last treatment with TransMID™). Male patients must be willing to use a barrier method of contraception for up to 2 months after the last treatment with TransMID™ 7) Able and willing to follow instructions and comply with the protocol 8) Provide written informed consent prior to participation in the study 9) Karnofsky Performance Scale Score 70-100 10) Tumor characteristics: i) must be unifocal; and ii) must be unilateral and supratentorial; and iii) lesion must have a diameter (on contrast-enhanced MRI) ≥1.0 cm and ≤4.0 cm.

Exclusion Criteria:

1) Anticipated life expectancy of less than 3 months 2 Infratentorial or intraventricular tumors 3) Presence of satellite tumors 4) Chemotherapy within 30 days prior to study entry or nitrosoureas or Mitomycin-C containing therapy within 42 days prior to study entry 5) External Beam irradiation within 60 days prior to study entry or stereotactic (gamma knife) radiosurgery within 90 days prior to study entry 6) Tumor surgery, tumor debulking or other neurosurgery within 5 days prior to study entry 7) Previous administration of TransMID™ 8) Previous enrollment in this study 9) Regional therapy including administration of biodegradable polymer wafers containing carmustine within 90 days prior to study entry or brachytherapy within 12 calendar months prior to study entry 10) Significant liver function impairment
  • - AST or ALT > 2 times the upper limit of normal, total bilirubin > upper limit of normal 11) Hepatitis B surface antigen positive or positive Anti-Hepatitis C antibodies, or previous history of infectious Hepatitis (except previous Hepatitis A infection) 12) Significant renal impairment (serum creatinine > 1.7 mg/dL or 150 µmol/L) 13) Coagulopathy (prothrombin time [PT] or activated partial thromboplastin time [APTT] >1.5 times control) 14) Thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 100 x 103/μL or 100 x 109/L) 15) Granulocytopenia (absolute neutrophil count (ANC), < 1 x 103/μL or 1.0 x 109/L) 16) Severe acute infection 17) Medical condition that is considered an unacceptable anesthetic risk 18) Evidence of a mass effect on CT or MRI with more than a 5 mm midline shift and/or nausea, vomiting, reduced level of consciousness or clinically significant papilledema 19) Nursing or pregnant females.
A pregnancy test will be performed on all females who are of child-bearing potential 20) Use of any investigational product and/or participation in another clinical research study within the last 30 days prior to study entry

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT00083447
Phase

Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans.

Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data.

Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs.

Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.

Phase 3
Lead Sponsor

The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.

Xenova Biomedix
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

N/A
Principal Investigator Affiliation N/A
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Industry
Overall Status Withdrawn
Countries Australia, United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Glioblastoma Multiforme
Additional Details

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, PCV, (procarbazine, lomustine (CCNU) & vincristine), CPT-11, or Etoposide. 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.

Contact a Trial Team

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University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California

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University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, California, 92037-0698

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, 90033

Denver, Colorado

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University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Denver, Colorado, 80010

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

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Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, 06520

Tampa, Florida

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Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Tampa, Florida, 33612

University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

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University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60637

University of Iowa Hospitals in Clinics, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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University of Iowa Hospitals in Clinics

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52242

University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky

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University of Kentucky Medical Center

Lexington, Kentucky, 40536

Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland

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Johns Hopkins Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287

NINDS National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

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NINDS National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, Maryland,

Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Fairview University Medical Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455

Saint Louis University Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

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Saint Louis University Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri, 63110

Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey

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Cooper University Hospital

Camden, New Jersey, 08103

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

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Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, 14263

Columbia University Medical Center, New York,, New York

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Columbia University Medical Center

New York,, New York, 10032

Syracuse, New York

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SUNY Upstate Medical University at Syracuse

Syracuse, New York, 13210

New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

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New York Medical College

Valhalla, New York, 10595

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599

Portland, Oregon

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Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Technology Center

Portland, Oregon, 97227

Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Temple University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, 29425

Semmes-Murphey Neurologic Institute, Memphis, Tennessee

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Semmes-Murphey Neurologic Institute

Memphis, Tennessee, 38104

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

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University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132

Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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Medical College of Virginia

Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0631

International Sites

Neville Knuckey, MD, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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Neville Knuckey, MD

Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009