O6-Benzylguanine and Carmustine Implants in Treating Patients With Recurrent Malignant Glioma

NCT00004892 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2009-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Combining more than one drug and giving drugs in different ways may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of O6-benzylguanine and implanted carmustine wafers in treating patients who have recurrent malignant glioma.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

O6-benzylguanine

DRUG

polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant

PROCEDURE

conventional surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Jon Weingart, MD · Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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