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Bevacizumab in the Radiation Treatment of Recurrent Malignant Glioma

NCT00595322 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2017-05-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a pilot study. The goal of this study is to test whether Bevacizumab is safe enough in patients with brain tumors so that a larger study can be conducted. This study will also give us some information about whether the combination of Bevacizumab and radiation has potential to become an effective treatment for regrowing brain tumors.

Bevacizumab is an experimental drug that blocks a molecule called VEGF that is found in high amounts in malignant gliomas. VEGF promotes the growth of blood vessels that bring nutrients to tumor cells. In studies with laboratory animals, Bevacizumab slowed the growth of several different types of human cancer cells by blocking the effects of VEGF. There is also evidence that Bevacizumab enhances the effects of radiation on tumor cell

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

bevacizumab and radiation (IMRT)

bevacizumab 10 mg/kg IV once every two weeks on days 1 and 15 of every cycle (cycle defined as 28 days). If the tumor volume remains \< 40 cc, the patient will undergo stereotactic radiotherapy with IMRT (30Gy) beginning anywhere from day 7-10 of cycle 2 (5 doses of 6 Gy over 2 and a half weeks)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Philip Gutin, MD · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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