Procarbazine and Lomustine in Recurrent Glioblastoma

NCT01737346 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2012-12-03

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Summary

The combination therapy of temozolomide and radiation has been established as the standard therapy for the initial treatment of glioblastoma. However, the prognosis for patients with recurrent/ refractory glioblastoma is dismal, with a median survival of 3\~6 months. There is no efficient and standard care at the time of recurrence or progression following temozolomide administration. Recently, many clinicians have reassessed the efficacy of second-line chemotherapeutic agents such as nitrosoureas for the treatment of recurrent/refractory glioblastoma. It is very important that the effect of the agent is sustained and the adverse effect is reduced to preserve the quality of life in recurrent settings. We have realized that the clinical features of Korean patients are very different from those of foreign patients. Therefore, it is mandatory to develop the new strategy for the treatment of Korean patients. We modify the PCV chemotherapy in the dose and administration schedule of CCNU and procarbazine to reduce the side effect, especially hematologic problems. The dose of CCNU is reduced to 75mg/m2 and the interval between CCNU and procarbazine is increased. Moreover, vincristine is excluded because BBB permeability of vincristine is very poor and the risk of neurotoxicity is high. We introduce the modified PC chemotherapy regimen for the treatment of recurrent/refractory glioblastoma, which is the first multicenter trial for glioblastoma patients in Korea.

Conditions

  • Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme

Interventions

DRUG

lomustine and procarbazine

1 cycle (4 weeks) includes CCNU 75mg/m2 (D1) and procarbazine 60mg/m2 (D11-D24)by mouth for up to 6 cycles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Center, Korea

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • Incheon St.Mary's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Don-Sup Chung, MD · Incheon St. Mary Hispital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2014-04-30

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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