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Cilengitide, Temozolomide, and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme

A Safety Run-in/Randomized Phase II Trial of EMD 121974 in Conjunction With Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide With Radiation Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00085254
Enrollment
112
Registered
2004-06-11
Start date
2005-04-30
Completion date
2012-11-30
Last updated
2016-02-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adult Giant Cell Glioblastoma, Adult Glioblastoma, Adult Gliosarcoma

Brief summary

Cilengitide may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Giving cilengitide together with temozolomide and radiation therapy may kill more tumor cells. This randomized phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of cilengitide when given together with temozolomide and radiation therapy and to compare how well they work in treating patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess the safety profile of EMD 121974 (cilengitide) when administered as a one-hour infusion twice a week concurrently with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide with radiation therapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. (Safety Run-In) II. To estimate overall survival in newly diagnosed patients with glioblastoma multiforme treated with EMD 121974 concurrently with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide with radiation therapy. (Phase II) SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate and compare overall survival between a low dose treatment group and a high dose treatment group in newly diagnosed patients with glioblastoma multiforme treated with EMD 121974 concurrently with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide with radiation therapy. (Phase II) II. To determine the toxicity of EMD 121974 (cilengitide) when it is administered in conjunction with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide with radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme. (Phase II) III. To evaluate the molecular profile of individual patients and correlate molecular expression profiles with clinical outcomes. (Phase II) IV. To characterize tumor blood volume, tumor blood flow, and permeability ratios using perfusion MR in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme and follow these parameters during treatment with EMD 121974 (cilengitide). (Phase II) OUTLINE: This is an open-label, multicenter, safety run-in study of cilengitide followed by a randomized phase II study. Safety Run-In: INITIATION COURSE: Patients receive cilengitide IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 4. Treatment repeats weekly for 10 weeks. Patients also receive oral temozolomide and undergo radiotherapy one hour later on days 1-5 of weeks 1-6. MAINTENANCE COURSES: Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5 in courses 1-6. Patients also receive cilengitide IV on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, and 25. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Cohorts of 3-6 patients receive escalating doses of cilengitide (3 Pre-defined study dose levels are defined as: 500, 1000 and 2000mg). The MTD is defined as the dose preceding that at which 2 of 3 or 3 of 6 patients experience dose-limiting toxicity. If no MTD (maximum tolerable dose) is defined through three steps of the dose escalation process, we will pursue the phase II safety/efficacy study with randomized treatment allocation. Patients will be randomized into one of two pre-specified treatment dosage arms, 500mg group or 2000mg group. PHASE II: Patients are stratified according to age (50 and under vs over 50), Karnofsky performance score (60%-80% vs 90%-100%), and tumor status (measurable vs nonmeasurable). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. ARM I: Patients receive radiotherapy and temozolomide as in safety run-in initiation course and cilengitide at the lower dose as in safety run-in initiation and maintenance courses. ARM II: Patients receive radiotherapy and temozolomide as in safety run-in initiation course and cilengitide at the higher dose as in safety run-in initiation and maintenance courses. Patients are followed every 2 months. PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 9-112 patients (9-18 for safety run-in and 94 \[47 per treatment arm\] for phase II) will be accrued for this study within 1.5-37 months

Interventions

DRUGcilengitide

Given IV

DRUGtemozolomide

Given orally

RADIATIONradiation therapy

Undergo radiotherapy

OTHERlaboratory biomarker analysis

Correlative studies

OTHERpharmacological study

Correlative studies

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Lead SponsorNIH

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients must have histologically confirmed supratentorial grade IV astrocytoma (glioblastoma multiforme) * Patients must not have received prior radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy or therapy with biologic agent (including immunotoxins, immunoconjugates, antisense, peptide receptor antagonists, interferons, interleukins, TIL, LAK or gene therapy), or hormonal therapy for their brain tumor; glucocorticoid therapy is allowed * Patients must have a Karnofsky performance status \>= 60% (i.e. the patient must be able to care for himself/herself with occasional help from others) * Absolute neutrophil count \>= 1500/mm\^3 * Platelets \>= 100,000/mm\^3 * Creatinine =\< 1.5 mg/dl or creatinine clearance \>= 60 mL/min * Total bilirubin =\< 1.5 mg/dl * Transaminases =\< 4 times above the upper limits of the institutional normal * Patients must be able to provide written informed consent * Patients must have recovered from the immediate post-operative period and be maintained on a stable corticosteroid regimen (no increase for 5 days) prior to the start of treatment * Patients with the potential for pregnancy or impregnating their partner must agree to follow acceptable birth control methods to avoid conception; women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test * Patients must have a Mini Mental State Exam score of \>= 15 * Patients must have tumor tissue form completed and signed by a pathologist

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with serious concurrent infection or medical illness, which would jeopardize the ability of the patient to receive the treatment outlined in this protocol with reasonable safety * Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding * Patients receiving concurrent therapy for their tumor (i.e. chemotherapeutics or investigational agents) * Patients with a concurrent or prior malignancy are ineligible unless they are patients with curatively treated carcinoma-in-situ or basal cell carcinoma of the skin; patients who have been free of disease (any prior malignancy) for \>= five years are eligible for this study * Patients who are unable to undergo an MRI evaluation * Patients with a history of wound-healing disorders, advanced coronary disease, or with a recent history (# 1 year) of peptic ulcer disease are ineligible

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose Limiting Toxicities of EMD + RT and TMZ10 weekspts will be evaluated from first dose through end of initiation cycle. (6 weeks of RT+TMZ +EMD and 4 weeks of EMD alone) to review dose limiting toxicity (DLT) using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0 (Phase I) DLT defined as: Known TMZ hematological toxicities will not be considered dose limiting. Nonhematological toxicities Grades 3-4 severity (except nausea and vomiting without sufficient antiemetic prophylaxis)
Maximum Tolerated or Tolerable Dose (MTD) - 3 Pre-defined Doses10 weekspts will be evaluated from first dose through end of initiation cycle. (6 weeks of RT+TMZ +EMD and 4 weeks of EMD alone) to review any dose limiting toxicity (DLT) using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0 (safety run-in) DLT defined as: Known TMZ hematological toxicities will not be considered dose limiting. cohorts at these 3 defined doses: 500mg, 1000mg and 2000mg MTD defined as: dose producing DLT in 2 out of 6 patients or dose level below the dose which produced DLT in \>/= 2 out of 3 patients, or in \>/= 3 out of 6 patients If no MTD (maximum tolerable dose) was defined through 3 steps of dose escalation, phase 2 will proceed with a randomized treatment allocation of the two pre-specified dosage arms: low dose; 500mg and high dose; 2000mg
Overall Survival (Phase II)up to 36 monthsThe overall survival is calculated from time of histological diagnosis to death occurance - median based on all 112 patients, all dose levels

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Overall Survival Based on Dose Level - Phase 2Up to 3 yearssurvival calculated from date of initial histologic diagnosis and occurence of death. Pts at 500mg dose compared against Pts treated at 2000mg dose. Calculated using median
Frequency of Hematologic and Nonhematologic Adverse EventsUp to 1 yearThe proportion of patients with grade 3 and grade 4 hematologic and non hematologic adverse events per CTCAE 4.0

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

Study sponsored by CTEP and conducted by New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy (NABTT). Pts accrued between April 2005 and December 2007. Pts were accrued from 11 Cancer Centers nation wide, in an outpatient setting. All pts had undergone previous surgery and had diagnosis of glioblastoma

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Arm 1 - Safety Run In
INITIATION COURSE: Patients receive cilengitide IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 4. Treatment repeats weekly for 10 weeks. Patients also receive oral temozolomide and undergo radiotherapy one hour later on days 1-5 of weeks 1-6. MAINTENANCE COURSES: Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5 in courses 1-6. Patients also receive cilengitide IV on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, and 25. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Doses of cilengitide: 500mg, 1000mg and 2000mg Temozolimide, Radiation Therapy, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study cilengitide: Given IV temozolomide: Given orally radiation therapy: Undergo radiotherapy laboratory biomarker analysis: Correlative studies pharmacological study: Correlative studies
18
Arm 2 - Phase 2 (Treatment 1)
INITIATION COURSE: Patients receive cilengitide (500mg) IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 4. Treatment repeats weekly for 10 weeks. Patients also receive oral temozolomide and undergo radiotherapy one hour later on days 1-5 of weeks 1-6. MAINTENANCE COURSES: Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5 in courses 1-6. Patients also receive cilengitide (500mg) IV on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, and 25. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Doses of cilengitide: 500mg, 1000mg and 2000mg Temozolimide, Radiation Therapy, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study cilengitide: Given IV temozolomide: Given orally radiation therapy: Undergo radiotherapy laboratory biomarker analysis: Correlative studies pharmacological study: Correlative studies
46
Arm 3 - Phase 2 (Treatment 2)
INITIATION COURSE: Patients receive cilengitide (2000mg) IV over 1 hour on days 1 and 4. Treatment repeats weekly for 10 weeks. Patients also receive oral temozolomide and undergo radiotherapy one hour later on days 1-5 of weeks 1-6. MAINTENANCE COURSES: Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5 in courses 1-6. Patients also receive cilengitide (2000mg) IV on days 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, and 25. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Doses of cilengitide: 500mg, 1000mg and 2000mg Temozolimide, Radiation Therapy, laboratory biomarker analysis, pharmacological study cilengitide: Given IV temozolomide: Given orally radiation therapy: Undergo radiotherapy laboratory biomarker analysis: Correlative studies pharmacological study: Correlative studies
48
Total112

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicArm 1 - Safety Run InArm 2 - Phase 2 (Treatment 1)Arm 3 - Phase 2 (Treatment 2)Total
Age, Continuous55.6 years56.3 years54.9 years55.5 years
Corticosteroid Therapy
missing data
1 participants0 participants1 participants2 participants
Corticosteroid Therapy
No
4 participants13 participants11 participants28 participants
Corticosteroid Therapy
Yes
13 participants33 participants36 participants82 participants
Karnofsky Performance Status
100
4 participants8 participants15 participants27 participants
Karnofsky Performance Status
60
0 participants2 participants2 participants4 participants
Karnofsky Performance Status
70
3 participants6 participants6 participants15 participants
Karnofsky Performance Status
80
5 participants3 participants7 participants15 participants
Karnofsky Performance Status
90
6 participants27 participants18 participants51 participants
MGMT Statis
methylated
3 participants11 participants7 participants21 participants
MGMT Statis
unknown
6 participants14 participants23 participants43 participants
MGMT Statis
unmethylated
9 participants21 participants18 participants48 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
9 Participants18 Participants19 Participants46 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
9 Participants28 Participants29 Participants66 Participants
Surgical Proceedure
biopsy
6 participants10 participants9 participants25 participants
Surgical Proceedure
craniotomy
12 participants35 participants39 participants86 participants
Surgical Proceedure
other
0 participants1 participants0 participants1 participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —— / —— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
11 / 520 / 614 / 54
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 520 / 61 / 54

Outcome results

Primary

Dose Limiting Toxicities of EMD + RT and TMZ

pts will be evaluated from first dose through end of initiation cycle. (6 weeks of RT+TMZ +EMD and 4 weeks of EMD alone) to review dose limiting toxicity (DLT) using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0 (Phase I) DLT defined as: Known TMZ hematological toxicities will not be considered dose limiting. Nonhematological toxicities Grades 3-4 severity (except nausea and vomiting without sufficient antiemetic prophylaxis)

Time frame: 10 weeks

Population: at least 3 pts per cohort will be used to review DLT rate for dose escalation in stepwise fashion. we will enroll 6 pts to ensure that 3 pts are evaluable due to high drop out rate.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm 1 500mg (Safety Run In)Dose Limiting Toxicities of EMD + RT and TMZ0 participants
ARM 2 1000mg (Safety run-in)Dose Limiting Toxicities of EMD + RT and TMZ0 participants
Arm 3 2000mg (Safety Run-In)Dose Limiting Toxicities of EMD + RT and TMZ0 participants
Primary

Maximum Tolerated or Tolerable Dose (MTD) - 3 Pre-defined Doses

pts will be evaluated from first dose through end of initiation cycle. (6 weeks of RT+TMZ +EMD and 4 weeks of EMD alone) to review any dose limiting toxicity (DLT) using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0 (safety run-in) DLT defined as: Known TMZ hematological toxicities will not be considered dose limiting. cohorts at these 3 defined doses: 500mg, 1000mg and 2000mg MTD defined as: dose producing DLT in 2 out of 6 patients or dose level below the dose which produced DLT in \>/= 2 out of 3 patients, or in \>/= 3 out of 6 patients If no MTD (maximum tolerable dose) was defined through 3 steps of dose escalation, phase 2 will proceed with a randomized treatment allocation of the two pre-specified dosage arms: low dose; 500mg and high dose; 2000mg

Time frame: 10 weeks

Population: at least 3 pts per cohort will be used to review MTD rate for dose escalation in stepwise fashion of 3 defined doses: 500, 1000 and 2000mg. We will enroll 6 pts to ensure that 3 pts are evaluable due to high drop out rate.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm 1 500mg (Safety Run In)Maximum Tolerated or Tolerable Dose (MTD) - 3 Pre-defined DosesNA mg
Primary

Overall Survival (Phase II)

The overall survival is calculated from time of histological diagnosis to death occurance - median based on all 112 patients, all dose levels

Time frame: up to 36 months

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm 1 500mg (Safety Run In)Overall Survival (Phase II)19.7 months
Comparison: Primary endpoint death - defined from histological diagnosis to death. we assume pt in the study will have overall failure rate of 0.56 per person-year of f/up, a 30% reduction compared to hazard rate of 0.8 per person-year in historical NABTT database. Expected hazard ratio is 0.7 and cohort will produce 63 events among total of 94 pt planned f/up. One-sided test, have 95% power to detect observed ratio of 0.7 at alpha level of 0.1, or we have 88% power at alpha of 0.5 statistical significantp-value: 0.000195% CI: [0.3, 0.5]Log Rank
Secondary

Frequency of Hematologic and Nonhematologic Adverse Events

The proportion of patients with grade 3 and grade 4 hematologic and non hematologic adverse events per CTCAE 4.0

Time frame: Up to 1 year

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Arm 1 500mg (Safety Run In)Frequency of Hematologic and Nonhematologic Adverse Events48 Number of grade 3 or 4 events
ARM 2 1000mg (Safety run-in)Frequency of Hematologic and Nonhematologic Adverse Events35 Number of grade 3 or 4 events
Secondary

Overall Survival Based on Dose Level - Phase 2

survival calculated from date of initial histologic diagnosis and occurence of death. Pts at 500mg dose compared against Pts treated at 2000mg dose. Calculated using median

Time frame: Up to 3 years

Population: Phase 2 subjects only - does not include the 18 subjects from the safety run-in portion of study

ArmMeasureValue (MEDIAN)
Arm 1 500mg (Safety Run In)Overall Survival Based on Dose Level - Phase 217.4 months
ARM 2 1000mg (Safety run-in)Overall Survival Based on Dose Level - Phase 220.8 months
p-value: 0.495% CI: [0.5, 1.3]Regression, Cox

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026