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A Pilot Study of Bevacizumab-Based Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas


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30 Years
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Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

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Trial Information

A Pilot Study of Bevacizumab-Based Therapy in Patients With Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas and Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas


Inclusion Criteria:



- Patients must be ≥ 3 years of age and ≤ 30 years of age at the time of study entry.

- Diagnosis:

- High-grade glioma;Patients must have had histologically verified anaplastic
astrocytoma, glioblastoma multiforme or gliosarcoma.Patients with primary spinal
cord tumors are eligible.

- Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) are eligible.

- Performance Level: Karnofsky ≥ 50% for patients > 10 years of age and Lansky ≥ 50
for patients ≤ 10 years of age. Patients who are unable to walk because of
paralysis, but who are up in a wheelchair, will be considered ambulatory for the
purpose of assessing the performance score.

- Prior Therapy: no prior anticancer therapy.

- Concomitant Medications: The use of steroids is permissible.

- Organ Function Requirements All patients must have adequate organ function as defined
below.

- Adequate Bone Marrow Function

- Adequate Renal Function

- Adequate Liver Function

- Adequate Blood Clotting Defined As: INR, Fibrinogen, and PTT < Grade 2

- Central nervous system function. Patients with seizures may be enrolled if the
seizures are well-controlled with non-enzyme inducing anticonvulsants.

- Informed Consent. Patients and/or parents/legal guardians must have signed an
informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with metastatic disease (i.e. M+ disease, or disease anywhere other than
primary site).

- Patients with evidence of a new intracranial hemorrhage that is larger than a
punctate size on baseline MRI scan.

- Allergies: Patients with a history of allergic reaction to Chinese hamster ovary cell
products, or other recombinant human antibodies.

- Pregnant or breast feeding women will not be entered on this study.

- Patients of childbearing or child-fathering potential must be willing to use a
medically acceptable form of birth control, which includes abstinence, while being
treated on this study.

- Infection: Patients who require IV antibiotics at time of enrollment, or who are
currently receiving treatment for Clostridium difficile infection are excluded.

- Thrombosis: Patients must not have been previously diagnosed with a deep venous or
arterial thrombosis (including pulmonary embolism), and must not have a known
thrombophilic condition.

- Serious or Non-Healing Wounds

- Surgical Procedures: Patients who have had major surgery should not receive the first
dose of bevacizumab until 28 days after major surgery.

- Patients with uncontrolled systemic hypertension.

- Proteinuria with a urine protein (albumin)/creatinine ratio of ≥1.0.

Type of Study:

Interventional

Study Design:

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Outcome Measure:

To determine the toxicities and feasibility of the proposed treatment regimen in patients with high-grade glioma and diffuse intrinsic brainstem glioma

Outcome Time Frame:

2-3 years

Safety Issue:

Yes

Principal Investigator

Maryam Fouladi, MD

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Authority:

United States: Institutional Review Board

Study ID:

HGG

NCT ID:

NCT00890786

Start Date:

May 2009

Completion Date:

September 2013

Related Keywords:

  • Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas
  • Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
  • Glioma
  • Pontine Glioma

Name

Location

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio  45229-3039
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago, Illinois  60614