Border Zone Stereotactic Radiosurgery With Bevacizumab in Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme

Phase 2CompletedNCT02120287

Ajay Niranjan16 enrolled

Overview

This is a phase II study on the usage of stereotactic Gamma Knife radiosurgery as a boost to the tumor bed border zone in conjunction with the usage of bevacizumab.

Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor in adults. Unfortunately, despite aggressive surgery, radiation therapy (RT) and chemotherapy, the prognosis for this disease is poor. It is our hypothesis that GBM is a "local" disease wherein treatment failure is due to failure to eradicate tumor cells in the pathways along which the tumor eventually spreads (the "border zone"). The investigators hypothesize that treatment volume escalation will be successful at improving overall survival in patients with GBM when appropriate targeting and precision dose delivery is performed in a single treatment session. The 'border zone' of the tumor will be targeted for SRS (defined as a combination of the MRI volume of gadolinium enhancement plus up to 2 cm of the surrounding T2 volume). This represents the volume of tumor infiltrated white matter and is the route of GBM spread. Bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), has been used with safety and clinical success with concomitant chemotherapy in solid tumors, including GBM. The investigators further hypothesize that a combined approach of SRS with this VEGF inhibitor will be an effective strategy for GBM because bevacizumab will maximize the effects of radiation in the treated volume and potentially reduce radiation toxicity in the adjacent brain.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Glioblastoma Multiforme Glioblastoma - Category

Interventions

BevacizumabDRUG

Patients will receive bevacizumab (10 mg/kg) one day before and then at day 14 followed by10 mg/kg/day every 14 days until progression.

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)PROCEDURE

Subjects will have MRS prior to BZ-SRS.

Border Zone Stereotactic Radiosurgery (BZ-SRS)PROCEDURE

The 'border zone' of the tumor will be targeted by SRS in a single session.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Histologically confirmed glioblastoma multiforme, WHO grade IV astrocytoma. 2. Prior first-line treatment with surgery or biopsy followed by fractionated radiotherapy with concurrent temozolomide-containing chemotherapy is required for glioblastoma patients. Additional prior chemotherapy is allowed, without limitation on number of recurrences. 3. An interval of at least 2 months since completion of fractionated radiotherapy. 4. Age \> 18 years 5. Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks. 6. Karnofsky Performance Status score (KPS) of ≥ 60 7. Documented recurrent disease; Disease must be evaluable, but does not need to be measurable; the target site for SRS does not need to be located in a previously-irradiated area. 8. All patients must have no restrictions to obtaining MRI with and without gadolinium contrast. 9. Adequate bone marrow, hepatic and renal function ; BUN \< 25 and Cr \< 1.7 10. Negative pregnancy test at the time of SRS in any patient who could be pregnant. 11. Willingness to forego additional therapy until evidence of disease progression Exclusion Criteria: 1\. General Medical Exclusions: 1. Current, recent (within 4 weeks of the first infusion of this study), or planned participation in an experimental drug study. 2. Active malignancy, other than superficial basal cell and superficial squamous (skin) cell, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix within last 3 years. 3. Prior radiosurgery 4. Prior intracavitary irradiation or Gliadel wafers. 2\. Disease-Specific Exclusions: 1. Inability to comply with protocol or study procedures 2. Prior treatment with bevacizumab. 3. Inability to undergo MRI with and without contrast administration. 3\. Bevacizumab-Specific Exclusions: 1. Inadequately controlled hypertension. 2. Prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy. 3. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Grade II or greater congestive heart failure. 4. History of myocardial infarction or unstable angina within 6 months prior to Day 1. 5. History of stroke or transient ischemic attack within 6 months prior to Day 1. 6. Significant vascular disease within 6 months prior to Day 1. 7. History of hemoptysis within 1 month prior to Day 1. 8. Evidence of bleeding diathesis or significant coagulopathy 9. Major surgical procedure, open biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 14 days prior to Day 1 or anticipation of need for major non -cranial surgical procedure during the course of the study. 10. Core biopsy or other minor surgical procedure, excluding placement of a vascular access device, within 7 days prior to Day 1. 11. History of abdominal fistula or gastrointestinal perforation within 6 months prior to Day 1. 12. Serious, non-healing wound, active ulcer, or untreated bone fracture. 13. Proteinuria 14. Known hypersensitivity to any component of bevacizumab 15. Pregnancy (positive pregnancy test) or lactation. Use of effective means of contraception (men and women) in subjects of child-bearing potential.

Locations (1)

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Overall Survival (OS)

The number of months that a patient remains alive from the day first gamma knife surgery until the date of death or end of data collection for survival.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

Secondary Outcomes

6-month Progression-free Survival

The proportion of patients who did not experience disease progression per RANO as of 6 months from the date of radiosurgery. RANO (Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology) Response Criteria for Progression using imaging features: 25% or more increase in enhancing lesions despite stable or increasing steroid dose increase (significant) in non-enhancing FLAIR/T2W lesions, not attributable to other non-tumor causes any new lesions clinical features clinical deterioration (not attributable to other non-tumor causes and not due to steroid decrease). Proportion of patients for PFS = number of patients without disease at 6 months post radiosurgery / total number of patients.

Time frame: At 6 months

6-month Overall Survival

The proportion of patients who remained alive as of 6 months from the date of radiosurgery. Proportion of patients for OS = number of patients alive at 6 months post radiosurgery / total number of patients.

Time frame: At 6 months

CNS Toxicity

The number of patients experiencing a CNS toxicity type occurring within 3 months of gamma knife surgery, as measured by RTOG/EORTC Acute Radiation Morbidity Scoring and the NCI CTCAE v4.0 for late toxicity.

Time frame: Six months after SRS

Tumor Response

Proportion of patients with a best response of CR, PR, SD, PD: number of patients with CR, PR, SD or PD / total number of patients evaluable for response to treatment of border zone Stereotactic Radiosurgery (BZ-SRS) with bevacizumab.

Time frame: Up to 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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Potential Value of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)

Improvement of border zone target selection and detection of therapeutic response of the derived treatment volumes between MRI and MRI+MRS (Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy). This is presented as the number of patients for whom the derived treatment was changed as a result of the utilization of MRS.

Time frame: Prior to radiosurgery

Karnofsky Performance Status

The Karnofsky Performance Scale Index allows patients to be classified as to their functional impairment. This can be used to compare effectiveness of different therapies and to assess the prognosis in individual patients. Score range from 0 to 100; the lower the Karnofsky score, the worse the survival for most serious illnesses. A score of 100 would indicate 'Normal no complaints; no evidence of disease.' A score of 50 indicates 'Requires considerable assistance and frequent medical care.' A score of 0-10 would indicate 'Moribund; fatal processes progressing rapidly' and 'Death'.