All patients will receive TTFields therapy and additionally Stereotactic Radiosurgery . Radiosurgery will be based on MRI and FET-PET or MRI alone. Addition of FET-PET will be preferred option.
Almost all GBM patients experience recurrent disease. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS),at recurrence, has limitations due to the invasive nature of glioblastoma. TTFields may decrease the tumor aggressiveness outside the target area potentially by multiple pathways, including immunogenic cell death and DNA repair inhibition sensitizing to radiation. We hypothesize that combined SRS and TTFields will be complementary, improving outcomes with minimal toxicity. In this open-label, phase II trial 40 participants with recurrence will be treated with SRS and TTFields, starting in 2020. Recurrence will be defined on FET-PET or MRI using RANO criteria. All patients will begin treatment within 14 days from baseline imaging evaluation and at maximum 42 days from screening. The attempt to obtain the Methyl-guanine methyl-transferase (MGMT) gene promoter methylation and IDH1 and IDH2 mutation from primary tumor are made during the study whenever not defined before entering to the study. TTFields treatment will be initiated as in clinical routine at patients home. Admission to hospital will not be necessary. SRS must be delivered within 7 days of TTFields start. A 5-day SRS regimen is allowed. TTFields should be interrupted only during SRS. The sample size of the study was calculated for the comparison of survival against a historical control.Overall survival will be stratified by volume, PET-based treatment, SVZ invasion, MGMT methylation status, time to first progression, and TTFields compliance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
SRS procedure will be delivered within 7 days after start of TTFields therapy . A 5-day SRS regimen is allowed. TTFields should be interrupted in time of SRS and start immediately after.
The Franciszek Lukaszczyk Oncology Center
Bydgoszcz, Poland
1-year survival rate
Survival will be measured from date of enrollment until date of death
Time frame: 12 Months
Radiation necrosis range
The percentage of patients who had radiation necrosis
Time frame: 12 months
Progression free survival (PFS)
PFS will be measured from the date of enrollment to date of progression (in months) based on RANO citeria.
Time frame: 12 moths
Steroid needs until treatment failure
The analysis will be performed based on the steroid doses reported in time of enrollment to date of progression or one year after
Time frame: 12 months
Patterns of failure
The analysis will be performed based on location of failure in relation to target volume
Time frame: 12 months
Objective response rates
The percentage of patients who had either complete response or partial response per RANO criteria following enrollment
Time frame: 12 months
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