Glioblastoma is an aggressive type of brain cancer. Standard treatment usually includes three weeks of radiation therapy alone or combined with chemotherapy using Temozolomide. After a four- to six-week break, more Temozolomide chemotherapy is usually given. However, some tumors have a marker ("unmethylated MGMT") that predicts the usual chemotherapy won't work. Because of this, this project will explore other treatment options to help slow the disease and improve survival. In this study, the same chemotherapy (Temozolomide) normally given after radiation therapy for glioblastoma. The only difference is that it will be given with a modified regimen.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
118
Following completion of radiation therapy, temozolomide will be administered daily for 5 days each of a 28-day cycle, for a maximum of 6 cycles
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RECRUITINGOverall survival
How long the participant survives following initial diagnosis
Time frame: From initial diagnosis until date of death from any cause (assessed up to 24 months)
Progression-free survival
From initial diagnosis until disease progression
Time frame: From initial diagnosis until disease progression (assessed up to 24 months)
Toxicities
The side effects that participants experience while on study treatment
Time frame: From treatment start through study completion (estimated up to 5 years)
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