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NCT Number: NCT07476794

Daily Temozolomide for Elderly Patients With Unmethylated MGMT- Promoter Newly Diagnosed GliOblatoma

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.

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Key information

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto, Ontario, M4N3M5, Canada

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Delareese Mackenzie

CONTACT

[email protected]

4164806100 ext. 67862

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥65 years.
  • Histopathologically confirmed newly diagnosed WHO grade 4, IDH wild-type GBM
  • Unmethylated MGMT promoter, according to local assessment
  • Completed treatment with 40 Gy in 15 fractions over three weeks, with concurrent TMZ, within six weeks prior to enrollment
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status scale of 0, 1, or 2.
  • Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) ≥60.
  • Adequate organ function, as defined by the following laboratory values obtained within 28 days prior to enrollment:
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >1.5 × 10⁹/L (1,500 cells/mm³).
  • Platelet count >100 × 10⁹/L (100,000 cells/mm³).
  • Serum creatinine <1.5 times the upper limit of normal.
  • Total serum bilirubin <1.5 times the upper limit of normal.
  • ALT (SGPT) <2.5 times the upper limit of normal and/or AST (SGOT) <2.5 times the upper limit of normal.
  • Signed informed consent (and assent, if applicable) must be obtained from the participant or their legal representative, ensuring the participant's ability to adhere to the study requirements.

Exclusion criteria

  • Diffuse leptomeningeal involvement at the time of diagnosis.
  • Inability to undergo contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Known hypersensitivity to TMZ components or Dacarbazine
  • Severe myelosuppression
  • Active hepatitis B infection
  • Severe or uncontrolled medical conditions (e.g., active systemic infection, diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, or psychiatric disorders) that, in the investigator's judgment, could compromise patient safety or impede study completion.
  • History of prior or second invasive malignancy, except for:
  • Non-melanoma skin cancer.
  • Completely resected cervical carcinoma in situ.
  • Low risk prostate cancer or under active surveillance.
  • Other cancers for which the subject has completed potentially curative treatment more than 3 years prior to study entry are allowed.

Treatment and study plan

Daily TMZ

Drug

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

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall survival

    Time frame: From initial diagnosis until date of death from any cause (assessed up to 24 months)

    How long the participant survives following initial diagnosis

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-free survival

    Time frame: From initial diagnosis until disease progression (assessed up to 24 months)

    From initial diagnosis until disease progression

  2. Toxicities

    Time frame: From treatment start through study completion (estimated up to 5 years)

    The side effects that participants experience while on study treatment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Other

Registry information

Acronym: TEMPO

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2027
Study completion
2029
First posted
Mar 17, 2026
Registry last updated
Mar 17, 2026

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