Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Not Yet Recruiting

NCT Number: NCT07457307

Integrating Biology for Safe Intensification of Glioblastoma Hypofractionated Treatment on the MR-Linac

This is a phase 1 study to examine the safety and tolerability of biology-guided dose intensified hypofractionated radiation therapy (RT) using MR-Linac for patients with high grade glioma (HGG). Investigators will enroll 20 patients with Grade 3 or 4, IDH wild-type (IDHwt), HGG. Intraoperative assessment of residual tumor burden will be performed at 6 surgical margins (anterior, posterior, superior, inferior, medial, lateral) using FastGlioma. Each margin will be graded on a scale of 0 to 3, with 0 being no tumor, 1 atypical cell, 2 sparse tumor infiltration, and 3 dense tumor infiltration.

Not Yet Recruiting

Trial opening soon.

Get Notified

Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

NYU Langone Health

New York, 10016, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants male or female of age 18 or older
  • Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of ≤2.
  • Have histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed high grade glioma (histologic grade 3 or 4, IDH wildtype)
  • Must have completed surgery with FastGlioma
  • Patients can either be consented before or after surgery. Patients can be a maximum of 6 weeks post-surgery period to the start of MRL-RT.
  • Ability to undergo radiotherapy with an MR-Linac machine including effective immobilization for the duration of treatment and required MR sequences
  • Subjects must have adequate bone marrow, liver and kidney function defined as:
  • Hemoglobin >/= 9.0 g/dL
  • Absolute neutrophil count >/= 1.5 x 109/L
  • Platelet count >/= 100 x 109/L
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) </= 2.5 x ULN
  • Creatinine within normal limits OR measured creatinine clearance (CL) >50 mL/min OR calculated creatinine clearance (CL) >50 mL/min as determined by Cockcroft-Gault
  • Men who partner with a woman of childbearing potential must agree to use effective, dual contraceptive methods (i.e., a condom, with female partner using oral, injectable or barrier method) while on study and for 4 months afterward.
  • For Female participants:
  • While on study treatment a participant must not breastfeed or be pregnant
  • Have a negative highly sensitive (eg, beta-human chorionic gonadotropin [β-hCG]) pregnancy test at screening and agree to further pregnancy tests per the protocol.
  • Practice at least 1 highly effective method of contraception; if oral contraceptives are used, a barrier method of contraception must also be used.
  • Female participants (pre- or perimenopausal) must use the appropriate highly effective, contraception method within 28 days of the first dose of study treatment.

Exclusion criteria

  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness
  • Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessments of the investigational regimen. Patients whose prior or concurrent malignancy natural history and/or treatment does NOT have the potential to impact safety or study assessments are eligible.
  • Any unresolved toxicity NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE) Grade ≥2 from a previous anticancer therapy, with the exception of alopecia, vitiligo, and the laboratory values defined in the inclusion criteria. Patients with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment may be included after consultation with the study PI.
  • Prior evidence of IDH mutation by IHC or DNA sequencing (i.e., IDH wild type only)
  • Known allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or any of the study drug excipients.
  • Subject is pregnant or planning to become pregnant or nursing (lactating).
  • Subject is enrolled in another investigational trial and/or is taking investigational medication and/or has been treated with an investigational device </= 30 days prior to planned procedure date.
  • Contraindications to MRI examination as per standard MRI screening policy
  • Contraindication to Gadolinium-based contrast media
  • Inability to lie flat in a supine position for at least 30 minutes
  • Inability to tolerate immobilization in a head thermoplastic mask
  • Prior therapeutic cranial irradiation
  • Leptomeningeal dissemination of disease
  • Patients with any condition (e.g. psychological, geographical, etc.) that does not permit compliance with the protocol

Treatment and study plan

MR-Linac System

Device

Elekta Unity is an MR-Linac with continuous, anatomy-specific MR imaging and comprehensive motion management for precision radiation therapy.

Other names: Elekta Unity

radiation therapy

Radiation

Radiation therapy will be delivered twice a week on non-consecutive days for three weeks.

Temozolomide

Drug

Temozolomide (75 mg/m2) is administered daily throughout the 3 weeks of treatments and stopped on the final day of radiation therapy.

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall Occurrence of Dose-Limiting Toxicities

    Time frame: Up to 1 Year Post Radiation Treatment Initiation (Up to Month 14)

    Measure of safety and tolerability.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression-Free Survival (PFS)

    Time frame: Up to 1 Year Post Radiation Treatment Initiation (Up to Month 14)

    PFS defined as time from start of radiation treatment to first documented disease progression or death due to any cause.

  2. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: Up to 1 Year Post Radiation Treatment Initiation (Up to Month 14)

    OS is defined as time from the start of treatment until death from any cause.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Cancer Trials Inbox

CONTACT

[email protected]

Jonathan Yang, MD, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

2127316030

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

NYU Langone Health

Other

Registry information

Official study title

INSIGHT MRL: INtegrating Biology for Safe Intensification of Glioblastoma Hypofractionated Treatment on the MR-Linac

Acronym: INSIGHT MRL

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2029
First posted
Mar 9, 2026
Registry last updated
Mar 9, 2026

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

Published trials that share one or more normalized conditions with this study.