Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Brain Cancer

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells and may be an effective treatment for patients with anaplastic astrocytomas.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to study the effectiveness of radiation therapy in treating patients with anaplastic astrocytomas.

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Key information

Conditions

Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors Astrocytoma Central Nervous System Neoplasms Glioma Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Neoplasms Neuroectodermal Tumors

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital, Vienna (Wien), Austria

About this study

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the disease-free interval and survival in patients with supratentorial malignant brain gliomas randomized to radiotherapy alone vs. radiotherapy plus radiosensitization with mitolactol (DBD) followed by DBD and carmustine.

OUTLINE: Randomized study. Group I: Radiotherapy. External-beam cranial irradiation with megavoltage equipment. Group II: Radiotherapy with Radiosensitization followed by Maintenance Chemotherapy. Radiotherapy as in Group I; with Mitolactol, DBD, NSC-104800; followed by DBD; Carmustine, BCNU, NSC-409962.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 212 patients will be entered over more than 3 years.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed anaplastic astrocytoma Standard maximum resection or stereotactic biopsy required within 4 weeks prior to therapy

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 16 Performance status: ECOG/ZUBROD/WHO 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 8 weeks Hematopoietic: WBC greater than 4,000 Platelets greater than 100,000 Hematocrit greater than 30% Hepatic: Bilirubin less than 2 mg/dl Renal: Creatinine less than 1.5 mg/dl Creatinine clearance greater than 70 ml/min BUN less than 40 mg/dl Other: No major medical illness

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: No anticancer drugs between surgery and protocol treatment No steroids after 10 days following surgery (may be resumed occasionally during radiotherapy)

Treatment and study plan

carmustine

Drug

Chemotherapy

Drug

mitolactol

Drug

low-LET cobalt-60 gamma ray therapy

Radiation

low-LET photon therapy

Radiation

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

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Registry information

Official study title

EFFECT OF DIBROMODULCITOL PLUS BCNU ON FREE INTERVAL AND SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH SUPRATENTORIAL MALIGNANT BRAIN GLIOMAS, A PHASE III TYPE STUDY

Important dates

Study start: 1994
Primary completion: 2000
First posted: Jul 19, 2004
Registry last updated: Jul 2, 2012

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