Phase II Trial of the Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Nivolumab in Patients With Select Rare CNS Cancers

Date Added
March 16th, 2021
PRO Number
Pro00107606
Researcher
Scott Lindhorst

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Keywords
Cancer/Brain
Summary

This study is for patients with rare Central Nervous (brain or spine) tumors. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the experimental drug, nivolumab can shrink tumors in patients with rare Central Nervous System (brain or spine) tumors or increase the time it takes for these tumors to grow or spread throughout the body.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
HCC Clinical Trials Office
843-792-9321
hcc-clinical-trials@musc.edu

EF-32 (TRIDENT): A Pivotal Randomized, Open-Label Study of Optune® (TTFIELDS, 200KHZ) Concomitant with Radiation Therapy and Temozolomide for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

Date Added
February 9th, 2021
PRO Number
Pro00106190
Researcher
Scott Lindhorst

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Keywords
Brain Tumor, Cancer/Brain, Glioblastoma, Men's Health, Women's Health
Summary

This trial is for newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) patients who, after surgery or biopsy, are good candidates for radiation therapy (RT) and temozolomide (TMZ) treatments. The purpose of this study is to see how safe and how well a medical device called Optune works together with the other standard of care treatments for GBM (RT and TMZ). Optune is a device that uses Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) which are low intensity electric fields that interfere with the division process of cancer cells. Optune has been approved for the treatment of recurrent and newly diagnosed GBM by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States. Participants in this study will be randomly assigned to one of two groups:
-The Experimental Group: TTFields using the Optune system upfront with RT and TMZ followed by the use of Optune and TMZ
-The Control Group: Beginning treatment of RT and TMZ, followed by the use of Optune and TMZ
Patients will have clinic visits every 4 weeks and continue on TTFields for 24 months until their disease gets worse or they or their doctor decided to stop treatment.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
HCC Clinical Trials Office
843-792-9321
hcc-clinicaltrials@musc.edu

GBM AGILE Trial

Date Added
January 21st, 2020
PRO Number
Pro00089802
Researcher
Scott Lindhorst

List of Studies


Keywords
Brain Tumor, Glioblastoma
Summary

Glioblastoma adaptive, global, innovative learning environment or GBM AGILE trial is to identify effective therapies and improve survival for a type of brian cancer called glioblastoma (GBM) and to match effective therapies with adult patients with newly diagnosed or recurring glioblastoma. Eligible participants will have a 50/50 chance of taking either standard therapy medications or a medication not yet approved by the FDA called regorafenib during their standard of care treatment for GBM.

Institution
MUSC
Recruitment Contact
John Keller
843-792-2209
Kellej@musc.edu



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