NCT05052957RecruitingPhase 2
hSTAR GBM (Hematopoetic Stem Cell (HPC) Rescue for GBM)
Phase II Trial O6-benzylguanine(BG) and Temozolomide(TMZ) Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) With Infusion of Autologous P140K MGMT+Hematopoietic Progenitors to Protect Hematopoiesis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This phase II trial studies the effect of P140K MGMT hematopoietic stem cells, O6-benzylguanine, temozolomide, and carmustine in treating participants with supratentorial glioblastoma or gliosarcoma who have recently had surgery to remove most or all of the brain tumor (resected). Chemotherapy drugs, such as 6-benzylguanine, temozolomide, and carmustine, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing. Placing P140K MGMT, a gene that has been created in the laboratory into bone marrow making the bone more resistant to chemotherapy, allowing intra-patient dose escalation which kills more tumor cells while allowing bone marrow to survive.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 16 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Sept 2021
- Start date
- 20 Jan 2023
- Primary completion date
- 1 Nov 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Leland Metheny
- Diseases
- Glioblastoma
- NCT number
- NCT05052957
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Planned participants: 16
- From 20 Jan 2023 to the primary completion date, 1 Nov 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Active illicit drug use or diagnosis of active alcoholism.
- Prior diagnosis of any malignant disease with the exception of non-melanomatous skin cancer, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix, bladder, prostate, or breast, unless the participant has been disease-free/in remission for ≥2 years prior to date of study enrollment.
- Serologic status reflecting active hepatitis B or C infection. Individuals that are positive for hepatitis B core antibody, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), or hepatitis C antibody must have a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) prior to enrollment. (PCR positive individuals will be excluded).
Other illness
- Any known medical or hereditary condition associated with immunosuppression; or other medical illness, which may jeopardize participant safety.
- Inability to undergo repeated MRI evaluation; or allergy or intolerance of Gadoliniumcontaining contrast agent.
- Known human immunodeficiency virus infection or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome related illness.
Lab values
- Participants with known diagnosis heart failure or cardiac insufficiency and an LVEF of \< 40%.
Other
- Pregnant or lactating women. There is data to indicate that BCNU and TMZ is teratogenic and carcinogenic. Thus, its use in pregnant women would confer unnecessary risk to the fetus.
- Participants with a corrected DLCO or FEV1 \< 50% of predicted.
Who the study is looking for
- Participants with histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed, supratentorial glioblastoma or gliosarcoma who have undergone tumor resection are eligible up to 35 days postoperatively. Participants with primarily infratentorial disease, or with multifocal, or leptomeningeal dissemination of disease will be excluded. In general, participants will not have \> 1 cm residual measurable or evaluable disease after surgical tumor resection.
- Participant must have unmethylated MGMT
- Absence of IDH1 or IDH2 mutation on tumor tissue by a CLIA-approved immunohistochemistry or DNA sequencing test on local testing.
- Participants aged 18 years or older.
- ECOG performance status 0-1or Karnofsky ≥ 70.
- Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks.
- No plan for hypofractionated radiation therapy
- Adequate hematologic and hepatic function:
- CBC/differential obtained within 28 days prior to registration:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,000 cells/mm3 Note: the use of G-CSF or other intervention to achieve Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1,000 cells/mm3 is acceptable)
- Platelets ≥ 50,000 cells/mm3 (Note: the use of transfusion or other intervention to achieve Platelets ≥ 50,000 cells/mm3 is acceptable)
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dl (Note: the use of transfusion or other intervention to achieve Hgb ≥9.0 g/dl is acceptable)
- Adequate hepatic function within 28 days prior to registration:
- Bilirubin ≤ 3 ULN
- ALT and AST ≤ 3 x ULN
- Participants of child-bearing potential must agree to use single barrier contraception from time of trial entry to completion of the last cycle of chemotherapy.
- Must be willing and able to understand and provide informed consent.
- Participant must be considered to be clinically stable.
- The participant will be identified as a candidate for an autologous transplant via an evaluation by a transplant physician per standard of care.
- No evidence of active infection.
- Participant must have the ability to understand and willingness to sign an informed consent document.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center* Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cleveland | United States | Recruiting |
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