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NCT06556563RecruitingPhase 3

EF-41/KEYNOTE D58: Phase 3 Study of Optune Concomitant With Temozolomide Plus Pembrolizumab in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Optune® (TTFields, 200 kHz) Concomitant With Maintenance Temozolomide and Pembrolizumab Versus Optune® Concomitant With Maintenance Temozolomide and Placebo for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma (EF-41/KEYNOTE D58).

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 19 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a multicenter, two-arm, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Optune® (Tumor Treating Fields at 200 kHz) together with maintenance Temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy agent and pembrolizumab compared to Optune® together with maintenance TMZ and placebo in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma (GBM) patients. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the Overall Survival (OS).

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
741 (estimated)
First submitted
13 Aug 2024
Start date
3 Feb 2025
Primary completion date
30 Apr 2029
Lead sponsor
NovoCure GmbH
Diseases
Glioblastoma
NCT number
NCT06556563
EU CT number
2024-513550-30-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 741
  • From 3 Feb 2025 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2029
  • 103 sites in 12 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Ongoing requirement for \>2 mg dexamethasone (or equivalent), due to intracranial mass effect.
  • Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agents within 4 weeks prior to randomization.
  • Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention. Administration of killed vaccines are allowed.
  • Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigational agent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first study treatment.
  • Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study medication. Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years.

Other illness

  • Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that required steroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.
  • Early progressive disease after the end of TMZ/RT. If pseudo progression is suspected, additional imaging studies should be performed to rule out true progression.
  • Infratentorial or leptomeningeal disease.

Lab values

  • Has received prior therapy with an anti-Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1), anti- Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1(PD-L1), or anti Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitory T-cell receptor (e.g.Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), OX 40, CD137).

Who the study is looking for

  • The participant (or legally acceptable representative) has provided documented informed consent for the study.
  • Be ≥ 18 years of age on day of providing informed consent.
  • Participant with new diagnosis of GBM according to World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 Classification.
  • Recovered from maximal debulking surgery (gross total resection, partial resection and biopsy-only patients are all acceptable), Gliadel wafers placement at the time of surgical resection is not allowed.
  • Have completed standard adjuvant chemoradiotherapy of radiotherapy (RT) according to local practice (56-64 Gy), and concomitant TMZ chemotherapy.
  • Amenable to treatment with Optune concomitant with maintenance TMZ (150-200 mg/m\^2 daily x 5, Q28 days).
  • Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 1 assessed within 7 days before randomization.
  • Stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroids (dexamethasone ≤ 2mg or equivalent) for the last 7 days prior to randomization, if applicable.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (103)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Cross Cancer Institute
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EdmontonCanadaRecruiting
Hamilton Health Sciences-Juravinski Cancer Centre
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HamiltonCanadaRecruiting
CHUM
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital, Clinical Research Unit
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
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OttawaCanadaRecruiting
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS)
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SherbrookeCanadaRecruiting
University Health Network - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
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TorontoCanadaRecruiting
University Hospital Basel Medical Oncology
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BaselSwitzerlandActive, not recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
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LausanneSwitzerlandActive, not recruiting
University Hospital Zurich
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ZurichSwitzerlandActive, not recruiting
Fakultni Nemocnice Motol A Homolka
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Prague 5CzechiaActive, not recruiting
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
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BerlinGermanyActive, not recruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Essen (AoR)
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EssenGermanyActive, not recruiting
Goethe University Frankfurt
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Frankfurt Am MainGermanyActive, not recruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Muenster AöR
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MuensterGermanyActive, not recruiting
ICO l'Hospitalet - Hospital Duran i Reynals
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BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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BarcelonaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
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CórdobaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves
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GranadaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Clínico San Carlos
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario La Paz
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MadridSpainActive, not recruiting
University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
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SevillaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospital Universitario Y Politecnico La Fe
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ValenciaSpainActive, not recruiting
Hospices Civils de Lyon
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BronFranceActive, not recruiting
Centre Hospitalier Regional De Marseille
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MarseilleFranceActive, not recruiting
Hopital Saint Louis
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ParisFranceActive, not recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
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Paris Cedex 13FranceActive, not recruiting
Oncopole Claudius Regaud
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Toulouse Cedex 9FranceActive, not recruiting
Queen Elizabeth
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BirminghamUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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CambridgeUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Velindre Cancer Centre
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CardiffUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Western General Hospital
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EdinburghUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust)
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LiverpoolUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Charing Cross Hospital
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LondonUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
The Christie Hospital
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ManchesterUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
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NorthwoodUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Weston Park Hospital
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SheffieldUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Southampton General Hospital
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SouthamptonUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Royal Marsden
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SuttonUnited KingdomActive, not recruiting
Rambam Medical Center
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HaifaIsraelActive, not recruiting
Rabin Medical Center- Beilinson Hospital
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Petah TikvaIsraelActive, not recruiting
Chaim Sheba Medical Center
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Ramat GanIsraelActive, not recruiting
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
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Tel AvivIsraelActive, not recruiting
Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale Di Bologna
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BolognaItalyActive, not recruiting
IRCCS Foundation Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
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MilanItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Sanitaria Locale Napoli 1 Centro
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NaplesItalyActive, not recruiting
Istituto Oncologico Veneto
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PadovaItalyActive, not recruiting
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
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RozzanoItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese
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SienaItalyActive, not recruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Citta Della Salute E Della Scienza Di Torino
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TurinItalyActive, not recruiting
Kyushu University Hospital
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FukuokaJapanRecruiting
Hokkaido University Hospital
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HokkaidoJapanRecruiting
Tokai University Hospital
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IseharaJapanRecruiting
Kanazawa University Hospital
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IshikawaJapanRecruiting
Kumamoto University Hospital
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KumamotoJapanRecruiting
Kyoto University Hospital
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KyotoJapanRecruiting
Kyorin University Hospital
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MitakaJapanRecruiting
Nagoya University Hospital
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NagoyaJapanRecruiting
Saitama Medical University International Medical Center
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SaitamaJapanRecruiting
Tohoku University Hospital
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SendaiJapanRecruiting
National Cancer Center Hospital
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TokyoJapanRecruiting
Fujita Health University Hospital
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Toyoake-shiJapanRecruiting
Centrum Onkologii Im. Prof. Franciszka Lukaszczyka W Bydgoszczy
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BydgoszczPolandActive, not recruiting
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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GliwicePolandActive, not recruiting
Wojewodzkie Wielospecjalistyczne Centrum Onkologii i Traumatologii im. M. Kopernika w Lodzi
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LodzPolandActive, not recruiting
University of Maryland
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BaltimoreUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Tufts Medical Center
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BostonUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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ChicagoUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
University of Cincinnati Cancer Institute
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CincinnatiUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center*
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ClevelandUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
The Cleveland Clinic
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ClevelandUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Duke University Medical Center
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DurhamUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Inova Schar Cancer Institute
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FairfaxUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
UF Health Neuromedicine
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GainesvilleUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
John Theurer Cancer Center/ Hackensack Meridian Health
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HackensackUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
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HoustonUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
The University of Texas
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HoustonUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Mayo Clinic Florida
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JacksonvilleUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Northwell Health
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Lake SuccessUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
University of Kentucky Medical Center
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LexingtonUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
University of Southern California
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Los AngelesUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Norton Cancer Institute
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LouisvilleUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Miami Cancer Institute
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MiamiUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota
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MinneapolisUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey University Hospital
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New BrunswickUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
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Newport BeachUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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New YorkUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Stanford Cancer Institute
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Palo AltoUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Trials Organization
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Mayo Clinic Hospital
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PhoenixUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
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PittsburghUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Rhode Island Hospital
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ProvidenceUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Renown Regional Medical Center
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RenoUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Mayo Clinic - Rochester
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RochesterUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
University of California
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San FranciscoUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Swedish Medical Center
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SeattleUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Washington University
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St LouisUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Moffitt Cancer Center
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TampaUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
Montefiore Medical Center- Montefiore Medical Park
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The BronxUnited StatesActive, not recruiting
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
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Washington D.C.United StatesActive, not recruiting

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