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NCT06804655RecruitingPhase 2

Pharmacoscopy for Patients With Refractory Primary Brain Tumors

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Advanced technology of ex vivo drug profiling referred to as pharmacoscopy may allow to identify novel drugs for the treatment of glioblastoma and other refractory brain tumors at an individual patient level. This personalized therapeutic approach was developed and validated in pre-clinical glioma models. With the current research proposal, we seek to establish feasibility for a clinical interventional trial for patients with refractory primary brain tumors that is based on pharmacoscopy-guided selection of treatment. The study is supported by an unrestricted grant from Anti Cancer Fund.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40 (estimated)
First submitted
17 Dec 2024
Start date
11 Sept 2026
Primary completion date
15 Sept 2028
Lead sponsor
University of Zurich
Diseases
Glioblastoma
NCT number
NCT06804655

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 40
  • From 11 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 15 Sept 2028
  • 3 sites 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

  • Concurrent treatment with other systemic tumor-directed pharmacotherapies.
  • Intent to be treated with radiotherapy.
  • Any investigational antitumor therapy other than those under investigation in this study.
  • Women who are breast feeding and who do not agree to discontinue nursing prior to the first study treatment and for the period defined in the protocol.

Lab values

  • Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study or pregnancy. Women of childbearing potential, including women who had their last menstruation in the last 2 years, must have a negative urinary or serum pregnancy test.

Other

  • Inability to undergo brain or spine MRI.
  • Judgment by the investigator that the patient should not participate in the study because the patient is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions and requirements.
  • Sexually active men and women of childbearing potential who are not willing to use an effective contraceptive method during the study.

Who the study is looking for

  • Age 18 years or older on day of signing informed consent, female or male.
  • Refractory glioblastoma, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma, histone-mutant glioma, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, meningioma or other rare primary brain tumor with a histological confirmation according to the WHO classification 2021. Primary tumors can be located at the cerebral or spinal level. Primary brain tumors with metastases outside of the brain may also be considered.
  • Karnofsky performance status of 60 or more
  • Life expectancy \>12 weeks.
  • Limited systemic therapeutic options as per treating physician judgement. The number of previous lines of therapies is not limited.
  • Surgery clinically indicated. A histological confirmation of the diagnosis of a recurrent brain tumor will be required before any treatment can be initiated.
  • Adequate bone marrow, renal and hepatic function
  • Ability to understand the requirements of the study, provide written informed consent and authorization of use and disclosure of protected health information, and agree to abide by the study restrictions and return for the required assessments.
  • Written informed consent for study participation must be signed and dated by the patient and the investigator prior to any study-related intervention.

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (3)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University Hospital Basel
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BaselSwitzerlandNot yet recruiting
Cantonal Hospital St Gallen
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Sankt GallenSwitzerlandNot yet recruiting
University Hospital Zurich
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ZurichSwitzerlandRecruiting

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