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NCT06835803RecruitingPhase 2

Enhanced Local Intensified Radiation Therapy in Elderly Glioblastoma: A Phase 2 Hybrid Randomized Trial

Enhanced Local Intensified Radiation Therapy in Elderly Glioblastoma (ELITE-GBM): A Phase 2 Hybrid Randomized Trial Leveraging External Data

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Sept 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive malignancy of the central nervous system. Older adults with GBM have a unique constellation of medical, psychosocial, and supportive care needs. To address these challenges, prior work has evaluated the feasibility of hypofractionation, a treatment approach delivering fewer, larger radiation dosages over a shorter time period. Common hypofractionated regimens deliver a lower biologically equivalent radiation dose than the conventional regimens used for younger adults. Whether dose escalated hypofractionation can further improve outcomes in older adults remains unclear. This will be a hybrid randomized control trial comparing the efficacy and safety of dose-escalated and standard hypofractionated radiotherapy among older adults with newly-diagnosed glioblastoma compared to standard three-week course. This research study involves the administration of radiation therapy. Radiation will either be delivered at the standard daily dose or at an increased daily dose over a three weeks course of radiation treatment. Research study procedures will include a screening evaluation to assess eligibility, as well as clinical visits for radiation delivery and to assess symptoms during treatment and at scheduled follow-up times. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two arms of the trial: 1. Standard hypofractionated radiation over 3 weeks 2. Dose-escalated hypofractionated radiation over 3 weeks

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
56 (estimated)
First submitted
7 Feb 2025
Start date
14 Apr 2025
Primary completion date
31 Mar 2028
Lead sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Diseases
Glioblastoma
NCT number
NCT06835803

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 56
  • From 14 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 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

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

Prior treatment

  • Participants who have undergone prior head and neck or cranial radiation or radiation to any other site previously that would be reasonably anticipated to result in a significant overlap in radiation fields.
  • Participants who have received systemic or radiosensitizing therapy for a prior head and neck or central nervous system malignancy or any investigational cancer drug for glioblastoma prior to randomization.
  • Participants who have received or plan to receive any other form of non-surgical local or field treatment overlapping with the anticipated radiation field.

Other illness

  • Participants with evidence of spinal, leptomeningeal, or more distant disease.
  • Participants with another active central nervous system malignancies requiring treatment.
  • Participants with a second invasive malignancy that is A) incompletely treated or requiring ongoing treatment, or B) reasonably anticipated to be associated with a median overall survival of less than 1 year based on population-level data for the specified disease site and stage.
  • Participants with any other major medical illnesses or psychiatric treatments that in the treating physician's opinion will prevent administration or completion of protocol therapy.
  • Patients with a serious active infection (such as a wound infection requiring parenteral antibiotics) or other acute medical conditions at the time of randomization that would impair the ability of the patient to receive protocol treatment.

Other

  • Participants with recurrent glioma.
  • Participants with inadequate mental capacity to provide informed consent
  • Participants who cannot receive gadolinium

Who the study is looking for

  • Histological confirmation of WHO grade 4 glioblastoma (IDH wild-type by immunohistochemistry or sequencing). Histopathology must be confirmed by central review.
  • Newly diagnosed disease, with time elapsed from diagnostic surgery/resection \<8 weeks.
  • Age ≥ 65 years old at time of glioblastoma diagnosis
  • Adequate functional status as measured by a ECOG Performance Status 0, 1 or 2, at time of enrollment.
  • Adequate hematological, renal and hepatic functions as defined by the following required laboratory values obtained within 45 days prior to randomization:
    • Platelet count ≥ 100 x 10\^9/L (100,000 cells/mm\^3) Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal Total serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times the upper limit of normal ALT (SGPT) \< 2.5 times the upper limit of normal and/or AST (SGOT) \< 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
    • -Patient may have received corticosteroids, but must be on a stable or decreasing dose for at least 14 days prior to randomization.

Age in the registry: 65 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (3)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Brigham and Women's Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting
Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, Milford Hospital
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MilfordUnited StatesRecruiting
Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center, South Shore Hospital
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South WeymouthUnited StatesRecruiting

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