Radiation Therapy (RT) and Temozolomide (TMZ) in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma or Gliosarcoma

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving radiation therapy together with temozolomide may kill more tumor cells. It is not yet known which schedule of temozolomide when given together with radiation therapy is more effective in treating glioblastoma or gliosarcoma. PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying two different schedules of temozolomide to compare how well they work when given together with radiation therapy in treating patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma or gliosarcoma.

Timeline

Start

2006-01

Primary completion

2011-02

Completion

2016-12

Publications

• Results Aldape KD, Wang M, Sulman EP, et al.: RTOG 0525: molecular correlates from a randomized phase III trial of newly diagnosed glioblastoma. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 29 (Suppl 15): A-LBA2000, 2011.
• Results Armstrong TS, Wefel JS, Wang M, et al.: Clinical utility of neurocognitive function (NCF), quality of life (QOL), and symptom assessment as prognostic factors for survival and measures of treatment effects on RTOG 0525. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 29 (Suppl 15): A-2016, 2011.
• Results Wang M, Dignam JJ, Won M, Curran W, Mehta M, Gilbert MR. Variation over time and interdependence between disease progression and death among patients with glioblastoma on RTOG 0525. Neuro Oncol. 2015 Jul;17(7):999-1006. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nov009. Epub 2015 Feb 16.
• Results Aldape KD, Jones G, Wang M, et al.: MGMT methylation testing in RTOG 0525: A phase III trial of newly diagnosed glioblastoma. [Abstract] J Clin Oncol 27 (Suppl 15): A-2051, 2009.
• Results Gilbert MR, Wang M, Aldape KD, Stupp R, Hegi ME, Jaeckle KA, Armstrong TS, Wefel JS, Won M, Blumenthal DT, Mahajan A, Schultz CJ, Erridge S, Baumert B, Hopkins KI, Tzuk-Shina T, Brown PD, Chakravarti A, Curran WJ Jr, Mehta MP. Dose-dense temozolomide for newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a randomized phase III clinical trial. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Nov 10;31(32):4085-91. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.49.6968. Epub 2013 Oct 7.
• Bell EH, Pugh SL, McElroy JP, Gilbert MR, Mehta M, Klimowicz AC, Magliocco A, Bredel M, Robe P, Grosu AL, Stupp R, Curran W Jr, Becker AP, Salavaggione AL, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Aldape K, Blumenthal DT, Brown PD, Glass J, Souhami L, Lee RJ, Brachman D, Flickinger J, Won M, Chakravarti A. Molecular-Based Recursive Partitioning Analysis Model for Glioblastoma in the Temozolomide Era: A Correlative Analysis Based on NRG Oncology RTOG 0525. JAMA Oncol. 2017 Jun 1;3(6):784-792. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.6020.

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