Ketogenic Diet With Radiation and Chemotherapy for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

Summary

This study aims to see if reducing blood sugar and increasing ketones (a metabolic product that comes from using fats for energy) can increase survival and enhance the the effects of standard radiation and chemotherapy treatments used to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). These changes occur from use of a ketogenic diet. This research has 2 goals: 1. Show that patients can tolerate the diet and maintain low blood glucose and high blood ketone levels. 2. Show if this diet enhances the effectiveness of standard treatment by prolonging survival of patients with a GBM.

Timeline

Start

2013-10

Primary completion

2017-02

Completion

2017-02

Publications

• Background Abdelwahab MG, Fenton KE, Preul MC, Rho JM, Lynch A, Stafford P, Scheck AC. The ketogenic diet is an effective adjuvant to radiation therapy for the treatment of malignant glioma. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36197. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036197. Epub 2012 May 1.
• Background Scheck AC, Abdelwahab MG, Fenton KE, Stafford P. The ketogenic diet for the treatment of glioma: insights from genetic profiling. Epilepsy Res. 2012 Jul;100(3):327-37. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2011.09.022. Epub 2011 Oct 22.
• Background Stafford P, Abdelwahab MG, Kim DY, Preul MC, Rho JM, Scheck AC. The ketogenic diet reverses gene expression patterns and reduces reactive oxygen species levels when used as an adjuvant therapy for glioma. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2010 Sep 10;7:74. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-7-74.

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