Chlorpromazine with Standard of Care for the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of chlorpromazine with standard of care in treating patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Chlorpromazine may increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to temozolomide and radiation therapy treatment and this trial may help explore how much (if at all) chlorpromazine impacts the standard treatment.
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients must have newly diagnosed (i.e., within 5 weeks from recent surgery), histologically or cytologically or molecularly confirmed glioblastoma, gliosarcoma or diffuse midline glioma.
- Diagnosis must be made by surgical biopsy or excision.
- Therapy must begin =< 5 weeks after most recent surgery.
- Age >= 18 years.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 (Karnofsky > 50%).
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500 cells per mm^3 (obtained within 21 days prior to radiation fraction 1, with adequate bone marrow functions)
- Platelets >= 100,000 per mm^3 (obtained within 21 days prior to radiation fraction 1, with adequate bone marrow functions)
- Hemoglobin >= 8 g/dL (obtained within 21 days prior to radiation fraction 1, with adequate bone marrow functions)
- Creatinine =< 2.0 mg/dl (within 21 days of radiation fraction 1)
- Total bilirubin =< 1.5 mg/dL (within 21 days of radiation fraction 1)
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) =< 3 times the institutional upper limit of normal (within 21 days of radiation fraction 1)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) =< 3 times the institutional upper limit of normal (within 21 days of radiation fraction 1)
- Patient or patient’s legally authorized representative’s ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
Exclusion Criteria
- Recurrent high-grade glioma.
- Significant abnormalities on electrocardiogram (ECG) at screening. Corrected QT interval by Fridericia's correction (QTcF) > 450 msec for males or > 470 msec for females at screening.
- History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to temozolomide or chlorpromazine.
- Significant co-morbid central nervous system disease, including but not limited to, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, history of myasthenia gravis or dementia.
- Patients with prior malignancies of the same or different tumor type and patients with concurrent malignancies of the same or different tumor type whose natural history or treatment has the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational drug
- Patients who have received prior chemotherapy (including Gliadel wafers) for the current glioma.
- Prior radiation therapy to the head or neck, which would result in overlap of radiation therapy fields.
- Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents. Use of tumor treating fields (TTF) in adjuvant phase is permitted as per standard of care.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, hypoparathyroidism, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements. Uncontrolled seizures despite being on maximal anti-seizure therapy.
- Pregnant women are excluded from this study because ionizing radiation is a known teratogen, and temozolomide is a Class D agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with temozolomide, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with temozolomide.
Study sponsor and potential other locations can be found on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT05190315.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the safety and acute toxicity of chlorpromazine (CPZ) when administered throughout the standard treatment protocol for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
II. Determine the recommended phase II dose of chlorpromazine in combination with the standard treatment protocol for glioblastoma.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the progression free survival and overall survival of patients with newly diagnosed GBM treated with CPZ and standard chemoradiation 6 months from the date of surgery.
OUTLINE: This a dose-escalation study. Each patient undergoes 3 phases of treatment.
CONCURRENT PHASE: Beginning 1 week before radiation therapy, patients receive chlorpromazine (CPZ) orally (PO) once daily (QD) in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Beginning first day of radiation therapy, patients also receive temozolomide PO QD for no longer than 7 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo radiation therapy 5 days a week. Patients also undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT).
INTERIM PHASE: After completion of radiation therapy, patients continue to receive CPZ PO QD for 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo blood sample collection.
ADJUVANT PHASE: Beginning 28 days after completion of radiation therapy, patients continue to receive CPZ PO QD and restart temozolomide PO QD on days 1-5 of each cycle. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 6 cycles in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo MRI or CT.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 35 days and then every 3 months thereafter.
Trial PhasePhase I
Trial Typetreatment
Lead OrganizationUniversity of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Principal InvestigatorMohammed M. Milhem
- Primary ID202109340
- Secondary IDsNCI-2022-00531
- ClinicalTrials.gov IDNCT05190315