Pembrolizumab and Standard Therapy in Treating Patients With Glioblastoma

Running, not enrolling · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Glioblastoma, Gliosarcoma, Supratentorial Glioblastoma

In brief

This phase II trial studies the side effects and how well pembrolizumab works in combination with standard therapy in treating patients with glioblastoma. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Drugs used in the chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells, by stopping them from dividing, or by stopping them from spreading. Radiation therapy uses high energy beams to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Giving pembrolizumab and standard therapy comprising of temozolomide and radiation therapy may kill tumor cells.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03197506

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

52

Starts

2018-01-15

Expected to finish

2028-06-06

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age >= 18 years
• Histological confirmation of supratentorial glioblastoma (also known as astrocytoma grade IV, gliosarcoma)
• NOTE: Grade IV IDH-mutant astrocytoma is also allowed
• Neoadjuvant patients only: Have an enhancing mass on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) amenable to > 90% resection of contrast-enhancing tumor (as determined by the neurosurgeon pre-operatively) and histological diagnosis of glioblastoma or astrocytoma from a prior biopsy or surgery
• NOTE: Biopsy or subtotal resection must have been =< 43 days prior to registration
• Neoadjuvant patients only: Willing to undergo craniotomy and resection of their brain tumor at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (MN)
• Adjuvant patients only: Must have undergone craniotomy and resection of their brain tumor =< 6 weeks prior to registration
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) of 0 or 1
• Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1500/mm\^3 (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Platelet count >= 100,000/mm\^3 (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Hemoglobin >= 9.0 g/dL without transfusion or erythropoietin (EPO) dependency (=< 7 days prior to assessment) (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Prothrombin time (PT) =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy and PT or partial prothrombin time (PTT) is within therapeutic range of intended use of coagulants (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) =< 1.5 x ULN unless patient is receiving anticoagulant therapy and PT or PTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of coagulants (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Albumin >= 2.5 mg/dL (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x ULN OR direct bilirubin =< ULN for patients with total bilirubin levels > 1.5 x ULN (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Aspartate transaminase (AST) AND alanine transaminase (ALT) =< 2.5 x ULN (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Creatinine =< 1.0 x ULN OR measured or calculated creatinine clearance (per institutional standard) must be >= 60 ml/min (obtained =< 28 days prior to registration)
• Negative pregnancy test done =< 7 days prior to registration, for persons of childbearing potential only (POCBP)
• NOTE: Serum or urine pregnancy test allowed; if urine test is positive or cannot be confirmed as negative, a serum pregnancy test will be required
• POCBP must be willing to use adequate contraception starting with first dose through 120 days after last dose
• Provide written informed consent
• Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the active monitoring phase of the study)
• Note: During the active monitoring phase of a study (i.e., active treatment and observation), participants must be willing to return to the consenting institution for follow-up
• Willing to provide tissue and blood samples for correlative research purposes

You may not qualify if…

• Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent whose genotoxic, mutagenic and teratogenic effects on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown:
• Pregnant persons
• Nursing persons
• Persons of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
• Neoadjuvant patients only: Signs or symptoms of life-threatening raised intracranial pressure: as defined by the treating neurosurgeon, including severe headache, nausea, decreasing level of consciousness, precluding 4-7 day delay in scheduling neurosurgery
• Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens
• Immunocompromised patients and patients known to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and currently receiving antiretroviral therapy
• Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
• Receiving any other investigational agent which would be considered as a treatment for the primary neoplasm
• Other active malignancy =< 5 years prior to registration
• EXCEPTIONS: Non-melanotic skin cancer or carcinoma-in-situ of the cervix
• NOTE: If there is a history or prior malignancy, the patient must not be receiving other specific treatment for their cancer
• History of myocardial infarction =< 6 months prior to registration, or congestive heart failure requiring use of ongoing maintenance therapy for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias
• Active autoimmune disease that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs; NOTE: Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment
• Known active hepatitis B (e.g., hepatitis B surface antigen [HBsAg] reactive) or hepatitis C (e.g., hepatitis C virus [HCV] ribonucleic acid [RNA] [qualitative] is detected)
• Known history of active TB (Bacillus tuberculosis)
• Received a live vaccine =< 30 days prior to registration
• History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids or current pneumonitis
• Hypersensitivity to pembrolizumab or any of its excipients
• Received prior therapy with an anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, or anti-PD-L2 agent
• Received or planning to receive Optune device

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Mayo Clinic in Arizona — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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