Telaglenastat With Radiation Therapy and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With IDH-Mutated Diffuse Astrocytoma or Anaplastic Astrocytoma

Running, not enrolling · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Astrocytoma, IDH-Mutant, Grade 2, Astrocytoma, IDH-Mutant, Grade 3

In brief

This phase 1b trial studies the side effects and best dose of telaglenastat in combination with radiation therapy and temozolomide in treating patients with IDH-mutated diffuse or anaplastic astrocytoma. Telaglenastat may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Radiation therapy uses high energy x-rays to kill tumor cells and shrink tumors. Chemotherapy drugs, 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. Giving telaglenastat with radiation therapy and temozolomide may work better than surgery, radiation therapy, and temozolomide in treating patients with IDH-mutated diffuse astrocytoma or anaplastic astrocytoma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03528642

Run by

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

People needed

40

Starts

2019-05-01

Expected to finish

2026-09-11

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-31

Who can join

Age: 16 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients must have histopathologic or molecular confirmation of either IDH-mutant DA or IDH-mutant AA. Acceptable IDH mutations for study eligibility include any IDH1 mutation at codon 132 or any IDH2 mutation at codon 172.
• Age >= 16 years. The intended neurocognitive tests have not been validated in children below the age of 16.
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status =< 1 (Karnofsky >= 70%).
• Hemoglobin > 9.0 g/dL (within 14 days prior to registration)
• Leukocytes >= 3.0 x 10\^9/L (within 14 days prior to registration)
• Absolute neutrophil count >= 1.5 x 10\^9/L (within 14 days prior to registration)
• Platelets >= 100 x 10\^9/L (within 14 days prior to registration)
• International normalized ratio (INR) =< 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (within 14 days prior to registration)
• Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) or activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) =< 1.5 x ULN (within 14 days prior to registration)
• Patients on a stable dose of anti-coagulation therapy will be allowed to participate if they have no signs of bleeding or clotting and the INR/PT and PTT/aPTT results are compatible with an acceptable risk-benefit ratio as per the investigator's discretion.
• Total bilirubin =< 1.5 x institutional ULN and < 3 mg/dL for patients with Gilbert's disease (within 14 days prior to registration)
• Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) \& alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 3 x institutional ULN (within 14 days prior to registration)
• Creatinine =< 1.5 x institutional ULN or creatinine clearance >= 60 mL/minute
• If there is history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, patients must be on effective antiretroviral therapy and HIV viral load must be undetectable within 6 months of study enrollment.
• If there is history of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, patients must have either been treated or are on suppressive therapy (as indicated), and HBV viral load must be undetectable.
• If there is history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, patients must have been treated and HCV viral load must be undetectable.
• Patient must have measurable disease by RANO criteria (dose expansion cohort only).
• Patient must be at least 7 days beyond stereotactic biopsy and/or at least 14 days beyond open craniotomy at the time of registration.
• Patients must have been on a stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroids over the last 7 days at the time of registration.
• Patients must have been on a stable or decreasing dose of antiepileptic therapy over the last 14 days at the time of registration.
• Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test (=< 14 days) prior to start of trial treatment. The effects of telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because alkylating agents as well as TMZ are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while she or her partner is participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately. Men treated or enrolled on this protocol must also agree to use adequate contraception prior to the study, for the duration of study participation, and 4 months after completion of telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl administration.
• Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
• Patients with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational regimen are eligible for this trial.
• Patients with known history or current symptoms of cardiac disease, or history of treatment with cardiotoxic agents, should have a clinical risk assessment of cardiac function using the New York Heart Association functional classification. To be eligible for this trial, patients should be class 2B or better.
• Availability of archival FFPE tumor tissue collected within 12 months prior to registration.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients must not have received prior chemotherapy to treat the glioma.
• Patients who are receiving any other investigational agents.
• History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl or TMZ.
• Patient must not have received prior radiation therapy to the brain. Prior radiation therapy to the head and neck is also excluded if radiation fields overlap.
• No prior use of Gliadel wafers.
• Patient must have no evidence of either infratentorial or spinal involvement with tumor.
• Patients who are unable to swallow tablets.
• Patients who are at risk for impaired absorption of oral medication including, but not limited to, refractory vomiting, gastric resection/bypass, and duodenal/jejunal resection.
• Patients with uncontrolled intercurrent illness.
• Patients with a "currently active" second malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancers. Patients are not considered to have a "currently active" malignancy if they have completed therapy and are free of disease for more than 3 years.
• Pregnant women are excluded from this study because telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl is an agent with the potential for teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for AEs in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with telaglenastat (CB-839) HCl. These potential risks may also apply to TMZ.
• Adolescent patients who require sedation for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS).
• Patients with psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements.
• The primary language of communication for the patient must be English (dose expansion cohort only). The intended neurocognitive tests have not been validated in patients who do not primarily speak English.

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona — Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Mayo Clinic in Arizona — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
• UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center — La Jolla, California, United States
• UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center — Orange, California, United States
• Sibley Memorial Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Mayo Clinic in Florida — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Moffitt Cancer Center — Tampa, Florida, United States
• University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center — Iowa City, Iowa, United States
• University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center — Lexington, Kentucky, United States
• Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Mayo Clinic in Rochester — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
• Siteman Cancer Center at Saint Peters Hospital — City of Saint Peters, Missouri, United States
• Siteman Cancer Center at West County Hospital — Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States
• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Siteman Cancer Center-South County — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Siteman Cancer Center at Christian Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone — New York, New York, United States
• NYP/Columbia University Medical Center/Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States
• University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
• UPMC Hillman Cancer Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• UT MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States
• Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
• University of Virginia Cancer Center — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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