This pilot study will assess the safety and feasibility of using an implantable microdevice to measure local intratumor response to chemotherapy and other clinically relevant drugs in malignant brain tumors.
* The device involved in this study is called a microdevice. * The drugs used in this study will only include drugs already used systemically for the treatment of gliomas.
Patients must have operable supratentorial tumor presumed to be WHO grade II-IV glioma (Astrocytoma, Oligodendroglioma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, or Glioblastoma) based on radiological evidence at MRI, where a gross total or partial surgical resection is intended.
Histological confirmation of WHO grade II-IV glioma at time of intraoperative frozen analysis (for newly diagnosed tumors). This is not necessary in cases where a histopathologic diagnosis is already available from prior surgeries/biopsies.
Participants must be 18 years of age or older.
Karnofsky Performance Score ≥ 60 (Appendix C).
Participants who have had chemotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks (6 weeks for nitrosoureas) prior to entering the study or those who have not recovered from adverse events due to agents administered more than 4 weeks earlier.
Participants who are receiving any other investigational agents.
History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to the microdevice or any agents used in the study.
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.
Oliver Jonas
Lead sponsor
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sponsor institution