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O(6)-Benzylguanine and Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Glioblastoma Multiforme That Did Not Respond to Previous Temozolomide and Radiation Therapy

A Phase 2 interventional study of O6-benzylguanine and temozolomide in Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Terminated at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-03-28.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
Study closed to accrual after the company chose to stop development of the drug.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2006, registered Feb 2007).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 120 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as O(6)-benzylguanine and temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. Giving more than one drug (combination chemotherapy) may kill more tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects and how well giving O(6)-benzylguanine together with temozolomide works in treating patients with glioblastoma multiforme that did not respond to previous temozolomide and radiation therapy.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the antitumor activity of O6-benzylguanine and temozolomide in patients with temozolomide-resistant methylguanine methyltransferase-positive or -negative glioblastoma multiforme previously treated with radiotherapy.
  • Determine, preliminarily, the toxicity of this regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients receive O6-benzylguanine intravenous (IV) over 1 hour and oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed periodically for at least 6 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 100 patients will be accrued for this study.

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Conditions studied

  • Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors

Keywords

  • adult giant cell glioblastoma
  • adult gliosarcoma
  • recurrent adult brain tumor
  • adult glioblastoma
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In context

Glioblastoma

1,920 studies on the registry are indexed under Glioblastoma; 450 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 12 is below the median of 36 across 1,618 interventional studies indexed under Glioblastoma.

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Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the lead sponsor of 3,506 studies on the registry; 334 are open to participants now.

Of its 402 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 365 (91%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 120 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), including the following:

    • Small or large cell GBM
    • Gliosarcoma
  • Temozolomide-resistant disease, as defined by the following:

    • Unequivocal evidence of tumor progression after receiving adjuvant temozolomide therapy for 5 consecutive days every 28 days for ≥ 2 courses
  • Must have failed prior radiotherapy

    • Progression must be documented by MRI (while on a stable steroid dose for ≥ 5 days) ≥ 12 weeks after completion of radiotherapy
  • Must have paraffin-embedded tissue blocks or ≥ 4 unstained paraffin-embedded microscope slides available from diagnosis

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Karnofsky performance status 60-100%
  • Life expectancy > 8 weeks
  • White blood cell (WBC) ≥ 3,000/mm(³)
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm(³)
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm(³)
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL (transfusion allowed)
  • Aspartate aminotransaminase (AST) \< 2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin \< 2 times ULN
  • Creatinine \< 1.5 mg/dL OR creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min
  • No significant medical illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, would preclude study compliance
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No significant active cardiac, hepatic, renal, or psychiatric disease
  • No other known active malignancy except for nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the cervix
  • No active infection requiring intravenous (IV) antibiotics
  • No disease that would obscure toxicity or alter drug metabolism

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • See Disease Characteristics
  • Recovered from prior temozolomide
  • Prior resection of recurrent or progressive tumor allowed if all the following criteria are met:

    • Recovered from prior surgery
    • Residual disease after resection of recurrent tumor by computed tomography (CT) scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (while on a stable steroid dose for ≥ 5 days) ≤ 96 hours OR ≥ 4 weeks after surgery
  • At least 12 weeks since prior radiotherapy
  • No other prior therapy (i.e., polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant [Gliadel wafers] or nitrosoureas)
  • No other concurrent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy, or investigational agents
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
12 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma

    Patients receive O6-benzylguanine intravenous over 1 hour and oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

    Drug: O6-benzylguanine · Drug: temozolomide

Interventions

  • DrugO6-benzylguanine

    Also known as: 06-BG

  • Drugtemozolomide

    Also known as: Temodar

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Confirmed Best Objective Tumor Response Rate (Complete or Partial Response) in Patients With Methylguanine Methyltransferase (MGMT)-Positive Tumors as Assessed by Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

    The date of response will be the date the response is first radiographically documented following initiation of therapy (typically, the date of the actual imaging modality). Complete response is complete disappearance of all measurable and evaluable disease. No new lesions. No evidence of non-evaluable disease. Partial response is greater than or equal to a 50% decrease compared to baseline in the sum of products of perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions.

    Time frame: 2-4 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Objective Tumor Response Rate in Patients With Methylguanine Methyltransferase (MGMT)-Negative Tumors as Assessed by Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

    The date of response will be the date the response is first radiographically documented following initiation of therapy (typically, the date of the actual imaging modality). Complete response is complete disappearance of all measurable and evaluable disease. No new lesions. No evidence of non-evaluable disease. Partial response is greater than or equal to a 50% decrease compared to baseline in the sum of products of perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions. Stable/No disease does not qualify for CR, PR, or progression. Progression is a 25% increase in the sum of products of all measurable lesions (or two largest lesions if too numerous) over the smallest sum observed (over baseline if no decrease) using the same techniques as baseline, OR clear worsening of any evaluable disease, OR appearance of any new lesion/site, OR failure to return for evaluation due to death or deteriorating condition (unless clearly unrelated to this cancer).

    Time frame: 2-4 weeks

  2. Toxicity as Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v 3)

    Here is the number of participants with adverse events. For a detailed list of adverse events, see the adverse event module. Adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE)v3.

    Time frame: 18 months and 4 days

  3. Best Overall Response

    Defined as the best tumor response recorded from the start of treatment until disease progression or withdrawal from the study. Complete response is complete disappearance of all measurable and evaluable disease. No new lesions. No evidence of non-evaluable disease. Partial response is greater than or equal to a 50% decrease compared to baseline in the sum of products of perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions. Stable/No disease does not qualify for CR, PR, or progression. Progression is a 25% increase in the sum of products of all measurable lesions (or two largest lesions if too numerous) over the smallest sum observed (over baseline if no decrease) using the same techniques as baseline, OR clear worsening of any evaluable disease, OR appearance of any new lesion/site, OR failure to return for evaluation due to death or deteriorating condition (unless clearly unrelated to this cancer

    Time frame: up to 2 years

  4. Progression-free Survival

    Defined as the interval between the day of first administration of treatment and the first documentation of progressive disease or date of death. Progression is a 25% increase in the sum of products of all measurable lesions (or two largest lesions if too numerous) over the smallest sum observed (over baseline if no decrease) using the same techniques as baseline, OR clear worsening of any evaluable disease, OR appearance of any new lesion/site, OR failure to return for evaluation due to death or deteriorating condition (unless clearly unrelated to this cancer

    Time frame: up to 2 years

  5. Overall Survival

    Defined as the interval between the day of first administration of treatment and the date of death.

    Time frame: up to 2 years

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Results

Posted Mar 28, 2017
Limitations and caveats
Dr. Howard A. Fine is no longer with the National Cancer Institute (NCI). For historical reasons, he is listed as the (original principal investigator) study official for this study.

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneO6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
Started12
Completed0
Not completed12
Withdrew: Progression4
Withdrew: Adverse event2
Withdrew: Death6

Outcome measures

PrimaryConfirmed Best Objective Tumor Response Rate (Complete or Partial Response) in Patients With Methylguanine Methyltransferase (MGMT)-Positive Tumors as Assessed by Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

The date of response will be the date the response is first radiographically documented following initiation of therapy (typically, the date of the actual imaging modality). Complete response is complete disappearance of all measurable and evaluable disease. No new lesions. No evidence of non-evaluable disease. Partial response is greater than or equal to a 50% decrease compared to baseline in the sum of products of perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions.

Time frame:
2-4 weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryObjective Tumor Response Rate in Patients With Methylguanine Methyltransferase (MGMT)-Negative Tumors as Assessed by Immunohistochemistry (IHC)

The date of response will be the date the response is first radiographically documented following initiation of therapy (typically, the date of the actual imaging modality). Complete response is complete disappearance of all measurable and evaluable disease. No new lesions. No evidence of non-evaluable disease. Partial response is greater than or equal to a 50% decrease compared to baseline in the sum of products of perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions. Stable/No disease does not qualify for CR, PR, or progression. Progression is a 25% increase in the sum of products of all measurable lesions (or two largest lesions if too numerous) over the smallest sum observed (over baseline if no decrease) using the same techniques as baseline, OR clear worsening of any evaluable disease, OR appearance of any new lesion/site, OR failure to return for evaluation due to death or deteriorating condition (unless clearly unrelated to this cancer).

Time frame:
2-4 weeks

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryToxicity as Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v 3)

Here is the number of participants with adverse events. For a detailed list of adverse events, see the adverse event module. Adverse events were assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE)v3.

Time frame:
18 months and 4 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Toxicity as Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v 3)
ParticipantsO6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
Toxicity as Assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v 3)12
SecondaryBest Overall Response

Defined as the best tumor response recorded from the start of treatment until disease progression or withdrawal from the study. Complete response is complete disappearance of all measurable and evaluable disease. No new lesions. No evidence of non-evaluable disease. Partial response is greater than or equal to a 50% decrease compared to baseline in the sum of products of perpendicular diameters of all measurable lesions. Stable/No disease does not qualify for CR, PR, or progression. Progression is a 25% increase in the sum of products of all measurable lesions (or two largest lesions if too numerous) over the smallest sum observed (over baseline if no decrease) using the same techniques as baseline, OR clear worsening of any evaluable disease, OR appearance of any new lesion/site, OR failure to return for evaluation due to death or deteriorating condition (unless clearly unrelated to this cancer

Time frame:
up to 2 years

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryProgression-free Survival

Defined as the interval between the day of first administration of treatment and the first documentation of progressive disease or date of death. Progression is a 25% increase in the sum of products of all measurable lesions (or two largest lesions if too numerous) over the smallest sum observed (over baseline if no decrease) using the same techniques as baseline, OR clear worsening of any evaluable disease, OR appearance of any new lesion/site, OR failure to return for evaluation due to death or deteriorating condition (unless clearly unrelated to this cancer

Time frame:
up to 2 years

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

SecondaryOverall Survival

Defined as the interval between the day of first administration of treatment and the date of death.

Time frame:
up to 2 years

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over 18 months and 4 days. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma6/12 (50%)8/12 (66.7%)9/12 (75%)
Most frequent serious events
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Most frequent serious events
EventO6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
Death due to progressive diseaseGeneral disorders6/12
Leukocytes (total WBC)Blood and lymphatic system disorders4/12
SeizureNervous system disorders4/12
PlateletsBlood and lymphatic system disorders3/12
ALT, SGPT (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase)Metabolism and nutrition disorders2/12
LymphopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders2/12
Neutrophils/granulocytes (ANC/AGC)Blood and lymphatic system disorders2/12
AST, SGOT(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase)Metabolism and nutrition disorders1/12
HypothermiaGeneral disorders1/12
Muscle weakness, generalized or specific area (not due to neuropathy)::Left-sidedMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders1/12
Most frequent other events
Showing 10 of 17
Most frequent other events
EventO6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
Leukocytes (total WBC)Blood and lymphatic system disorders5/12
Neutrophils/granulocytes (ANC/AGC)Blood and lymphatic system disorders5/12
LymphopeniaBlood and lymphatic system disorders4/12
PlateletsBlood and lymphatic system disorders4/12
ALT, SGPT (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase)Metabolism and nutrition disorders3/12
AST, SGOT(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase)Metabolism and nutrition disorders2/12
Cushingoid appearance (e.g., moon face, buffalo hump, centripetal obesity, cutaneous striae)Endocrine disorders2/12
Bilirubin (hyperbilirubinemia)Metabolism and nutrition disorders1/12
Blood/Bone Marrow - Other (Specify, leukopenia)Blood and lymphatic system disorders1/12
ConfusionNervous system disorders1/12

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years10
>=65 years2
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
Mean52.03 ± 9.64
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
Female1
Male11
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
Hispanic or Latino0
Not Hispanic or Latino10
Unknown or Not Reported2
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American2
White9
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(Participants)O6-benzylguanine & Temozolomide in Glioblastoma
United States12
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Study locations

2 sites
  • Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1182, United States
  • NCI - Neuro-Oncology Branch
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8200, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 28, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00436436
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Mark Gilbert, M.D. (Branch Chief, Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 19, 2007
Start date
Nov 13, 2006
Primary completion
Mar 15, 2010
Completion
Apr 14, 2010
Results posted
Mar 28, 2017
Last update
Mar 28, 2017

Study contacts

Howard A Fine, M.D.
principal investigator · NCI - Neuro-Oncology Branch

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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