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CompletedNCT02511405GLOBEUpdated Oct 23, 2018

A Phase 3, Pivotal Trial of VB-111 Plus Bevacizumab vs. Bevacizumab in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma (GLOBE)

A Phase 3 interventional study of VB-111 + bevacizumab and Bevacizumab in Glioblastoma, sponsored by Vascular Biogenics Ltd. operating as VBL Therapeutics. Completed at 57 sites in 3 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-23.

Sponsored by Vascular Biogenics Ltd. operating as VBL Therapeutics · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
252
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this pivotal, phase 3, randomized, multicenter study is to compare VB-111 plus bevacizumab to bevacizumab in adult patients with recurrent Glioblastoma.

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Conditions studied

  • Glioblastoma

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Keywords

  • rGBM
  • Recurrent Glioblastoma
  • Recurrent GBM
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In context

Glioblastoma

1,920 studies on the registry are indexed under Glioblastoma; 449 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 252 is above the median of 36 across 1,617 interventional studies indexed under Glioblastoma.

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Lead sponsor

Vascular Biogenics Ltd. operating as VBL Therapeutics is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. First or second progression of Glioblastoma;
  2. Measurable disease by RANO criteria at progression;
  3. Patients ≥18 years of age;
  4. Patient may have been operated for recurrence. If operated: residual and measurable disease after surgery is required;
  5. Surgery completed at least 28 days before randomization;
  6. An interval of at least 12 weeks between prior radiotherapy or at least 23 days from prior chemotherapy, 42 days from nitrosoureas and enrollment in this study;
  7. Adequate performance, i.e."Karnofsky Performance Score" of at least 70%;
  8. Adequate renal, liver, and bone marrow function according to the following criteria:

    • Absolute neutrophil count ≥1500 cells/ml,
    • Platelets ≥ 100,000 cells/ml,
    • Total bilirubin within upper limit of normal (ULN),
    • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤ 2.0 X ULN,
    • Serum creatinine level ≤ ULN or creatinine clearance ≥ 50 ml/min for patients with creatinine levels above normal limits (creatinine clearance calculated by the Cockcroft-Gault formula, see Appendix II),
    • PT, PTT (in seconds) not to be prolonged beyond >20% of the upper limits of normal.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Prior anti-angiogenic therapy including VEGF sequestering agents (i.e. bevacizumab, aflibercept, etc.) or VEGFR inhibitors (cedirinib, pazopanib, sunitinib, sorafenib, etc.);
  2. Prior stereotactic radiotherapy;
  3. Pregnant or breastfeeding patients;
  4. Concomitant medication that may interfere with study results; e.g. immunosuppressive agents other than corticosteroids;
  5. Active infection;
  6. Evidence of significant CNS haemorrhage i.e. CTCAE grade 2 or above;
  7. Expected to have surgery during study period;
  8. Patients with active vascular disease, either myocardial or peripheral (i.e. acute coronary syndrome, cerebral stroke, transient ischemic attack or arterial thrombosis or symptomatic peripheral vascular disease within the past 3 months);
  9. Patients with known proliferative and/or vascular retinopathy;
  10. Patients with known liver disease (alcoholic, drug/toxin induced, genetic, or autoimmune);
  11. Patients with known active second malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancers, non-metastatic prostate cancer, in situ cervical cancer, and ductal or lobular carcinoma in situ of the breast. Patients are not considered to have a currently active malignancy if they have completed anticancer therapy and have been disease free for greater than 2 years prior to screening;
  12. Patients testing positive to one of the following viruses: HIV, HBV and HCV within the last 6 months;
  13. Patients that have undergone major surgery within the last 4 weeks before enrollment;
  14. Patients who have received treatment with any other investigational agent within 4 weeks before enrollment.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
252 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Arm 1

    VB-111 + Bevacizumab

    Drug: VB-111 + bevacizumab

  • Active comparator
    Arm 2

    Bevacizumab

    Drug: Bevacizumab

Interventions

  • DrugVB-111 + bevacizumab

    VB-111 will be administered intravenously at a dose of 1x10e13 VPs every 2 months Bevacizumab will be administered intravenously at a dose of 10mg/kg every 2 weeks

  • DrugBevacizumab

    Bevacizumab will be administered intravenously at a dose of 10mg/kg every 2 weeks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Overall survival

    Time frame: From date of study entry until the date of death from any cause (up to 10 years)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Progression Free Survival

    Time frame: To be assessed from date of randomization until the date of disease progression, assessed up to 10 years.

  2. Tumor response as measured by RANO Criteria

    Time frame: To be assessed from date of randomization until the date of disease progression, assessed up to 10 years.

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Study locations

57 sites
  • University of Alabama
    Birmingham, Alabama, United States
  • Highlands Oncology Group
    Rogers, Arizona, United States
  • University of California Irvine Medical Center
    Irvine, California, United States
  • University of California Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California, United States
  • The Center for Cancer Prevention and Treatment
    Orangevale, California, United States
  • Kaiser Permanente - Redwood City Medical Center
    Redwood City, California, United States
  • University of California
    San Diego, California, United States
  • University of California San Francisco
    San Francisco, California, United States
  • Stanford University
    Stanford, California, United States
  • Colorado Neurological Institute
    Denver, Colorado, United States
  • The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • University of Florida Preston A. Wells, Jr. Center for Brain Tumor Therapy
    Gainesville, Florida, United States
  • Orlando Health
    Orlando, Florida, United States
  • Piedmont Physicians Neuro-Oncology
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Northwestern University
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • The University of Chicago
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • University of Kansas Medical Center
    Kansas City, Kansas, United States
  • University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky, United States
  • University of Louisville
    Louisville, Kentucky 40202, United States
  • Louisiana State University Health Science Center
    Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
  • Henry Ford Health System
    Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Metro-MN Community Oncology Research Consortium
    Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416, United States
  • Washington University School of Medicine
    Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
    Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
  • Dent Neurosciences Research Center
    Amherst, New York, United States
  • North Shore University Hospital
    Lake Success, New York, United States
  • Columbia University Medical Center
    New York, New York, United States
  • Derald H. Ruttenberg Treatment Center
    New York, New York, United States
  • University of Rochester Medical Center
    Rochester, New York, United States
  • Stony Brook University, Neurology Associates of Stony Brook
    Stony Brook, New York, United States
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Syracuse, New York, United States
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
  • Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
  • Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
    Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Texas Oncology-Austin Midtown
    Austin, Texas 78705, United States
  • Baylor Health Neuro-Oncology Associates
    Dallas, Texas, United States
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas, United States
  • : University of Texas, HSC
    Houston, Texas, United States
  • MD Anderson
    Houston, Texas, United States
  • UTHSCSA
    San Antonio, Texas, United States
  • Huntsman Cancer Institute at The University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
  • University of Virginia
    Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
  • Swedish Medical Center
    Seattle, Washington, United States
  • University of Wisconsin
    Madison, Wisconsin, United States
  • Tom Baker Cancer Centre
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • London Health Sciences Centre
    London, Ontario, Canada
  • Ottawa Hospital
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Rambam Medical Center
    Haifa, Israel
  • Hadassah Medical Center
    Jerusalem, Israel
  • Rabin Medical Center
    Petach Tikvah, Israel
  • Chaim Sheba Medical Center
    Ramat Gan, Israel
  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
    Tel Aviv, Israel
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References and documents

Publications

  • Cloughesy TF, Brenner A, de Groot JF, Butowski NA, Zach L, Campian JL, Ellingson BM, Freedman LS, Cohen YC, Lowenton-Spier N, Rachmilewitz Minei T, Fain Shmueli S; GLOBE Study Investigators; Wen PY. A randomized controlled phase III study of VB-111 combined with bevacizumab vs bevacizumab monotherapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma (GLOBE). Neuro Oncol. 2020 May 15;22(5):705-717. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz232. PubMed 31844890 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 23, 2018, 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
NCT02511405
Lead sponsor
Vascular Biogenics Ltd. operating as VBL Therapeutics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 30, 2015
Start date
Aug 2015
Primary completion
Nov 3, 2017
Completion
Sep 30, 2018
Last update
Oct 23, 2018

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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