New study seeks to predict brain tumor changes with simple scans and blood tests
NCT ID NCT07447531
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is looking at whether special MRI scans and blood tests can help predict how a type of aggressive brain tumor (malignant glioma) changes over time. Researchers will follow 15 adults with newly diagnosed tumors, using imaging and blood samples to track certain iron-related markers. The goal is to better understand tumor progression, not to test a new treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better predict how aggressive brain tumors might change over time, potentially guiding treatment decisions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early observational study with only 15 people. It is not testing a treatment, so it may not lead to direct patient benefits. Results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 21 years * New pathologically confirmed diagnosis of WHO grade IV malignant glioma * KPS \> 60 * Ability to give informed consent for standard of care chemotherapy and radiation therapy on the MR Linac and to study procedures for the protocol Exclusion Criteria: * History of previous malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer in the previous 5 years * History of iron metabolic disorder such as hemochromatosis * Inability to undergo MR studies due to size, claustrophobia, or metal implants or devices
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Iowa Health Care
RECRUITINGIowa City, Iowa, 52245, United States
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