Brain tumor trial aims to boost radiation without boosting harm
NCT ID NCT05871021
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving a higher dose of radiation along with a drug called bevacizumab can help people with a fast-growing brain tumor (glioblastoma) live longer. About 146 adults aged 18 to 70 with a specific type of glioblastoma will receive the treatment. The goal is to improve survival without causing more side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 146 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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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18 to 70 years
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * IDH wild-type, MGMT unmethylated glioblastoma patients * Informed consent * Age ≥18 and ≤70 years, smoking or non-smoking, of any ethnic origin * ECOG 0-2 * Neutrophil counts \>1500/µl, Platelet counts \>100.000/µl, Hemoglobin \> 8 g/dl, Serum creatinine \<1.5-fold upper limit of normal (ULN), Bilirubin, AST or ALT \<2.5-fold ULN unless attributed to anticonvulsants, Alkaline phosphatase \<2.5-fold ULN * Adequate contraception * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN AND patients with urine dipstick for proteinuria \< 2+. Patients with ≥ 2+ proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis at baseline should show urine protein to creatinine ratio ≤ 1 Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of significant hemorrhage on postoperative MRI of the brain. Patients with asymptomatic, minor hemosiderin deposition, resolving postsurgical hemorrhagic changes, or punctate intratumoral hemorrhage (e.g., related to biopsy or surgery) are not excluded * Subjects on any drug suspected to interfere with bevacizumab at the time of study inclusion * Immuno-compromised patients, including known seropositivity for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) * Known hypersensitivity to any component of the investigational drugs or excipients (allergy to or other intolerability of bevacizumab or excipients) * Any other significant medical illness or medically significant laboratory finding that would, in the investigator's judgement, make the patient inappropriate for this study, or would increase the risk associated with the patients' participation in the study * Incapability to undergo MRI * Prior treatment with bevacizumab for any indication * Contraindication and/or hypersensitivity to bevacizumab or its excipients. For details check the Summary of Product Characteristics Aybintio® * Significant cardiovascular disease defined as congestive heart failure (NYHA Class II, III, IV), unstable angina pectoris, or myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to enrolment * Inadequately controlled hypertension (defined as a blood pressure of \> 150 mmHg systolic and/or \>100 mmHg diastolic on medication), or any prior history of hypertensive crisis or hypertensive encephalopathy * History of clinically significant cerebrovascular events within 6 months prior to enrolment. This includes ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. Small, clinically silent perioperative ischemic changes are not exclusionary. * Significant vascular disease (e.g. aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection or recent peripheral arterial thrombosis) within 6 months prior to enrolment * Evidence or history of recurrent thromboembolism (\> 1 episode of deep venous thrombosis / peripheral embolism) during the past 2 years * Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy (in the absence of therapeutic anticoagulation) * Chronic daily intake of aspirin \> 325 mg/day or clopidogrel \> 75 mg /day * History of intracranial abscess within 6 months prior to inclusion * History of abdominal or tracheo-oesophageal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months prior to study enrolment * History of ≥ grade 2 hemoptysis according to NCI-CTC criteria within 1 month prior to inclusion * Serious non-healing wound, ulcer or bone fracture
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
9 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Neurology, University Hospital Regensburg
RECRUITINGRegensburg, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology
RECRUITINGTübingen, 72076, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty Mannheim
RECRUITINGMannheim, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Augsburg
RECRUITINGAugsburg, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Frankfurt
RECRUITINGFrankfurt, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Freiburg
RECRUITINGFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Köln
RECRUITINGCologne, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Leipzig
RECRUITINGLeipzig, Germany
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich
RECRUITINGMunich, Germany
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