Cancer pill shows promise against tough brain tumor
NCT ID NCT06275919
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests whether the drug regorafenib can slow tumor growth in people with recurrent meningioma, a type of brain tumor. About 104 participants will receive either regorafenib or standard care. The main goal is to see how long the tumor stays under control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Regorafenib (a targeted cancer drug taken as a daily pill)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new treatment option to slow tumor growth and extend life for people with recurrent meningioma.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with only 104 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Regorafenib can cause side effects like fatigue, hand-foot skin reactions, and liver issues.
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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 104 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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 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: * Subject must understand and voluntarily sign an ICF prior to any study-related assessments/procedures being conducted * Patients capable of taking oral medication * Subject is willing and able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements. * Histological diagnosis of meningioma according to the WHO 2021 classification * Radiologically documented progression of any existing tumor with an estimated planar growth \>25% (bidirectional) in the last 12 months or appearance of new lesions * Ineligible for further surgery and/or radiotherapy * at least 1 Measurable lesion (minimum 10 x 10mm) on baseline MRI * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) of 0 to 1 (or KPS ³70) * Male or female ≥ 18 years of age * Subjects must have life expectancy of at least 6 months * Paraffin-embedded tumor tissue available (mandatory) * Dosage of dexamethasone or equivalent steroid within 7 days prior the randomization ≤4mg/die * Stable or decreasing dosage of steroids for 7 days prior to the randomization. * Adequate cardiac function and adequate liver, renal and hematological function * Subject must have the following laboratory values at screening within 14 days before starting Regorafenib: * Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1.5 x 109/L without growth factor support for 7 days (14 days if subject received pegfilgrastim). * Hemoglobin (Hgb) ≥10 g/dL * Platelet count (plt) ≥100x 109/L * Serum potassium concentration within normal range, or correctable with supplements * Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT)/aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and serum glutamate pyruvic transaminase (SGPT)/alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤ 3.0 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN). * Serum total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN * Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN or measured glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 50 mL/min/1.73 m2 using an exogenous filtration marker such as iohexol, inulin, 51Cr EDTA or 1125 iothalamate, or creatinine clearance of ≥ 50 mL/min using Cockroft-Gault equation. * Serum albumin \> 3.5 g/dL * PT (or INR) and APTT within normal range * For women who are not postmenopausal (i.e., \< 2 years after last menstruation) or surgically sterile (absence of ovaries and/or uterus) and who are sexually active: agreement to use an adequate method of contraception (oral contraceptives, intrauterine contraceptive device, or barrier method of contraception in conjunction with spermicidal jelly) during the Treatment period and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug. * For male patients who are partners of premenopausal women: agreement to use a barrier method of contraception during the Treatment period and for at least 6 months after the last dose of study drug. * Participants with type I diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism only requiring hormone replacement, skin disorders (such as vitiligo, psoriasis, or alopecia) not requiring systemic treatment, or conditions not expected to recur in the absence of an external trigger are permitted to participate. * 19\. Patients with measurable, progressive meningioma who received radiation therapy are potentially eligible but need to show evidence of progression at least 24 weeks from completion of radiation therapy. * 20\. Possible prior use of bevacizumab in the treatment of radionecrosis (3-24 months after radiosurgery or radiotherapy; 5mg/kg q14w, 4-6 cycles) Exclusion Criteria: * Prior antineoplastic therapy for meningioma * Subject incapacitated to understand and voluntarily sign an ICF prior to any study-related assessments/procedures being conducted * Are taking strong cytochrome P (CYP) CYP3A4 inhibitors (eg, clarithromycin, indinavir, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, nelfinavir, posaconazole, ritonavir, saquinavir, telithromycin, voriconazole) or strong CYP3A4 inducers (eg, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, St. John's Wort) * Are taking strong UGT1A9 inhibitors (e.g. mefenamic acid, diflunisal and niflumic acid) * Receiving additional, concurrent, active therapy for Meningioma outside of the trial. * Disease outside the brain (ie. spinal cord or bone or metastasis to a distant organ) * Candidate for urgent palliative intervention for primary disease (e.g., impending herniation) as judged by the Investigator * History of allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the study treatments or any of their excipients. * In the presence of therapeutic intent to anticoagulate the patient:,INR or PT and aPTT not within therapeutic limits (according to the medical standard in the institution) * Unable or unwilling to undergo brain MRI scans with intravenous (IV) gadolinium * History of another malignancy in the previous 3 years, with a disease-free interval of\< 3 years. Patients with prior history of in situ cancer or basal or squamous cell skin cancer are eligible. * Serious, non-healing wound, ulcer, bone fracture, or abscess. * Any cerebrovascular accident (including transient ischemic attacks) within the last 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment. * Have an ongoing infection with severity of Grade 2 or above (CTCAE 5.0) * Any hemorrhage or bleeding event that is ≥ Grade 3 based on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE), Grade 2 intracranial hemorrhage, or persistent thrombotic/embolic event within 4 weeks prior to the start of study medication. * Uncontrolled or severe cardiac disease (e.g., history of unstable angina, myocardial infarction, coronary stenting, or bypass surgery within the last 6 months prior to initiation of study treatment), symptomatic congestive heart failure, serious uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia (including atrial flutter/fibrillation), requirement for inotropic support or use of devices for cardiac conditions (e.g.,pacemakers/defibrillators), or hypertension (participants with systolic blood pressure\[BP\] of \> 160 mmHg or diastolic BP of \> 100 mmHg despite optimal medical management are to be excluded). * History of interstitial lung disease, history of slowly progressive dyspnea and unproductive cough, sarcoidosis, silicosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypersensitivity pneumonitis, or symptomatic pleural effusion. * Active, known, or suspected auto-immune disease, including systemic lupus erythematosus, Hashimotos thyroiditis, scleroderma, polyarteritis nodosa, or auto-immune hepatitis. * Known history of hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or active hepatitis C infection requiring treatment with antiviral therapy. Note: HIV testing is not required in the absence of clinical suspicion. * History of bleeding diathesis (irrespective of severity). * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including (e.g., symptomatic ascites), but not limited to ongoing or active infection. * Persistent ≥ Grade 3 Lipase (\> 2.0 - 5.0 x upper limit of normal \[ULN\] with signs or symptoms; \> 5.0 x ULN and asymptomatic). * Persistent proteinuria \> 3.5 g/24 hours measured by urine protein creatinine ratio from a random urine sample (≥ Grade 3, CTCAE 5.0) * Have any malabsorbition condition * Any condition that could make the subject noncompliant with the study procedures and/or study requirements, as judged by the Investigator (for example: cognitive impairment, psychiatric illness, etc).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
16 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
RECRUITINGTorino, Italy
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A.O.U. Policlinico di Bari
RECRUITINGBari, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Gaetano Martino
RECRUITINGMessina, Italia/Messina, 98124, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi
RECRUITINGFlorence, Italy
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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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Humanitas Cancer Center
RECRUITINGRozzano, Milano, Italy
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IRCCS Istituto Tumori Regina Elena
RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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IRST Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori"
RECRUITINGMeldola, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
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Istituto Oncologico Veneto
RECRUITINGPadova, 35128, Italy
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Ospedale Bellaria - AUSL Bologna
RECRUITINGBologna, Italy
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Ospedale San Paolo
COMPLETEDBari, Italy
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Ospedale del Mare
RECRUITINGNaples, Italy
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Policlinico San Martino
RECRUITINGGenova, Italy
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Policlinico Umberto I - Università Sapienza Roma
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGRoma, Italy
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Spedali Riuniti
RECRUITINGLivorno, Italy
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