Experimental drug aims to supercharge radiation against glioblastoma
NCT ID NCT06359379
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This Phase 2 trial tested a drug called ropidoxuridine, taken as a pill, to see if it could make radiation therapy more effective for people with a newly diagnosed, aggressive type of brain cancer (glioblastoma). The study enrolled 30 patients with a specific genetic marker (unmethylated MGMT promoter). Unfortunately, the trial was terminated early, so we have limited data on whether the drug helps.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ropidoxuridine
- What this could lead to
- If it worked, this could point toward a way to make radiation more effective against a tough brain cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This trial was terminated early, so results are limited. It was a small Phase 2 study, and the drug may not improve outcomes or could cause 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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: * Written informed consent form signed and dated by patient or legally authorized representative according to local guidelines, prior to the performance of any study-specific procedures, sampling, or analyses. Participants with impaired decision-making capacity must have a close caregiver or legally authorized representative present. * Histologically confirmed supratentorial glioblastoma isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type classification (2021 World Health Organization Classification of Tumours, 5th Edition, Volume 6) with unmethylated O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter (defined as MGMT methylation status ≤20% by pyrosequencing, and no prior radiation, electric field, or systemic therapy. Glucocorticoid therapy for symptom control is allowed. * Patients should, in the opinion of the investigator, be candidates for 60 Gy radiotherapy in 2 Gy fractions over 6 weeks, per standard of care. Hypofractionated radiotherapy schedules (e.g., 36 Gy in 3 Gy fractions) are not allowed. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0, 1 or 2. * Adequate renal, liver and bone marrow function: * Hemoglobin \>9.0 g/dL * Absolute neutrophil count \>1.5 × 10\^9/L * Platelet count \>100 × 10\^9/L * Total bilirubin ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN), unless due to documented Gilbert's disease (≤3 × ULN) * Aspartate aminotransferase / alanine aminotransferase ≤4×ULN * Creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min calculated as per Cockcroft-Gault equation. * Life expectancy ≥12 weeks. * Have recovered from the immediate post-operative period and is maintained on a stable corticosteroid regimen (no increase for 5 days) prior to initiation of study treatment. * Female patients, of childbearing potential, must have a negative serum pregnancy test within 7 days prior to taking study medication and agree to use at least one highly effective form of contraception during study treatment and for at least 120 days after the last dose of study treatment. * Male patients must agree to use an adequate method of contraception from enrollment through 120 days after the last dose of study treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Any prior treatment for glioblastoma, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy or therapy with biologic agent (including immunotoxins, immunoconjugates, antisense, peptide receptor antagonists, interferons, interleukins, lymphokine-activated killer cell therapy or gene therapy), or radiotherapy. Glucocorticoid therapy is permitted. * Second primary malignancy expected to require active treatment within a 6-month period (except basal cell or early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the skin that may be excised). Patients who had another malignancy in the past but have been free of active disease for more than 1 year, are eligible even if under active surveillance, at the discretion of the Investigator. Adjuvant anti hormonal treatment for prior breast or prostate cancer is allowed, but no other concomitant anticancer treatment. * Any investigational therapy (for any concomitant condition) within 28 days or within 5 half-lives of study entry (whichever is shorter). * Use of acid-reducing agents including proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 blockers. * Inability to comply with protocol or study procedures. * Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. * Inability to swallow oral medication or gastrointestinal disorder expected to severely affect drug absorption (e.g., short bowel syndrome). * Ongoing bacterial, viral, or fungal infection requiring systemic therapy. Prophylactic therapy is allowed. Patients with a history of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus infection are allowed if treated with effective anti-viral therapy that results in undetectable viral load. * Any medical condition, which in the opinion of the Investigator, places the patient at an unacceptably high risk for toxicities, or makes the patient unsuitable for study participation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15212, United States
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John Theurer Cancer Center at the Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States
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Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States
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Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States
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Miami Cancer Institute
Miami, Florida, 33176, United States
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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