Open-label Phase II Clinical Trial to Test the Efficacy of the Combination of Trimipramine and Atezolizumab With Bevacizumab in Patients With Recurrent Glioblastoma

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (6) locations...
Intervention Type: Biological, Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY

This is a multicentric phase II open-label clinical trial aiming to assess the efficacy of the combination of trimipramine and atezolizumab with bevacizumab in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. Eligible patients will be assigned to two cohorts depending on whether there is a medical indication for a neurosurgical resection from first recurrent tumor or not. The aim of the cohort 1 (patients without indication for surgery) is to analyze the clinical efficacy of this triple combination in recurrent glioblastoma. 48 patients will be registered. The aim of cohort 2 (patients with indication for surgery) is to confirm the level of trimipramine that can be achieved in the tumor tissue and cerebrospinal fluid collected during surgery. At least 5 patients will be registered. All patients will receive the combination treatment (trimipramine and atezolizumab associated with bevacizumab) for a maximum period of 2 years from registration. The treatment schedule is slightly different for the 2 cohorts because of the neurosurgical resection foreseen for cohort 2 and the requirement to start bevacizumab only after the surgery. After the end of treatment, all patients will be followed up for safety during 90 days from first treatment administration and then up to 3 years from registration.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Histologically or cytologically confirmed glioblastoma, according to World Health Organization \[WHO\] 2021 with unequivocal first progression after standard (6 weeks radiotherapy \[RT\]) with concurrent \& adjuvant temozolomide \[TMZ\] chemotherapy.

• Patients must be at least 3 months off the concomitant part of chemo-radiotherapy.

• Stable or decreasing dose of steroids for 7 days prior to the baseline

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging \[MRI\] scan.

• Maximum dose of dexamethasone (or equivalent) 4 mg at time of inclusion.

• No surgery or other invasive procedures (major surgical procedure, open biopsy or significant traumatic injury) within 4 weeks prior to registration.

• No core biopsy or other minor surgical procedure within 7 days prior to registration. (Placement of a central vascular access device, if performed at least 2 days prior to trial treatment administration, is allowed).

• Patients who require anti-convulsant therapy must be taking non-enzyme inducing antiepileptic drugs \[non-EIAED\]. Patients previously on EIAED must be switched to non-EIAED at least 2 weeks prior to registration.

• Measurable disease per Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology \[RANO\] version 2.0 criteria. Recurrent disease must be at least one bi-dimensionally measurable contrast-enhancing lesion with clearly defined margins by MRI scan, with minimal diameters of 10 mm, visible on 2 or more axial slices 5 mm apart, based on MRI scan done within 28 days prior to registration.

• Karnofsky performance status 70-100.

• Adequate bone marrow function: neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 10\^9/L, platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L, hemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L.

• Adequate hepatic function: total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal \[ULN\] (except for patients with Gilbert's syndrome ≤ 3.0 x ULN), aspartate aminotransferase \[AST\] and alanine transaminase \[ALT\] and alkaline phosphatase \[AP\] ≤ 2.5 x ULN.

• Adequate renal function: estimated glomerular filtration rate \[eGFR\] ≥ 45 mL/min/1.73 m2 (according to Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration \[CKD-EPI\] formula).

• Urine dipstick for proteinuria \< 2+. Patients with ≥ 2+ proteinuria on dipstick urinalysis at baseline should undergo 24 hours urine collection and must demonstrate ≤ 1 g of protein/24 hours.

• Adequate coagulation function: International Normalized Ratio \[INR\] ≤ 1.5 x ULN (the ULN for INR is defined with the value 1.2 for all sites, in case no ULN is documented in the laboratory certificates/sheets). Use of full-dose anticoagulants is permitted as long as the INR is within therapeutic limits (according to the medical standard in the institution) and the patient has been on a stable dose of anticoagulants for at least two weeks before registration, as per American Society for Clinical Oncology \[ASCO\] guidelines, low molecular weight heparin \[LMWH\] should be the preferred approach. Concomitant anticoagulation with aspirin (up to 300 mg/day) and anticoagulation with LMWH is allowed.

• Women of childbearing potential must use highly effective contraception , are not pregnant or breast-feeding and agree not to become pregnant during trial treatment and until 6 months after the last dose of investigational drug. A negative pregnancy test before inclusion into the trial is required for all women of childbearing potential.

• Men agree not to donate sperm or to father a child during trial treatment and until 6 months after the last dose of investigational drug.

• Patient is able and willing to swallow trial drug as whole tablet.

⁃ Only for Cohort 2:

• Consent to giving access of part of the tumor tissue and Cerebrospinal Fluid \[CSF\] obtained during the routine neurosurgical procedure for pharmacology and translational studies. Tumor tissue will only be made available once it is established that enough tumor tissue is available for standard neuropathological analysis.

• Patients that have a medical indication for a neurosurgical resection from first recurrent tumor.

Locations
Other Locations
Switzerland
Kantonsspital Aarau
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Aarau
Universitätsspital Basel
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Basel
Bern Inselspital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Bern
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
RECRUITING
Lausanne
Luzerner Kantonsspital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Lucerne
Universitätsspital Zürich
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Zurich
Contact Information
Primary
Andreas Hottinger, MD, PhD
andreas.hottinger@chuv.ch
0041 79 556 52 71
Backup
Stéphanie Viguet-Carrin, PhD
stephanie.viguet-carrin@chuv.ch
0041 79 556 45 63
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-11-03
Estimated Completion Date: 2030-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 59
Treatments
Experimental: Cohort 1: Recurrent GBM without indication for re-resection
Eligible patients will receive: trimipramine, bevacizumab and atezolizumab. Trimipramine will be taken orally daily (75 mg the first week and thereafter 150 mg), bevacizumab (15 mg/kg) and atezolizumab (1200 mg) will be administered intravenously every 3 weeks. Maximum treatment duration is 2 years.~Patients will undergo clinical examination, vital signs measurements, and clinical laboratory evaluations regularly. Safety events will be collected up to 90 days after treatment end.~Neurological assessment, quality of life assessment, brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging \[MRI\] and radiological assessment with Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology \[RANO\] scale as per local guidelines will be performed every 9 weeks during study treatment administrations. Thereafter, these assessments will be performed every 12 weeks until clinical or radiological recurrence, for up to 3 years after registration.
Experimental: Cohort 2: recurrent GBm with an indication for re-resection
Eligible patients will receive:~Trimipramine taken orally daily (75 mg the first week and thereafter 150 mg) and atezolizumab (1200 mg) administered intravenously.~Neurosurgical resection from first recurrent tumor will be planned 1 cycle after trial treatment start. Trimipramine will be continued during surgery and recovery period (minimum 2 weeks).~Atezolizumab will be re-started after a minimum recovery period of 14 days after surgery at a fixed dose of 1200 mg administered intravenously, every 3 weeks. Bevacizumab will be started one cycle after the re-start of atezolizumab, at least 35 days after surgery. It will be administered intravenously at a dose of 15 mg/kg every 3 weeks for a maximum of 32 cycles of 21 days.~Patients will undergo clinical and safety follow-up up to 3 years post-registration as for Cohort 1.
Sponsors
Leads: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

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