Prospective Surgical Study on the Pattern of Electrical Activity in High Grade Glioma (WHO Grade III and IV) as a Predictor of Progression
The purpose of this study is to test the safety and feasibility of recording brain activity within and around high-grade glioma tumors at the time of surgery. A small biopsy will be taken at the sites of the recordings.
• Participants who have the appearance of high-grade glioma (HGG, WHO Grade 3 and 4, including GBM) on MR imaging are allowed to consent and will undergo the procedure if the frozen is consistent with HGG
∙ OR
• Participants with a history of histologically-confirmed diagnosis of high- grade glioma that are undergoing resection of a recurrent/progressive tumor that is likely recurrent/progressive high- grade glioma as identified on preoperative MR imaging
• Age ≥ 18 years old
• Volumetric MRI within 1 month prior to surgery
• Karnofsky performance status of 60 or higher
• The participant (or legally acceptable representative if applicable) provides written informed consent for the trial.
• Participants must be considered appropriate neurosurgical candidates with the following screening/baseline laboratory values within 1 month prior to surgery:
‣ Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500/µL
⁃ Platelets ≥ 100 000/µL
⁃ International normalized ratio (INR) OR prothrombin time (PT) Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5 × Upper limit of normal (ULN) unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy as long as PT or aPTT is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants
⁃ Urine or Serum Pregnancy Test = Negative (Not applicable to participants with bilateral oophorectomy and/or hysterectomy or to those participants who are postmenopausal).