A Phase 1 Study of Combination Drug Therapy Based on Personalized Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) High-Throughput Drug Screening (HTS) With Standard of Care for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
A Phase 1 Study of Combination Drug Therapy Based on Personalized Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) High-Throughput Drug Screening (HTS) With Standard of Care for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma
Proposed treatment of subjects with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with novel personalized drug regimens identified to be effective in vitro using cancer stem cells derived from their individual tumors, alongside standard of care radiation and TMZ.
A panel of FDA approved drugs will be tested by high throughput screening, which is CLIA certified allowing for clinical decisions based on the results, to identify a combination of up to 3 drug candidates for treating individual patients. Lead candidates will be evaluated by pharmacists and a team of physicians, to confirm that prescribed drugs do not utilize pharmacological/ metabolic pathways that are known to increase the likelihood of toxicity, prior to initiating treatment. Investigational drug therapy, targeting CSCs, will be initiated alongside standard of care chemoradiation with TMZ.
Inclusion Criteria:
Histological diagnosis of GBM (WHO grade 4)
Subjects ≥18 years of age
Patients must have a life expectancy of >6 months
Patients must have a surgically accessible tumor with the intent for a gross or near total resection of the tumor mass (GBM, WHO grade 4)
Patients must have a KPS rating of ≥70
Patients should not have received any prior systemic anti-cancer therapy
Patients must be negative for HIV, Hepatitis B and C
Baseline hematologic studies and chemistry and coagulation profiles must meet the following criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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