Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:58 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 2:58 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00703859
Brief Summary:
This is a study to see whether radiotherapy plus chemotherapy (Temozolomide) plus Dichloroacetate (DCA) improves overall survival and offers better control of the disease in patients with newly diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme Tumours.
Detailed Description:
Patients with newly diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme Tumours, once consented to the study, would undergo standard treatment of radiotherapy plus chemotherapy (TMZ) with DCA in pill form (twice a day) during the radiation phase of the study and then with TMZ for six months after. Other elements of the clinical trial include pharmacokinetics and MGMT genetic testing.
Study:
NCT00703859
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00703859