Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 1:57 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 1:57 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00977795
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients must have clinically documented primary brain tumor for which resection is clinically indicated. The anticipated histology at resection should include: Anaplastic astrocytoma (10002224), Astrocytoma malignant NOS (10003572), Brain stem glioma (10006143), Ependymoma (10014967), Ependymoma malignant (10014968), Glioblastoma (10018336), Glioblastoma multiforme (10018337), Gliosarcoma (10018340), Anaplastic oligodendroglioma (10026659), Oligodendroglioma (10030286), Medulloblastoma (10027107), Mixed astrocytoma-ependymoma (10027743), Miscellaneous CNS primary tumor (10007959), Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (10056672)
* Prior therapy is not a consideration in protocol entry
* Age ≥ 18 years. Because no dosing or adverse event data are currently available on the use of 5-ALA in patients \<18 years of age, children are excluded from this study but will be eligible for future pediatric phase 1 single-agent trials
* ECOG performance status \<2 (Karnofsky \>60%)
* Life expectancy is not a consideration for protocol entry
* Patients must have normal organ and marrow function as defined below:
* Leukocytes \> 3,000/mcL
* Absolute neutrophil count \> 1,500/mcL
* Platelets \> 100,000/mcL
* Total bilirubin within normal institutional limits
* AST (SGOT)/ALT (SGPT) \< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal
* Creatinine within normal institutional limits, OR
* Creatinine clearance \> 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for patients with creatinine levels above institutional normal
* The effects of 5-ALA on the developing human fetus are unknown. 5-ALA has unknown teratogenic or abortifacient effects. For this reason, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for the duration of study participation. Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately
* Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document
Exclusion Criteria:
* Prior therapy is not an exclusion criterion
* Patients may not be receiving any other investigational agents at the time of entry into the study
* History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to 5-ALA
* Personal or family history of porphyrias
* Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
* Pregnant women are excluded from this study because 5-ALA is of unknown teratogenic or abortifacient effects. Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse events in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with 5-ALA, breastfeeding should be discontinued if the mother is treated with 5-ALA
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT00977795
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00977795