Clindamycin and Triamcinolone in People With Glioblastoma to Prevent Skin-Related Side Effects of Tumor Treating Fields

Last updated: July 10, 2025
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

2

Condition

Gliomas

Astrocytoma

Treatment

Clindamycin Phosphate

Triamcinolone Acetonide

Clinical Study ID

NCT04469075
19-342
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The participants are being treated with Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) for malignant glioma, and this type of treatment may cause skin-related side effects. This study will test whether using clindamycin and triamcinolone topical lotions can prevent skin-related side effects of TTFields.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥18 years

  • Diagnosis of newly diagnosed or recurrent GBM with plan to initiate treatment withTTFields with or without systemic therapy, confirmed by the enrolling institution

  • Able to self-administer topical interventions or has available another person whocan apply the topical agents

  • Treatment with TTF should be initiated within 7 days of planned initiation on thistrial.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known history of allergy to any ingredient of the study agents

  • Preexisting scalp disorders such as psoriasis or dermatitis that, in the opinion ofthe investigator, will affect the grading of skin adverse events, confirmed byenrolling institution.

  • Use of concurrent topical therapy to the scalp for another dermatologic condition

  • Active, uncontrolled infection requiring systemic or oral antibiotic therapy within 14 days of enrollment

  • Use of greater than 4 mg dexamethasone a day within 14 days of enrollment

  • Malignant glioma

  • Pregnant Women

Study Design

Total Participants: 58
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Clindamycin Phosphate
Phase: 2
Study Start date:
July 09, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
July 31, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • Northwestern University

    Evanston, Illinois 60208
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Norton Healthcare

    Louisville, Kentucky 40241
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02111
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Hackensack Meridian Health

    Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Suffolk - Hauppauge (All Protocol Activities)

    Hauppauge, New York 11788
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York 10021
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Rochester Medical Center

    Rochester, New York 14642
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
    United States

    Site Not Available

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