EF-41/KEYNOTE D58: Phase 3 Study of Optune Concomitant With Temozolomide Plus Pembrolizumab in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

Last updated: May 12, 2025
Sponsor: NovoCure GmbH
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Astrocytoma

Gliomas

Treatment

Temozolomide

Optune® device

Placebo

Clinical Study ID

NCT06556563
EF-41
2024-513550-30-00
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a multicenter, two-arm, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Optune® (Tumor Treating Fields at 200 kHz) together with maintenance Temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy agent and pembrolizumab compared to Optune® together with maintenance TMZ and placebo in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma (GBM) patients. The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the Overall Survival (OS).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. The participant (or legally acceptable representative) has provided documentedinformed consent for the study.

  2. Be ≥ 18 years of age on day of providing informed consent.

  3. Participant with new diagnosis of GBM according to World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 Classification.

  4. Recovered from maximal debulking surgery (gross total resection, partial resectionand biopsy-only patients are all acceptable), Gliadel wafers placement at the timeof surgical resection is allowed.

  5. Have completed standard adjuvant chemoradiotherapy of radiotherapy (RT) according tolocal practice (56-64 Gy), and concomitant TMZ chemotherapy.

  6. Amenable to treatment with Optune concomitant with maintenance TMZ (150-200 mg/m^2daily x 5, Q28 days).

  7. Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 to 1assessed within 7 days before randomization.

  8. Stable or decreasing dose of corticosteroids (dexamethasone ≤ 2mg or equivalent) forthe last 7 days prior to randomization, if applicable.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Has received prior therapy with an anti-Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1), anti-Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1(PD-L1), or anti Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 2 (PD-L2) agent or with an agent directed to another stimulatory or co-inhibitoryT-cell receptor (e.g.Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), OX 40,CD137).

  2. Ongoing requirement for >2 mg dexamethasone (or equivalent), due to intracranialmass effect.

  3. Has received prior systemic anti-cancer therapy including investigational agentswithin 4 weeks prior to randomization.

  4. Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose ofstudy intervention. Administration of killed vaccines are allowed.

  5. Is currently participating in or has participated in a study of an investigationalagent or has used an investigational device within 4 weeks prior to the first studytreatment.

  6. Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form ofimmunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior the first dose of study medication.Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required activetreatment within the past 3 years.

  7. Has a history of (noninfectious) pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease that requiredsteroids or has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease.

  8. Early progressive disease after the end of TMZ/RT. If pseudo progression issuspected, additional imaging studies should be performed to rule out trueprogression.

  9. Infratentorial or leptomeningeal disease.

Study Design

Total Participants: 741
Treatment Group(s): 4
Primary Treatment: Temozolomide
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
February 03, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
April 30, 2029

Connect with a study center

  • Groupe Hospitalier Pitie - Salpetriere

    Paris, 75013
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Institut Claudius Regaud

    Toulouse, 31059
    France

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rabin Medical Center- Beilinson Hospital

    Petah tikva, 4941492
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Chaim Sheba Medical Center

    Ramat Gan, 5265601
    Israel

    Active - Recruiting

  • Saitama Medical University International Medical Center

    Hidaka-shi, Saitama-Ken 350-1298
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Nagoya University Hospital

    Aichi, 466-8560
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Kyushu University Hospital

    Fukuoka, 812-8582
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Kanazawa University Hospital

    Ishikawa, 920-8641
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Kumamoto University Hospital

    Kumamoto, 860-8556
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Kyoto University Hospital

    Kyoto-shi,
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Kyorin University Hospital

    Mitaka-shi, 181-8611
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Hokkaido University Hospital

    Sapporo, 060-8648
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Tohoku University Hospital

    Sendai, 980-8574
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • National Cancer Center Hospital

    Tokyo, 104-0045
    Japan

    Site Not Available

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    Birmingham, B15 2TH
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Christie Hospital

    Manchester, M20 4BX
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • Royal Marsden

    Sutton, SM2 5PT
    United Kingdom

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, California 90033
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

    Newport Beach, California 92663
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UF Health Neuromedicine

    Gainesville, Florida 32608
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Miami Cancer Institute

    Miami, Florida 33176
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University of Kentucky Medical Center

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, Massachusetts 02111
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Washington University

    Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • John Theurer Cancer Center/ Hackensack Meridian Health

    Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    New York, New York 10032
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • The Cleveland Clinic

    Cleveland, Ohio 44195
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Cleveland, Ohio 44106
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Trials Organization

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Rhode Island Hospital

    Providence, Rhode Island 02903
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Inova Schar Cancer Institute

    Fairfax, Virginia 22031
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

  • Swedish Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington 98122
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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