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Phase 1 N=20 Treatment

Ketogenic Diet for Recurrent Glioblastoma

Recurrent Glioblastoma

Enrolled (actual)
20
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Dec 2013
Primary outcome: Primary: Applicability as Measured by Discontinuation of Study Treatment Due to Intolerability — 15 percent of participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Interventions
TAVARLIN (Dietary_supplement)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
University Hospital Tuebingen
Primary completion
Feb 2010

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Applicability as Measured by Discontinuation of Study Treatment Due to Intolerability
15
SECONDARY
Progression-free-survival
5
SECONDARY
Overall Survival
32
SECONDARY
Frequency of Seizures
SECONDARY
Ketosis
SECONDARY
Quality of Life

Summary

To determine whether a mild ketogenic diet can influences quality of life and survival of patients with recurrent glioblastoma

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • age >= 18 years
  • histological diagnosis of glioblastoma or gliosarcoma
  • on MRI measurable tumor
  • interval of at least 6 months after primary resection
  • completed radiotherapy, interval of at least 3 months after completion of radiotherapy
  • relapse during or after temozolomide chemotherapy, other chemotherapy not possible, not reasonable or not wanted by the patient
  • Karnofsky-Index >= 60%, ECOG 6,1 %
  • heart failure (NYHA > 2), myocardial infarction within the last 6 months, atrial fibrillation
  • acute infection
  • conditions that may strongly reduce compliance to the diet or increase risk of the diet
  • dementia or clinically relevant alterations of the mental state which interfere with the applicability of the diet
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00575146). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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