A drug put into the brain fluid for lung cancer that spread to the brain lining

Official title: Thiotepa Administration Via Ommaya Reservoir for Leptomeningeal Metastases in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resistant to EGFR-TKI.

Status: Not yet recruiting. It has not opened yet. Ask your care team to watch for it if it looks like a fit.

The trial team last updated this record on .

The short version

This study tests thiotepa, a drug placed right into the fluid around the brain.

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What the trial team says

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Thiotepa administration via Ommaya Reservoir works to treat non-small cell lung cancer with leptomeningeal metastases resistant to EGFR TKI. The main questions to answer are: Is Thiotepa administration via Ommaya Reservoir safe to inject? How effective is thiotepa via Ommaya Reservoir in intracranial-disease control? Participants will: Stage 1: Intrathecal injection of 10 mg thiotepa via Ommaya reservoir, twice every week, for 4 consecutive weeks; Stage 2: Intrathecal injection of 10 mg thiotepa via Ommaya reservoir, once every week, for 4 consecutive weeks; Stage 3: Intrathecal injection of 10 mg thiotepa via Ommaya reservoir, once a month, for 4 consecutive months; Before each intrathecal administration, a preliminary intrathecal injection of dexamethasone, 2.5 mg/dose, is given.

From the trial's own listing on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Key facts

Registry number
NCT07778940
Stage of testing
Phase 2
Conditions studied
Leptomeningeal Metastasis

Where it is running

This trial lists 1 site.

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