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Clinical trialNCT02238496CompletedPhase 1Interventional

Perifosine and Torisel (Temsirolimus) for Recurrent/Progressive Malignant Gliomas

SponsorAndrew B Lassman, MDEnrollment10Anaplastic AstrocytomaAnaplastic OligodendrogliomaBrain Tumor, RecurrentGlioblastomaMixed Glioma
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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a drug called temsirolimus in combination with a drug called perifosine in treating brain tumors that have continued to grow after previous treatment. Temsirolimus is an intravenous drug approved by the FDA for treatment of other cancers (kidney cancer, certain types of lymphoma) but not for brain tumors. Perifosine is a pill that has not been approved by the FDA which blocks a messenger that tells cancer cells to grow. Research suggests that combined treatment with both drugs is better than either alone, and that it is reasonably safe.
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Investigators

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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    New York, New York, United States

  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, United States

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Perifosine →Temsirolimus →
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
8 Dec 2014
Primary completion
27 Oct 2017
Completion
14 Feb 2021
Last update posted
25 May 2023
Registered enrollment
10
Registry id
NCT02238496
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.