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		Treatment Name:		Phase I/II Trial of Imatinib Mesylate; (Gleevec; ST1571) in Treatment of Recurrent Oligodendroglioma and Mixed Oligoastrocytoma

		Keywords:		Gleevec

		Phase:		Phase 1/2

		Treatment ID#s:		VT1347 NCT00049127

		Age Group:		Adults Only

		Min Karnofsky Score:		60: Requires occasional assistance but is able to care for most of own needs

		Conditions:		Newly Diagnosed: N Recurrent: Y Prior Surgery is Allowed Prior Radiation is Allowed Prior Chemotherapy is Sometimes Allowed Histologically confirmed oligodendroglioma or mixed oligoastrocytoma Grade 2-4 Recurrent disease Failed prior surgery, radiotherapy, nitrosourea-based therapy, or temozolomide chemotherapy regimen Progressive disease by MRI or CT scan No more than 2 prior chemotherapy regimens No prior or concurrent significant intratumoral hemorrhage

		Last Updated:		01/12/2010

		Tumor Types:		Mixed Glioma Oligodendroglioma High Grade Oligodendroglioma Low Grade


		Comments:		No prior interstitial chemotherapy, including carmustine wafers, unless separate lesion seen on MRI outside of prior treatment field

		Treatment Type:		Chemotherapy.

		Contact:		Mayo Clinic-Cancer Clinical Studies Unit Kurt Jaeckle, MD 4500 San Pablo Road Jacksonville, FL 32224 Phone:904-953-6806 Email not available McFarland Clinic, P.C. Joseph J. Merchant, MD Ames, IA 50010 Phone:515-239-4400 Email not available CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project Martin Wiesenfeld, MD Cedar Rapids, IA 52403-1206 Phone:319-363-8303 Email not available Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital James A. Mailliard, MD Missouri Valley, IA 51555 Phone:402-280-4364 Email not available Siouxland Hematology-Oncology Donald Bruce Wender, MD, PhD Sioux City, IA 51101-1733 Phone:712-252-0088 Click here to send an email Trinity Medical Center - East Stewart C. Garneau, MD Moline, IL 61265 Phone:309-779-4800 Email not available CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association John Kugler, MD Peoria, IL 61615-7828 Phone:309-243-3605 Email not available CCOP - Carle Cancer Center Kendrith Rowland, MD Urbana, IL 61801 Phone:217-383-4083 Click here to send an email CCOP - Wichita Shaker R. Dakhil, MD Wichita, KS 67214-3882 Phone:316-268-5784 Email not available Haematology-Oncology Associates of Ohio and Michigan, P.C., Paul L. Schaefer, MD Lambertville, MI 48144 Phone:419-843-6147 Email not available CCOP - Duluth Daniel Nikcevich, MD, PhD Duluth, MN 55805 Phone:218-786-3625 Click here to send an email CCOP - Metro-Minnesota Patrick J. Flynn, MD Saint Louis Park, MN 55416 Phone:612-863-8585 Email not available CCOP - Montana Cancer Consortium Patrick W. Cobb, MD Billings, MT 59101 Phone:406-259-2245 Email not available Bismarck Cancer Center Edward J. Wos, DO Bismarck, ND 58501 Phone:701-323-5741 Email not available Bryan LGH Medical Center West Alan R. Berg, MD Lincoln, NE 68502 Phone:402-420-7000 Email not available John and Dorothy Morgan Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital Suresh G. Nair, MD Allentown, PA 18105 Phone: 570-271-6045 Email not available Geisinger Medical Center Albert M. Bernath, MD Danville, PA 17822-2001 Phone:570-214-9290 Email not available Guthrie Medical Center - Sayre Goran Broketa, MD Sayre, PA 18840 Phone:570-888-5858 Email not available CCOP - Upstate Carolina James Dewitt Bearden, MD Spartanburg, SC 29303 Phone:864-560-7050 Email not available Rapid City Regional Hospital Larry P. Ebbert, MD Rapid City, SD 57709 Phone:605-341-8704 Email not available CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium Loren K. Tschetter, MD Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Phone:605-328-8044 Click here to send an email