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MAGMA: This phase III trial is trying to understand whether to give glioblastoma patients chemotherapy as soon as possible following surgery and prior to chemoradiotherapy; and how many cycles of standard adjuvant chemotherapy to give patients after chemoradiotherapyA multi-arm multi-stage, multi-centre, phase III (MAMS) platform trial that aims to assess hypotheses against a common standard-of-care control arm for the management of people with glioblastoma

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Summary

This trial is trying to understand: (1) whether to give metronomic temozolomide as soon as possible following surgery and prior to chemoradiotherapy; and (2) whether to give 6 cycles of standard schedule adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy (5/28 day cycles) after chemoradiotherapy, or continue temozolomide until progression. Patients will be randomised to a specific arm of treatment, unless they decide not to participate in the randomisation process and are instead assigned to an arm at their clinician's discretion.

Age

People18+

Phase

III

Trial Acronym

MAGMA

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National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Scientific Title

A multi-arm multi-stage, multi-centre, phase III (MAMS) platform trial that aims to assess hypotheses against a common standard-of-care control arm for the management of people with glioblastoma

Eligibility

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  • You have certain types of non-cancer medical conditions.
  • You have been diagnosed with a prior or secondary type of cancer.
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