A Phase 1 Study Of The Safety And Tolerability Of MT-125 In GBM Patients

Overview

About this study

The purpose of the study is to determine the recommended dose and further understand the safety of MT-125 in participants who have been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a primary brain tumor, when administered in combination with your standard of care treatment.

Initially, participants with newly diagnosed glioblastoma will be given different doses of MT-125 in combination with radiotherapy (RT) with the goal of identifying the highest tolerated dose.

Up to 36 people with glioblastoma who are at least18 years old are being invited to join this study. MT-125 is a type of study treatment which acts on cancer cells in the brain to destroy them. It will be administered on the same day as your standard of care radiotherapy because it is also designed to help radiotherapy work better. However, this is the first time MT-125 will be studied in humans. Therefore, the use is considered investigational. If you would like more details about MT-125 in glioblastoma participants, please ask the Study Doctor.

You will be among the first participants with glioblastoma to receive this study treatment. Its safety and effectiveness have not yet been established in humans. Thus, we do not know whether it will work for you. Your condition may improve, may get worse, or there may be no change.

The selected participant population-individuals newly diagnosed with histologically and/or molecularly confirmed IDH wild-type, MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma-represents those least likely to experience safety concerns or adverse events related to the study treatment, and most likely to derive therapeutic benefit.

There are certain tests/questions you must complete to find out if you meet the requirements to be in the study. If you do not meet these requirements, you cannot take part in the study. If this happens, you can talk to your Study Doctor about other options.

Participation eligibility

Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age ≥18 years at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF).
2. New Diagnosed with histologically or molecularly confirmed IDH wild type and MGMT unmethylated GBM.
3. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS) 0, 1 or 2.
4. The following laboratory values obtained ≤15 days prior to registration:

1. Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL
2. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥1500/mm3
3. Platelet count ≥100,000/mm3
4. Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
5. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤3 x ULN (or ≤5 x ULN for participants with liver involvement)
6. Prothrombin time (PT)/ International normalized ratio (INR)/ Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) ≤1.5 x ULN OR if participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy and INR or aPTT is within target range of therapy
7. Serum eGFR ≥60 ml/min
5. QTc 470 ms on triplicate 12 lead ECG ≤29 days prior to registration. NOTE: QTc intervals will be corrected using Fridericia's formula (Fridericia 1920)
6. Echocardiographic Assessment: Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≥ 55%.
7. Negative serum pregnancy test done ≤7 days prior to first dose of MT-125 administration, for persons of childbearing potential only.

a. If \>7 days between last test and first dose of study treatment, the serum pregnancy test will be repeated.
8. Has provided written informed consent.
9. Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance.
10. Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the Active Monitoring Phase of the study).
11. On a stable dose of steroids for at least 2 weeks prior to enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent, the genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects of which on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown:

1. Pregnant persons
2. Nursing persons
3. Persons of childbearing potential and persons able to father a child who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception.
2. Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the participant inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens.
3. Receiving any other investigational agent.
4. Any concomitant disease, condition, or treatment that could interfere with the conduct of the study, or that would, in the opinion of the Investigator or Sponsor, pose an unacceptable risk to the participant in the study or interfere with the interpretation of study data.

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria may apply.

Eligibility last updated 10/01/2025. Questions regarding updates should be directed to the study team contact.

Participating Mayo Clinic locations

Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.

Mayo Clinic Location Status Contact

Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Ugur Sener, M.D.

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Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

(855) 776-0015

Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

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Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

(855) 776-0015

Jacksonville, Fla.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Wendy Sherman, M.D.

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Cancer Center Clinical Trials Referral Office

(855) 776-0015

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Publications

  • Currently, the most widely used criteria for assessing response to therapy in high-grade gliomas are based on two-dimensional tumor measurements on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in conjunction with clinical assessment and corticosteroid dose (the Macdonald Criteria). It is increasingly apparent that there are significant limitations to these criteria, which only address the contrast-enhancing component of the tumor. For example, chemoradiotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastomas results in transient increase in tumor enhancement (pseudoprogression) in 20% to 30% of patients, which is difficult to differentiate from true tumor progression. Antiangiogenic agents produce high radiographic response rates, as defined by a rapid decrease in contrast enhancement on CT/MRI that occurs within days of initiation of treatment and that is partly a result of reduced vascular permeability to contrast agents rather than a true antitumor effect. In addition, a subset of patients treated with antiangiogenic agents develop tumor recurrence characterized by an increase in the nonenhancing component depicted on T2-weighted/fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences. The recognition that contrast enhancement is nonspecific and may not always be a true surrogate of tumor response and the need to account for the nonenhancing component of the tumor mandate that new criteria be developed and validated to permit accurate assessment of the efficacy of novel therapies. The Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology Working Group is an international effort to develop new standardized response criteria for clinical trials in brain tumors. In this proposal, we present the recommendations for updated response criteria for high-grade gliomas. Read More on PubMed
  • Glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, is usually rapidly fatal. The current standard of care for newly diagnosed glioblastoma is surgical resection to the extent feasible, followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. In this trial we compared radiotherapy alone with radiotherapy plus temozolomide, given concomitantly with and after radiotherapy, in terms of efficacy and safety. Read More on PubMed

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