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Diseases / Astrocytoma

Astrocytoma

Disease

Astrocytoma is a tumor that begins in star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes and can occur in the brain or spinal cord. Its behavior ranges from slow-growing low-grade tumors to aggressive high-grade cancers.

Trials
673
Recruiting
60
Completed
400
With results
140

Last revised

Pipeline

Phase by status

PhaseRecruitingNot yetBy invitationActiveCompletedTerminatedWithdrawnSuspendedUnknownApproved for marketingNo longer availableTotal
Early Phase 1 217211 14
Phase 1 141141623558 239
Phase 1/2 1024511213 74
Phase 2 1226112284110 175
Phase 2/3 211 4
Phase 3 313214211 45
Phase 4 11 2
Not applicable 911137714 43
Unknown 101237115911 77

Trials started per year

2021
1
2022
18
2023
14
2024
14
2025
17
2026
14
2027
1

Conditions studied, by phase

ConditionEarly Phase 1Phase 1Phase 1/2Phase 2Phase 2/3Phase 3Phase 4Not applicableUnknownTotal
Astrocytoma 142397417544524377 673
Glioblastoma 71726011122223241 449
Oligodendroglioma 8145419821622736 375
Glioma 712837961922344 356
Brain Neoplasms 11233885211424 306
Central Nervous System Neoplasms 19229721161220 243
Gliosarcoma 297376181510 230
Medulloblastoma 2697173710 115
Ependymoma 35062231212 108
Optic Nerve Glioma 242315246 74

Most active sponsors

#SponsorTrialsPhase 3
1National Cancer Institute (NCI)861
2Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins300
3Duke University270
4Children's Oncology Group212
5Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium180
6City of Hope Medical Center150
7Wake Forest University Health Sciences132
8Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center110
9European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC105
10M.D. Anderson Cancer Center101

Most studied interventions

#InterventionTrials
1Temozolomide115
2Radiotherapy63
3Bevacizumab30
4Carboplatin30
5Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy29
6Carmustine28
7Filgrastim23
8Irinotecan22
9Surgical Procedures, Operative21
10Radiation18

Evidence

Results reported
35%140 of 400 completed
Published
25.8%103 of 400 completed
Primary endpoint met
36.8%7 of 19 analyses
Median months to report
21.5

Documents disclosed

Protocol available
57
Statistical analysis plan
56
PubMed citations
141

Trial profile

Median enrollment
32
Median duration
60months
Countries
47
Study sites
3498

Who is enrolled

Adults
660
Children
210
Older adults
505
Healthy volunteers
10

Median enrollment by phase

Early Phase 1
14
Phase 1
23
Phase 1/2
50
Phase 2
40
Phase 2/3
236
Phase 3
212
Phase 4
97
Not applicable
16
Unknown
100

Where trials run

United States
544
Canada
66
Australia
40
Germany
37
Netherlands
36
Switzerland
30
France
29
United Kingdom
29
Belgium
19
New Zealand
16

Busiest cities

#CityCountryTrials
1BostonUnited States131
2New YorkUnited States126
3HoustonUnited States125
4ChicagoUnited States102
5PhiladelphiaUnited States98
6Los AngelesUnited States97
7San FranciscoUnited States88
8PittsburghUnited States84
9DurhamUnited States79
10SeattleUnited States74

Terminations

Terminated
99
Withdrawn
27
Suspended
3
Stopped for recruitment
5.9%40 of 673 trials

Stated reasons

Other / unclear
64
Recruitment
40
Business decision
10
Funding
6
Regulatory
5
Safety
3
Lack of efficacy
1

Reasons are grouped from the sponsor's own wording with a rule-based classifier; the original text is shown below.

Recently stopped

TrialStatusStated reasonStopped
NCT04105374 Withdrawn Withdrawn NCI approval withdrawn 2030-11-30
NCT05513859 Suspended Suspended Temporarily Closed 2028-06-23
NCT01386710 Suspended Suspended PI left previous institution study will reopen at new institution. 2027-12-31
NCT05341947 Withdrawn Withdrawn Lack of Funding 2027-12-31
NCT05934630 Terminated Terminated The NCI will not extend the PBTC grant beyond March 31, 2026. 2026-04-17
NCT03649464 Withdrawn Withdrawn Planned to execute the new Oral OKN-007 clinical trial with modified study plan soon. This Study not proceeding and sites never opened. 2025-08-31
NCT01849952 Terminated Terminated Study was administratively closed by IRB 2025-08-25
NCT04838782 Withdrawn Withdrawn Insufficient patient population 2025-03-24
NCT07121829 Terminated Terminated Sponsor decision 2024-12-18
NCT04985604 Terminated Terminated Sponsor decision 2024-07-08

Trial records