Clinical trial · Interventional
Gleolan for Visualization of Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Meningioma
A Phase 3 Multicenter Study of Gleolan (Aminolevulinic Acid Hydrochloride) to Enhance Visualization of Tumor in Patients With Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Meningiomas
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This Phase 3 open-label single-arm study is designed to investigate the safety, diagnostic performance, and clinical usefulness of Gleolan for the real time detection and visualization of meningiomas during tumor resection surgery. The study is planned to run for 15 months with individual study participation lasting for approximately 2 months.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meningioma | Meningioma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleolan | Drug | Aminolevulinic Acid | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Single Arm
- description
- Open-label, intra-subject control
- interventionNames
- Drug: Gleolan
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- The Percentage of Participants Who Had at Least 1 Indeterminate Tissue or Unexpected Fluorescent End of Surgery (EOS) Tissue Where Gleolan-induced PpIX Fluorescence Status is Consistent With Histology (i.e., True Positive or True Negative for Meningioma).
- timeFrame
- Surgery (Day 1)
- description
- Responders are defined as the percentage of participants among all participants receiving Gleolan (the Intent to Image Population) who had at least one indeterminate tissue or unexpected fluorescent end of surgery (EOS) tissue where Gleolan-induced PpIX fluorescence status was consistent with central laboratory histology. For a participant to be considered a success, only biopsies considered 'non-obvious' for tumor status by an external panel of neurosurgeons who reviewed videos and images were eligible to be assessed in the numerator. A two-sided 95% confidence interval was calculated using the Wilson (score) method. The lower bound of the confidence interval was tested against a null hypothesis value of 30%. A modified worst-case imputation was used for missing data.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. A pre-operative MRI within ≤ 90 days of study enrollment documenting a suspected meningioma or suspected recurrence of a meningioma for which a meningioma resection is indicated and has been planned. 2. Adult age ≥ 18 years. 3. Patient must have normal organ and bone marrow function and be appropriate surgical candidates per site SOC. 4. Patient must have recording of each parameter as defined below: Bilirubin Below upper limit of normal AST (SGOT) \< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal ALT (SGPT) \< 2.5 X institutional upper limit of normal Creatinine Below upper limit of normal OR Creatinine clearance \>60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for participants with creatinine levels above institutional normal 5. The patient must demonstrate the ability to understand the informed consent document and the willingness and ability to sign a written informed consent document. The study consent documents will be prepared in English and German and Spanish. Translation for non-English, non-German, or non-Spanish speaking participants will be provided as appropriate by institution, as required. 6. WOCBP and men participating must agree to use highly effective forms of contraception, and men must also agree not to donate sperm for the duration of treatment, and for at least 42 days after the one time use of the study drug. Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical/biologic composition to Gleolan. 2. Known or documented personal or family history of porphyria. 3. Uncontrolled concurrent illness, including but not limited to ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia or psychiatric illness. 4. Patient has had a meningioma resection or radiation treatment within 90 days of informed consent. 5. Social or medical situations that would limit compliance with study requirements (e.g. ability to travel for follow-up or inability to obtain appropriate pre-op MRI (e.g. cardiac pacemaker). 6. Women who are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during study participation. 7. Prior history of gastrointestinal perforation, diverticulitis, and or/peptic ulcer disease within 90 days of informed consent. 8. Simultaneous participation in another clinical study or participation in another clinical study in the 30 days directly preceding treatment or within 5 plasma half-life of the preceding study drug, whatever is longer. 9. Simultaneous use of other potentially phototoxic substances (St. John's wort, griseofulvin, thiazide diuretics, sulfonylureas, phenothiazines, sulphonamides, quinolones and tetracyclines), and topical preparations containing ALA for 24 hours during the perioperative period (see MOPS for detailed list). 10. Unwillingness by patient to sign consent or return for subsequent visits following surgery. 11. Any condition that in the opinion of the Investigator would exclude the patient as a viable candidate for this study.
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTStummer W, Holling M, Bendok BR, Vogelbaum MA, Cox A, Renfrow SL, Widhalm G, Ezrin A, DeSena S, Sackman ML, Wyse JW. The NXDC-MEN-301 Study on 5-ALA for Meningiomas Surgery: An Innovative Study Design for the Assessing the Benefit of Intra-Operative Fluorescence Imaging. Brain Sci. 2022 Aug 6;12(8):1044. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12081044. PMID 36009108