What this phase means
Phase 2: researchers already know a roughly safe dose (from phase 1). This stage asks whether the treatment actually helps the condition, and watches side effects more closely.
Phase labels are FDA/ICH categories applied to the registry Phase field. They are not a finding that this study succeeded.
What the registry says happens
If you join, the listed intervention(s) are Biospecimen Collection, Bispecific CD80-lgG4Fc-IL-2v Fusion Protein GI-102, or Computed Tomography. The registry lists allocation as randomized. This phase II trial compares the effect of GI-102 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab given before surgery in treating patients with IDH wildtype glioblastoma and IDH mutated grade 4 astrocytoma that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent) or that is growing, spreading, or getting worse (progressive).
They plan to enroll about 36 people at Rochester. Taking part typically means taking a study drug (or dummy pill), an infusion or injection of a biologic, a procedure as part of the study plus check-ins.
Official title (unrewritten)
MC230719 Window of Opportunity Study of GI-102 in Patients With Recurrent High-Grade Glioma
Interventions: Biospecimen Collection, Bispecific CD80-lgG4Fc-IL-2v Fusion Protein GI-102, Computed Tomography, Echocardiography Test, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multigated Acquisition Scan, Pembrolizumab, Surgical Procedure
Primary outcome (registry wording): Change in pharmacodynamic markers of interest in tumor tissue