# Use of EF5 to Measure the Oxygen Level in Tumor Cells of Patients Undergoing Surgery or Biopsy for Newly Diagnosed Supratentorial Malignant Glioma

> **NCT00430079** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **National Cancer Institute (NCI)** · enrollment: 48 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma
- Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma
- Adult Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
- Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma
- Adult Ependymoma
- Adult Giant Cell Glioblastoma
- Adult Glioblastoma
- Adult Gliosarcoma
- Adult Mixed Glioma
- Adult Myxopapillary Ependymoma
- Adult Oligodendroglioma
- Adult Pilocytic Astrocytoma
- Adult Pineal Gland Astrocytoma
- Adult Subependymoma

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** etanidazole
- **PROCEDURE:** conventional surgery
- **OTHER:** pharmacological study
- **OTHER:** laboratory biomarker analysis

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00430079
- **Lead sponsor:** National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2001-07
- **Primary completion:** 2007-09
- **Final completion:** —
- **Target enrollment:** 48 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Administratively complete.
- **Last updated:** 2013-01-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00430079

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00430079, "Use of EF5 to Measure the Oxygen Level in Tumor Cells of Patients Undergoing Surgery or Biopsy for Newly Diagnosed Supratentorial Malignant Glioma". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00430079. Licensed CC0.

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