Preoperative Radiosurgery for the Treatment of High Grade Glioma, NeoGlioma Trial

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To evaluate the feasibility, safety and maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of preoperative radiosurgery in the treatment of patients with biopsy-proven high-grade glioma prior to conventional therapy. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Acute clinical toxicity profile using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 5 (defined as within 4 weeks of completion of postoperative radiotherapy. II. Radiographic tumor control at 12 months following surgery (per Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology \[RANO\] criteria). III. Rate of pseudoprogression at first post radiation scan (RANO criteria). IV. Overall survival at 12 months following surgery. CORRELATIVE RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: I. Evaluation of the tumor repair pathways triggered by radiation, tumor vascular changes, tumor microenvironment immune profiling, cell cultures, and the creation of orthotopic xenograft models for future study. OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study. Patients undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided stereotactic biopsy. Within 14 days of registration, patients undergo either standard of care surgery or radiosurgery in 1 fraction. Within 14 days, patients who underwent radiosurgery then undergo surgery. Within 4-6 weeks, all patients then receive standard of care radiation therapy over 30 fraction and temozolomide daily with or without tumor treating fields (TTF) at the discretion of the treating neuro-oncologist. Additionally, patients undergo MRI and blood sample collection and optional biopsy throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up every 2-3 months for 12 months and then every 3 months for up to 3 years after registration.