Assessment of Safety and Feasibility of ExAblate Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Disruption in GBM Patients

Last updated: December 15, 2021
Sponsor: InSightec
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Neurofibromatosis

Cancer/tumors

Brain Cancer

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT04998864
BT008E
  • Ages 18-80
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of the Exablate Model 4000 Type 2.0 used as a tool to disrupt the BBB in patients with high grade glioma undergoing standard of care therapy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Patient is eligible for adjuvant TMZ treatment.
  2. Men or women age between 18 and 80 years, inclusive.
  3. Able and willing to give informed consent.
  4. Grade IV glioma (GBM) confirmed Subjects
  5. Karnofsky rating 70-100.
  6. Able to communicate during the Exablate BBBD procedure.
  7. Life expectancy of at least 3 months.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Evidence of acute intracranial hemorrhage.
  2. The subject presents with severe symptoms and signs of increased intracranial pressure
  3. Patients with cerebellar or brainstem tumors.
  4. Patients with positive HIV status
  5. Patients with brain tumors containing 1p/19q chromosomal co-deletion
  6. Patient receiving bevacizumab (Avastin) therapy
  7. Patients undergoing other concurrent therapies
  8. Cardiac disease or unstable hemodynamics
  9. Severe hypertension
  10. Anti-coagulant therapy, or medications known to increase risk of hemorrhage withinwashout period prior to treatment
  11. History of a bleeding disorder and/or coagulopathy
  12. Known sensitivity to gadolinium-based contrast agents
  13. Known sensitivity to ultrasound contrast agent
  14. Severely impaired renal function
  15. Subjects with significant liver dysfunction

Study Design

Total Participants: 5
Study Start date:
August 25, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
December 30, 2023

Study Description

The primary objective is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of BBB disruption using the Exablate Type 2.0 system in adult patients with glioblastoma (GBM) undergoing adjuvant TMZ chemotherapy, which occurs following maximal safe surgical resection and completion of the initial concurrent radiation-chemotherapy in accordance with the current standard of care

Connect with a study center

  • Fondazione IRCCS Neurologico Carlo Besta

    Milano, 20133
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

  • CINAC-Hospital HM Puerta del Sur

    Móstoles, Madrid 28938
    Spain

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