This study is to evaluate the safety and find the tolerated ultrasound dose of transient opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) by using the NaviFUS System in recurrent GBM patients.
This is a feasibility, open-label, single-arm, and dose escalation study. Eligible patients will be enrolled through the process of informed consent. Patients will be assigned into different dose groups generated from the NaviFUS System to transiently open the BBB in patients with recurrent GBM who will undergo surgery within 2 weeks. The focused ultrasound (FUS) dose is selected based on the results of pre-clinical Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) safety studies as well as other non-GLP primate studies. This study will evaluate the safety and the tolerated ultrasound dose of temporary disruption of the BBB in patients with recurrent GBM. To find the tolerated ultrasound dose, the data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) will review the study data and provide the recommendations regarding continuation, termination, or other modifications of the study based on evaluation of observed adverse effects of the intervention. The extent and magnitude of BBB opening will be evaluated using of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
6
BBB Disruption by FUS in recurrent GBM Other Name: Neuronavigation-guided focus ultrasound system
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Number and severity of AE
Safety of transient opening of the BBB by using the NaviFUS System
Time frame: 45 days
Tolerated dose of FUS with the NaviFUS System for transient disruption of the BBB
Dose escalation study using FUS
Time frame: 7 days post-FUS
Quantify the BBB disruption following BBB disruption by the NaviFUS System
Dynamic T1 contrast-enhanced MRI
Time frame: 1 day
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