The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of BBB disruption using the ExAblate 4000-system Type 2 in patients with Her-2 positive breast cancer metastases in the brain.
The goal of this prospective, single arm, non-randomized study is to evaluate the safety and feasibility of using the Exablate Model 4000 Type 2 "Neuro-System" as a tool to serially disrupt the blood brain barrier in a temporary and localized fashion in patients with breast cancer and brain metastases. Up to 10 patients will be recruited at Sunnybrook. Patients will be consented, screened, undergo up to 6 study Exablate BBBD treatment cycles, every 2-3 weeks based on their trastuzumab regimen. Follow-up will continue through 12 weeks following the last BBBD post-treatment and the subject's participation in the study will be complete. Data will be collected to establish the basic safety of this type of treatment as the basis for later studies to evaluate clinical efficacy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
8
Using ExAblate Model 4000 Type-2 to temporarily disrupt the blood brain barrier in patients with Her-2 positive breast cancer and brain metastases
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Adverse events
Rate of adverse events following each treatment through end of study
Time frame: Throughout the study, approximately 10 months.
Feasibility of BBBD
The extent of BBB opening will be determined by the degree of contrast enhancement seen on post-procedure MRI with contrast agent
Time frame: Immediately after each BBBD procedure
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