Exablate Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption With Carboplatin for the Treatment of rGBM
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04440358 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 19, 2020
Last Update Posted : January 4, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Recurrent Glioblastoma | Device: Exablate BBBD Drug: Carboplatin | Phase 1 Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 13 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Assessment of Safety and Feasibility of Exablate Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption (BBBD) With Microbubbles for the Treatment of Recurrent Glioblastoma (rGBM) in Subjects Undergoing Carboplatin Monotherapy |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 13, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | July 2023 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Exablate BBBD with carboplatin
Carboplatin will be administered via IV infusion about every 4 weeks for up to 6 cycles. The dosage will be calculated based on subject's creatinine level. On the day of planned carboplatin therapy, subjects will undergo Exablate procedure to open the blood-brain-barrier in the targeted cancerous brain areas prior to carboplatin administration.
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Device: Exablate BBBD
BBB opening via Exablate Neuro Type 2 system to deliver carboplatin
Other Name: Exablate Neuro Drug: Carboplatin Carboplatin infusion on the day of Exablate BBBD procedure to treat cancerous cells in the brain |
- Occurrence of Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 12 months ]All adverse events and/or Serious Adverse Events will be documented and reported according to CTCAE criteria
- Contrast intensity on MR imaging [ Time Frame: Immediately after Exablate BBBD procedure ]BBBD will be determined by contrast intensity in sonicated areas on T1 weighted gadolinium-based MR imaging

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be between 18-80 years old
- Histologically confirmed glioblastoma
- Planned for Carboplatin monotherapy
- Be willing and able to provided written informed consent/assent
- Tumor progression after first line therapy
- Recovered to grade 0 or 1 or pre-treatment baseline from clinically significant toxic effects of prior therapy
- Women of childbearing potential is confirmed not pregnant. Male and Female subjects utilize highly effective contraception
- Able to communicate verbally
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute intracranial hemorrhage
- Ferrous metallic implanted objects in the skull or brain
- Prior toxicity with carboplatin chemotherapy
- Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
- Cerebellar spinal cord or brain stem tumor
- Known active Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C or HIV
- Significant depression not adequately controlled
- Cardiac disease or unstable hemodynamics
- Severe hypertension
- History of a bleeding disorder, coagulopathy or with a history of spontaneous tumor hemorrhage
- Active drug or alcohol use disorder
- Known sensitivity to gadolinium-based contrast agents
- Known sensitivity or contraindications to ultrasound contrast agent or perflutren
- Unable to undergo MRI or contraindications to MRI such as non-MRI compatible implanted devices
- Difficulty lying supine and still or severe claustrophobia which cannot be managed with medication
- Severely impaired renal function
- Right to left or bi-directional cardiac shunt
- Cranial or systemic infection requiring antibiotics
- Known additional malignancy that is progression or require active treatment

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04440358
Canada, Ontario | |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5 | |
Italy | |
Fondazione IRCCS Neurologico Carlo Besta | |
Milano, Italy, 20133 | |
Korea, Republic of | |
Yonsei University Medical Center | |
Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 120-752 |
Responsible Party: | InSightec |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04440358 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BT009 [OUS] |
First Posted: | June 19, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 4, 2023 |
Last Verified: | January 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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