Clinical trial · Interventional
Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) Disruption Using Exablate Focused Ultrasound With Doxorubicin for Treatment of Pediatric DIPG
A Safety and Feasibility Study to Evaluate Blood Brain Barrier Disruption Using Exablate MR Guided Focused Ultrasound in Combination With Doxorubicin in Treating Pediatric Patients With Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG)
NCT05615623CI-TRIAL-00108946active not recruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted blood brain barrier disruption with Exablate Model 4000 Type 2.0/2.1 in combination with Doxorubicin therapy for the treatment of DIPG in pediatric patients
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brain Tumor | Brain Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doxorubicin | Drug | Doxorubicin | ALIAS |
| Exablate | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Blood Brain Barrier Disruption (BBBD)
- description
- Exablate MR Guided Focused Ultrasound for Blood Brain Barrier Disruption with Doxorubicin for treating pediatric patients with DIPG
- interventionNames
- Device: Exablate
- Drug: Doxorubicin
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Adverse Events
- timeFrame
- 2 years
- description
- All adverse events from first treatment to end of study will be documented and reported according to the CTCAE terminology and severity scale
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Blood Brain Barrier Disruption (BBBD)
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 5 Years
- Maximum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 5 and 18 years, inclusive * Patient diagnosed with DIPG * At least 4-week and not greater than 12 weeks from completion of radiation therapy * Post-radiation imaging does not show evidence of necrosis/ hemorrhage or other features that contraindicate MRgFUS * Able to attend all study visits and with life expectancy of at least 6 months * Able and willing to give consent and/or assent or have a legal guardian who is able and willing to do so * If on steroids, stable or decreasing dose for at least 7 days prior to study entry * If brain surgery occurred, at least 14 days passed since last brain surgery and the patient is fully recovered and neurologically stable Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of cranial or systemic infection * Known life-threatening systemic disease * Previous treatment with complete cumulative doses of Doxorubicin, daunorubicin, idarubicin, and/or other anthracyclines and anthracenediones * Contraindication to Doxorubicin. - Known sensitivity to DEFINITY® ultrasound contrast agent or known hypersensitivity to perflutren microsphere or its components, e.g., polyethylene glycol. - Known sensitivity to gadolinium-based contrast agents * Active seizure disorder or epilepsy (seizures despite medical treatment) for a minimum of 4 weeks prior to first cycle/Exablate BBBD procedure captured by history * Patients with positive HIV status. - Immunosuppression (corticosteroids to prevent/treat brain edema are permitted) * Cerebral or systemic vasculopathy, including intracranial thrombosis, vascular malformation, cerebral aneurysm, or vasculitis * Hypertension per age * History of a bleeding disorder, coagulopathy or with a history of spontaneous tumour hemorrhage * Anti-coagulant therapy, or medications known to increase risk of hemorrhage, (e.g., ASA, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs \[NSAIDs\], statins) within washout period prior to treatment * Patient receiving bevacizumab (Avastin) therapy or increasing doses of steroids * Symptoms and signs of increased intracranial pressure * Previous participation in other chemotherapy, molecularly targeted therapy or immunotherapy treatment-related phase 1 or 2 trials * Tumor not visible on any pre-therapy or post-radiation imaging
References
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