Sonobiopsy for Noninvasive and Sensitive Detection of Glioblastoma
Washington University School of Medicine
Summary
This clinical study to evaluate sonobiopsy is significant because sonobiopsy will fundamentally enhance the clinician's insight into the molecular features of an intracranial lesion to tailor treatment approaches and optimize outcomes. In addition to the standard diagnostics of anatomic imaging and surgical histology, sonobiopsy has the potential to become the third pillar for brain tumor management by radically advancing the ability to easily and regularly acquire tumor genetic and molecular signatures. This enhanced capability will have a dramatic impact on patient survival and quality of life.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Must be newly diagnosed with a lesion in the brain with imaging characteristics consistent with glioblastoma multiforme. Scan must have occurred no more than 28 days prior to enrollment. * Lesion must be \> 3 cm in maximal dimension on MRI. * Lesion must be in the supratentorial space within 5 cm of the cortical surface. * Lesion must be gadolinium enhancing. * Low grade tumors and metastatic tumors * Recurrent brain tumors and/or radiation necrosis * Must be planning to undergo surgical resection of the tumor. * Must be at least 18 years old. * Patients with recurrent G…
Interventions
- DeviceSonobiopsy
Ultrasound combined with microbubbles to facilitate sampling of biomarkers from brain tumors via blood-based liquid biopsy
- ProcedureResearch blood
No more than 10 minutes prior to ultrasound sonication, 10 minutes after ultrasound sonication, 30 minutes after ultrasound sonication (optional at the discretion of the PI), and 60 minutes after ultrasound sonication (optional at the discretion of the PI)
- GeneticCancer Personalized Profiling
Cancer Personalized Profiling by deep Sequencing will be used to compare the frequency of tumor-specific variants in the blood before and after sonobiopsy.
- DeviceDefinity®
Being used off-label in this trial
Location
- Washington University School of MedicineSt Louis, Missouri