Blood-brain Barrier (BBB) Opening Using Exablate Focused Ultrasound With Standard of Care Treatment of NSCLC Brain Mets

Study Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted blood brain barrier opening with Exablate Model 4000 Type 2.0/2.1 for the treatment of NSCLC brain metastases in patients who are undergoing planned FDA approved, on-label systemic therapy utilizing immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Participant is ≥ 18 years of age.
  • - The participant provides written informed consent for the trial.
  • - Participant is willing to comply with all study procedures for the duration of the study.
  • - Participant has a Karnofsky Performance Status ≥ 70% and/or ECOG 0-2.
  • - Participant is a NSCLC subject prescribed immune checkpoint inhibitor systemic therapy according to on-label use with the target brain lesion(s) measuring ≥ 0.5 cm in longest diameter.
Target mets may include: De novo mets for which surgery and radiation can be deferred, Mets with or without history of prior radiation, Mets with history of radiation after at least 8 weeks since last radiation treatment, and In the event a previously treated met has progressed according to institutional practice within 4 weeks post radiation treatment, the met may be study eligible, and/or if in the opinion of the Investigator, the subject may benefit from the study procedure.
  • - Female subject is not planning pregnancy during the study duration and confirmed NOT PREGNANT each procedure day.
  • - Screening/Baseline laboratory values Screening/Baseline should adhere to local standard of care lab values for ICI therapy.
Exclusion Criteria.
  • - Participant has evidence of acute intracranial hemorrhage.
  • - Participant at risk for spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (e.g., history of metastatic melanoma or other tissue histology).
  • - Participant has signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure or symptomatic mass effect, midline shift or evidence of subfalcine, uncal or tonsillar herniation.
  • - Participant receiving Bevacizumab (Avastin) therapy, or other drugs with a proclivity for causing bleeding.
  • - History of bleeding disorders or tissue pathologies which increase the subject's risk of hemorrhage for anticoagulation medications, implement pre-surgical standard procedure to avoid increased risk of a bleeding event.
  • - Participant has an infectious viral infection such as active Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or detectable HIV viral load or participants with active bacterial infection such as TB (Bacillus tuberculosis) that may, in the opinion of the investigator, interfere with the subject receiving the study therapy or procedures or otherwise impact their participation in the trial.
  • - Subjects with evidence of cranial or systemic infection.
  • - Participant has received a solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
  • - Participant has received a live vaccine within 28 days prior to the first on-study ICI infusion with or without Exablate.
  • - Known sensitivity to DEFINITY® ultrasound contrast agent or hypersensitivity to perflutren microsphere or its components, e.g., polyethylene glycol, as found in MiraLAX and bowel prep products.
  • - Contraindications to MRI and gadolinium-DTPA including non-MRI-compatible implanted devices, severe claustrophobia, unable to lie supine in MRI.
  • - Subjects with significant liver dysfunction, (cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, severe alcohol abuse, or active hepatitis (autoimmune or infectious)) - Has a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or is receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (in dosing exceeding 10 mg daily of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first on-study ICI infusion with or without Exablate.
Note: prophylactic steroid use for ICI and chemotherapy infusion per institutional practice is allowed per protocol.
  • - Has a known additional malignancy that requires active treatment that would interfere with study procedures.
  • - Known presence of leptomeningeal disease.
  • - Has a diagnosis of active autoimmune disease (e.g., autoimmune Hepatitis, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, etc.) requiring systemic treatment in the past 2 years (i.e., with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids, or immunosuppressive drugs).
Replacement therapy (e.g., thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency, etc.) is not considered a form of systemic treatment. History of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that requires steroids or has current pneumonitis.
  • - Has a history or current evidence of any condition, therapy, or laboratory abnormality that might confound the results of the study, interfere with the subject's participation for the full duration of the study, or is not in the best interest of the subject to participate, in the opinion of the treating investigator.
- Subject is currently enrolled in another intervention based clinical trial

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT05317858
Phase

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Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data.

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Phase 3
Lead Sponsor

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InSightec
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Manmeet Ahluwalia, MD, MBA
Principal Investigator Affiliation Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Industry
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries Canada, Korea, Republic of, United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Brain Tumor, Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Additional Details

This is a prospective, multi-center, randomized, two-arm, controlled, pivotal clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of targeted blood brain barrier opening using Exablate Model 4000 Type 2 for the treatment of NSCLC brain metastases in subjects who are undergoing planned FDA approved, on-label systemic therapy utilizing immune checkpoint inhibitors for their primary disease. The study will be conducted at up to 30 centers in the US. The immunotherapy regimen (every 3 weeks for 6 cycles) of prescribed ICI therapy is per the FDA approved labeling and the subjects prescribed standard of care therapy for their primary NSCLC. The study aims to demonstrate superiority of Exablate BBBO targeted to their brain metastases over the standard of care without Exablate BBBO with respect to the percentage of subjects achieving Objective Response Rate (ORR) by 6 months follow-up.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: ICI Systemic Therapy with Exablate BBBO

Using Exablate Model 4000 Type 2 for the treatment of NSCLC brain metastases in subjects who are undergoing planned ICI Systemic Therapy.

Active Comparator: Control Arm (ICI Systemic Therapy on-label use only)

subjects will undergo planned on-label ICI Systemic Therapy.

Interventions

Device: - Blood Brain Barrier Opening - Oncology

BBB opening via Exablate Type 2 system with microbubble resonators on the day of ICI infusion to treat brain metastases.

Drug: - Pembrolizumab

Pembrolizumab infusion

Drug: - Atezolizumab

Atezolizumab infusion

Drug: - Cemiplimab

Cemiplimab infusion

Drug: - Nivolumab

Nivolumab infusion

Drug: - Iptilimumab

Iptilimumab infusion

Contact a Trial Team

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St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Status

Not yet recruiting

Address

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Phoenix, Arizona, 85013

Site Contact

Phase O Navigator

[email protected]

602-406-8605

Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health, Miami, Florida

Status

Recruiting

Address

Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health

Miami, Florida, 33176

Site Contact

Daylan L Santana, RN

[email protected]

7865278528

University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland, 21201

Site Contact

Kaitlyn Henry

[email protected]

410-328-0939

Johnston Willis Hospital, Richmond, Virginia

Status

Recruiting

Address

Johnston Willis Hospital

Richmond, Virginia, 23235

Site Contact

Kanwalcharan S Sahni, MD

[email protected]

804-330-4990

International Sites

Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Status

Completed

Address

Sunnybrook Research Institute

Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5

Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Status

Withdrawn

Address

Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, , 03080

Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Status

Completed

Address

Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, , 06351

Soeul, Korea, Republic of

Status

Withdrawn

Address

Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

Soeul, , 03722

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