Sound waves open brain barrier to attack deadly childhood tumor

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

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