Sound waves could reveal brain tumor secrets without surgery
NCT ID NCT05281731
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new technique called sonobiopsy that uses focused ultrasound to release DNA from brain tumors into the bloodstream, making it easier to detect and analyze the tumor's genetic makeup through a simple blood test. The goal is to improve diagnosis and treatment planning for people with suspected glioblastoma, a fast-growing brain cancer. About 40 newly diagnosed adults with large, accessible brain tumors will participate.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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 GBM who are planning to undergo surgical resection or laser ablation of the recurrent tumor. Recurrence must be confirmed on MRI performed no more than 28 days prior to enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to MRI. * Previous cranial surgery. * Previous history of cancer and/or cancer treatments. * Coagulopathy within 14 days of enrollment defined as PT/PTT outside of normal parameters and platelets \< 100,000/mcL. * Physical skull defect of any kind. * Ferrous material in the scalp or skull. * Scalp or skin disease that limits contact with the ultrasound probe. * Enrolled in another clinical trial where intervention is administered prior to surgery. * Known hypersensitivity to polyethylene glycol. * Known unstable cardiopulmonary condition (e.g. acute myocardial infarction, acute coronary artery syndromes, worsening or unstable congestive heart failure, serious ventricular arrhythmias).
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Locations
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Washington University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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