Ivy Brain Tumor Center sees promise in sonodynamic therapy for glioblastoma

Ivy Brain Tumor Center and its partner Sonalasense have announced positive initial results in a first-in-human Phase 0/1 clinical trial involving recurrent glioblastoma patients.

Sonalasense has developed a noninvasive sonodynamic therapy (SDT) that pairs low-intensity ultrasound with chemotherapeutic agents known as sonosensitizers. The therapy is noninvasive.

Data from the trial indicate that SDT swiftly causes targeted oxidative stress and cell death in human glioblastoma tissue. In addition, the therapy was well tolerated in the study.

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Ivy Brain Tumor Center sees promise in sonodynamic therapy for glioblastoma

Ivy Brain Tumor Center and its partner Sonalasense have announced positive initial results in a first-in-human Phase 0/1 clinical trial involving recurrent glioblastoma patients.

Sonalasense has developed a noninvasive sonodynamic therapy (SDT) that pairs low-intensity ultrasound with chemotherapeutic agents known as sonosensitizers. The therapy is noninvasive.

Data from the trial indicate that SDT swiftly causes targeted oxidative stress and cell death in human glioblastoma tissue. In addition, the therapy was well tolerated in the study.

The Ivy Brain Tumor Center is using MRI-guided focused ultrasound in conjunction with Sonalasense’s 5-aminolevulinic acid (SONALA-001) to investigate the treatment. Investigators administered 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) intravenously, which then crosses the blood-brain barrier to enter the brain. Once in the brain, ALA targets glioma cells, which are abnormally metabolically active.

The study used intravenous am…

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