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NCT07076472RecruitingEarly phase 1

Sonodynamic Therapy With SONALA-001 or 5-ALA HCL and Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Progressive or Recurrent Glioblastoma

MC240704 Pilot Dose Escalation and Expansion Study of Sonodynamic Therapy With Aminolevulinic Acid Hydrochloride (5-ALA HCl Or SONALA-001) in Combination With Exablate 4000 Type 2.0 MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) in Patients With Progressive or Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme (RGBM)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This early phase I trial tests the safety, best dose, and effectiveness of SONALA-001 or 5-ALA HCL in combination with magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), also called sonodynamic therapy, in treating patients with glioblastoma that is growing, spreading, or getting worse (progressive) or that has come back after a period of improvement (recurrent). Sonodynamic therapy is a non-invasive combination therapy that uses low-intensity ultrasound, such as MRgFUS, to activate a drug, such as SONALA-001 or 5-ALA HCL, to kill tumor cells. SONALA-001 or 5-ALA HCL binds to the tumor and may help the sonodynamic therapy target the tumor. MRgFUS is an image-guided, non-invasive technique that uses high energy ultrasound from the Exablate 4000 Type 2.0 device to kill tumors without damaging surrounding healthy tissue. Giving sonodynamic therapy using SONALA-001 or 5-ALA HCL with MRgFUS may be safe, tolerable, and/or effective in treating patients with progressive or recurrent glioblastoma.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Early phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
8 (estimated)
First submitted
15 Jul 2025
Start date
14 Aug 2025
Primary completion date
31 Dec 2028
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Diseases
Glioblastoma
NCT number
NCT07076472

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Early phase 1
  • Planned participants: 8
  • From 14 Aug 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2028
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Any of the following because this study involves an investigational agent, the genotoxic, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects of which on the developing fetus and newborn are unknown:
    • Pregnant persons
    • Nursing persons
    • Persons of childbearing potential (and persons able to father a child) who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception
  • Three or more prior systemic treatments for recurrent or progressing disease
  • Failure to recover to grade 1 or baseline from any adverse events (AEs) (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[CTCAE\] version \[v\] 5.0) related to prior anticancer therapy
    • EXCEPTIONS: Alopecia, lymphopenia, peripheral neuropathy, and ototoxicity ≤ grade 3)
  • Known history of the following conditions:
    • Allergy to gadolinium contrast agents
    • Patients known to be HIV positive and currently receiving antiretroviral therapy
    • NOTE: Patients known to be HIV positive, but without clinical evidence of an immunocompromised state, are eligible for this trial
  • Co-morbid systemic illnesses or other severe concurrent disease which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into this study or interfere significantly with the proper assessment of safety and toxicity of the prescribed regimens

Other illness

  • Diagnosis of porphyria, or hypersensitivity to porphyrins
  • History of myocardial infarction ≤ 6 months, or congestive heart failure requiring use of ongoing maintenance therapy for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias

Lab values

  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to:
    • Ongoing or active infection
    • Patients with platelet count \< 100
    • Symptomatic congestive heart failure
    • Unstable angina pectoris
    • Cardiac arrhythmia
    • Or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

Other

  • Recurrence ≤ 4 weeks after the completion of RT, defined from the imaging assessment immediately after completion of RT
  • Inability to undergo MRI scans

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Diagnosis of recurrent or progressive glioblastoma (as defined in 2021 World Health Organization \[WHO\] Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System; Louis, Perry, et al. 2021) for which resection is not indicated as assessed by the study physician
  • Radiographic evidence of disease which may be measurable or non-measurable
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0, 1 or 2
  • Previous treatment with radiotherapy (RT)
  • Have a life expectancy of ≥ 12 weeks
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9.0 g/dL (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/mm\^3 (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3 (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) ≤ 3 x ULN (≤ 5 x ULN for patients with liver involvement) (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Albumin ≥ 3 g/dL (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Potassium ≥ lower limit of normal (LLN) (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Serum total calcium ≥ LLN (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 x ULN OR calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 60 mL/min using the Cockcroft-Gault formula (obtained ≤ 15 days prior to registration)
  • Negative pregnancy test done ≤ 8 days prior to registration, for persons of childbearing potential only
  • Provide written informed consent
  • Willing to participate in the neuro-oncology biorepository \[Institutional Review Board (IRB) 12-003458, principal investigator (PI): Jann Sarkaria, MD, PhD\] for collecting and archiving biospecimens samples on neuro-oncology patients
  • Willing to return to enrolling institution for follow-up (during the active monitoring phase of the study)

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
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RochesterUnited StatesRecruiting

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