Sonobiopsy for Noninvasive and Sensitive Detection of Glioblastoma

Korábbi kezelés

• Previous cranial surgery.
• Enrolled in another clinical trial where intervention is administered prior to surgery.

Más betegség

• Previous history of cancer and/or cancer treatments.
• Scalp or skin disease that limits contact with the ultrasound probe.
• 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).

Laborértékek

• Coagulopathy within 14 days of enrollment defined as PT/PTT outside of normal parameters and platelets < 100,000/mcL.

Egyéb

• Contraindication to MRI.
• Physical skull defect of any kind.
• Ferrous material in the scalp or skull.

• 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.