A Phase 3 interventional study of SonoCloud-9 (SC9) and Carboplatin in Glioblastoma, Recurrent Glioblastoma and GBM, sponsored by CarThera. Recruiting at 56 sites in 11 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-29.
Sponsored by CarThera · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The brain is protected from any toxic or inflammatory molecule by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This physical barrier is located at the level of the blood vessel walls. Because of these barrier properties, the blood vessels are also impermeable to the passage of therapeutic molecules from the blood to the brain. The development of effective treatments against glioblastoma is thus limited due to the BBB that prevents most drugs injected in the bloodstream from getting into brain tissue where the tumour is seated. The SonoCloud-9 (SC9) is an investigational device using ultrasound technology and specially developed to open the BBB in the area of and surrounding the tumour. The transient opening of the BBB allows more drugs to reach the brain tumour tissue. Carboplatin is a chemotherapy that is approved to treat different cancer types alone or in combination with other drugs, and has been used in the treatment of glioblastoma. Despite its proven efficacy in the laboratory on glioblastoma cells, carboplatin does not readily cross the BBB in humans. A clinical trial has shown that in combination with the SonoCloud-9, more carboplatin can reach the brain tumour tissue. The objective of the proposed trial is to show that the association - carboplatin with the SonoCloud-9 - will increase efficacy of the drug in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.
Patient must have received prior first line therapy that must have contained both:
First, unequivocal disease progression with
Participant must be recovered from acute toxic effects (≤ grade 2) of all prior anticancer therapy. Interval since last therapy to presumed date of surgery of at least:
≥ 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) for
Adequate hematologic, hepatic, and renal laboratory values within 14 days prior to inclusion§ i.e.:
(§) These exam/lab tests could be (re)evaluated before randomization if the corresponding selection criteria could not be fully met at time of inclusion. If not met before randomization, the patient will be considered as screen failure.
Non-Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criterion:
Occurrence of any major medical illnesses or impairments that in the Investigator's opinion may hampered the ability of the patient to receive treatment with SonoCloud-9 or may be confounding for evaluation of the clinical endpoints.
The SonoCloud-9 (SC9) device will be implanted in the skull bone window upon completion of tumor resection and routine craniotomy. Carboplatin (CBDCA) will be administered intravenously prior to sonication. The CBDCA/SC9 treatment will be repeated every 3 weeks (depending on patient's tolerability) until disease progression or as clinically indicated. Administration of up to 7 cycles is planned.
Device: SonoCloud-9 (SC9) · Drug: Carboplatin
Standard of Care (SoC) treatment with either temozolomide (TMZ) or lomustine (CCNU). Standard TMZ chemotherapy as a single oral dose every 4 weeks for up to 6 cycles. Standard CCNU chemotherapy as a single oral dose every 6 weeks for up to 4 cycles.
Drug: Lomustine · Drug: Temozolomide
Implantation of SC9 device and repeat activation at constant acoustic pressure
Dose of carboplatin AUC 5 mg/ml.min-1 calculated using Calvert's formula: Dose (mg) = target AUC (mg/mL x minute) x \[glomerular filtration rate (GFR) mL/minute + 25\].
Also known as: CycloButane DiCarboxylic Acid (CBDCA)
Dosed and administered per labelling.
Also known as: 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU)
Dosed and administered per labelling.
Also known as: Temodal
Overall survival (OS)
Survival status will be collected during the treatment period, for up to 7 months (short-term follow-up) and then every 3 months as standard of care follow-up (long-term follow-up) until participant's 'End of Study', defined as end of survival follow-up period, death, withdrawal of consent for the collection of data, or 'lost to follow-up' (whichever comes first).
Time frame: Up to 24 months
Tumor Growth Rate
Tumor Growth Rate will be determined by measuring hyperintense tumor volume using T1w contrast-enhancing tumor-related region from post-surgery MRI baseline to unequivocal progression MRI (i.e., suspected radiologic progression confirmed by repeat scan).
Time frame: Up to week 24
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Defined as the time from date of randomization to the earlier of the following events: unequivocal tumor progression as determined by IRC per RANO criteria or death due to any cause.
Time frame: Up to 24 months
Overall survival at 12 months (OS12)
Defined as the proportion of participants alive at 12 months
Time frame: 12 months
Overall survival at 18 months (OS18)
Defined as the proportion of participants alive at 18 months
Time frame: 18 months
Progression-free survival at 6 months (PFS6)
Defined as the proportion of participants without disease progression or death due to any cause at 6 months.
Time frame: 6 months
Safety and Tolerability
Frequency and severity of adverse events scored according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0, from surgery to End-of-Trial Intervention visit
Time frame: Up to week 24
Plan to share: No
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