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Sonocloud-9 in Association With Carboplatin Versus Standard-of-Care Chemotherapies (CCNU or TMZ) in Recurrent GBM

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

Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
560
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

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.

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Conditions studied

  • Glioblastoma
  • Recurrent Glioblastoma
  • GBM

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Keywords

  • carboplatin
  • SonoCloud
  • blood-brain barrier
  • Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (LIPU)
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Histologically proven glioblastoma (WHO criteria 2021), absence of IDH mutation demonstrated by negative IDH1 R132H staining on Immunohistochemistry.
  2. Patient must have received prior first line therapy that must have contained both:

    1. Prior surgery or biopsy and standard fractionated radiotherapy (1.8-2 Gy/fraction, ≥56 Gy\<66 Gy) or hypofractionated radiotherapy (15 x 2.66 Gy or similar regimen)
    2. One line of maintenance chemotherapy and/or immune- or biological therapy, (with or without Tumor-Treating Fields)
  3. First, unequivocal disease progression with

    1. measurable tumor (>100 mm2 or 1 cm3, based on RANO criteria) documented (e.g., increase of 25% in tumor diameter) on MRI and,
    2. interval of a minimum of 12 weeks since the completion of prior radiotherapy, unless there is a new lesion outside the radiation field or unequivocal evidence of viable tumor on histopathological sampling
  4. Patient is a candidate for craniotomy and at least 50% resection of enhancing region
  5. Maximal enhancing tumor diameter prior to inclusion ≤ 5 (+7%) cm on T1w on MRI performed within 14 days prior to inclusion§. (In case of planned lobectomy, post operative peritumoral brain or residual size ≤5 cm)
  6. WHO performance status ≤ 2 (equivalent to Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) ≥ 70)
  7. Age ≥ 18 years
  8. 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:

    1. ≥ 4 weeks or 5 half-lives (whichever is shorter) for

      • Cytotoxic
      • Other small chemical entity (e.g., targeted therapy)
      • For biologics (e.g., antibodies, except bevacizumab)
    2. ≥ 6 weeks of prior bevacizumab
  9. Adequate hematologic, hepatic, and renal laboratory values within 14 days prior to inclusion§ i.e.:

    1. Hemoglobin ≥ 10 g/dL, platelets ≥ 100,000/mm3, neutrophils ≥ 1500/mm3.
    2. Liver function test with ≤ grade 1 alterations, except if due to antiepileptic drug therapy or isolated increased bilirubin due to Gilbert syndrome
    3. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of at least 60 mL/min/m2 using Appendix 12.4 formula
    4. AST(SGOT)/ALT(SPGT) ≤ 3 X institutional ULN (upper Limit of Normal)
  10. Patient able to understand clinical trial information and willing to provide signed and informed consent
  11. Patient of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 14 days prior to inclusion§ and must agree to use a medically-acceptable method of birth control during the treatment period and, if randomized in the experimental arm, for at least 1 month after the last cycle of carboplatin
  12. A male patient must agree to use condoms during the treatment period and, if randomized in the experimental arm, for at least 3 months after the last cycle of carboplatin; the patient must also refrain from donating sperm during this period.
  13. Patient must be a beneficiary of a health plan that covers routine patient care costs. Patient must be a beneficiary of or affiliated with a social security scheme (according to country-specific requirements)

(§) 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:

  1. Multifocal enhancing tumor on T1w (unless all localized in a 5 cm diameter area)
  2. Posterior fossa tumor
  3. Known BRAF/ NTKR mutated patients
  4. Patient at risk of surgery site infection (e.g., 2 or more previous craniotomies/neurosurgery within the last 3 months, poor skin condition, known impaired wound healing and/or previously infected surgical field, uncontrolled diabetes or any other condition that is of increased infectious risk in the opinion of the neurosurgeon)
  5. Patient treated at high, stable -or average- dose of corticosteroids (≥ 6 mg/day dexamethasone or equivalent) in the 7 days prior to inclusion. Patients on dexamethasone for reasons other than mass effect may still be enrolled.
  6. Contra-indication to carboplatin, CCNU or TMZ
  7. Known history of hypersensitivity reactions to perflutren lipid microsphere components or to any of the inactive ingredients in ultrasound resonator
  8. Patient has received bevacizumab for other reasons (such as tumor progression) than treating edema
  9. Peripheral neuropathy or neuropathy ≥ grade 2
  10. Uncontrolled epilepsy or evidence of intracranial pressure
  11. Patient with known intracranial aneurism or having presented intra-tumor significant spontaneous hemorrhage
  12. Patient with unremovable coils, clips, shunts, intravascular stents, and/or wafer, or reservoirs
  13. Patient with medical need to be on continued anti-platelet aggregation therapy and/or anticoagulation. Patients for whom anticoagulation/platelet aggregation can be temporarily interrupted may be eligible after discussion and prior authorization by the sponsor.
  14. Patient receiving enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (namely phenytoin, carbamazepine and derivatives, phenobarbital), unless switched on another antiepileptic regimen
  15. History of other malignancy within 3 years prior to study start with the exception of adequately treated basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, non-melanomatous skin cancer or carcinoma in situ of the uterine cervix
  16. Patient with known or suspected active or chronic infections
  17. Patient with known significant cardiac disease, known to have right-to-left shunts, severe pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery pressure > 90 mm Hg), uncontrolled systemic hypertension, or acute respiratory distress syndrome
  18. Known sensitivity/allergy to gadolinium, or other intravascular contrast agents
  19. Patient with impaired thermo-regulation or temperature sensation
  20. Pregnant, or breastfeeding patient
  21. Any other serious patient medical or psychological condition that may interfere with adequate and safe delivery of treatment and care (e.g., positive human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] status, potential blood-borne infections, malnutrition…), circumstance (e.g., sinus opening during surgery), psychological, morphological characteristics (e.g., skin characteristics, bone thickness), or any pre-existing comorbidities that in the investigator's opinion may prevent the implantation of the device, may impair the ability of the patient to receive treatment with SonoCloud-9 or may be confounding for evaluation of the clinical trial endpoints
  22. Patients under guardianship, curatorship, under legal protection or deprived of liberty by an administrative or judicial decision

Exclusion 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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
560 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Experimental Arm: SonoCloud-9 Ultrasound + Carboplatin

    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

  • Active comparator
    Control Arm: SoC single agent chemotherapy TMZ or CCNU

    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

Interventions

  • DeviceSonoCloud-9 (SC9)

    Implantation of SC9 device and repeat activation at constant acoustic pressure

  • DrugCarboplatin

    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)

  • DrugLomustine

    Dosed and administered per labelling.

    Also known as: 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU)

  • DrugTemozolomide

    Dosed and administered per labelling.

    Also known as: Temodal

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. 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

Secondary outcomes

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Overall survival at 12 months (OS12)

    Defined as the proportion of participants alive at 12 months

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. Overall survival at 18 months (OS18)

    Defined as the proportion of participants alive at 18 months

    Time frame: 18 months

  5. 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

Other outcomes

  1. 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

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Study locations

52 of 56 sites recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona 805054, United States
    • Maciej Mrugala, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Kaiser Permanente
    Los Angeles, California 90027, United States
    • Daniel Green, MD · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • UCLA
    Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
    • Richard Everson, MD · Contact
    Not yet recruiting
  • Sutter Health - California Pacific Medical Center
    San Francisco, California 94109, United States
    • Lewis Leng, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California 94143, United States
    • Nicholas Butowski, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • UCHealth
    Aurora, Colorado 80011, United States
    • Kevin Lillehei, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic of Jacksonville Florida
    Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
    • Kaisorn Chaichana, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Miami Cancer Institute
    Miami, Florida 33176, United States
    • Michael Mc Dermott, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Moffitt Cancer Center
    Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
    • James Liu, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University
    Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
    • Edjah Nduom, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Northwestern University
    Chicago, Illinois 60611, United States
    • Rimas Lukas, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Indiana University Health
    Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
    • Kathryn Nevel, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • John Hopkins University
    Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
    • Chetan Bettegowda, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Mayo Clinic Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
    Active, not recruiting
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
    New York, New York 10021, United States
    • Rohan Ramakhrisna, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    New York, New York 10032, United States
    Recruiting
  • Lennox Hill Hospital
    New York, New York 10075, United States
    • Randy D'Amico, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University of North Carolina
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, United States
    • Carlos David, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Neurological Institute Brain Tumor Centre Taussig Cancer Cente
    Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
    • Matthew Grabowski, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
    Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, United States
    • Brad Zacharia, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Dallas, Texas 75390, United States
    • Toral Patel, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University of Texas Houston Health Science Center
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
    Active, not recruiting
  • University of Utah, Hunstman Cancer Institute
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
    • Randy Jenssen, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Medizinische Universitaet Innsbruck
    Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
    • Christian Freyschlag, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
    Brussels, Belgium
    • Duerinck Johnny, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven
    Leuven, Belgium
    • Steven de Vleeschouwer, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • CHU de Liège
    Liège, Belgium
    • Pierre Frères, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Rigshospitalet
    Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
    • Jane Skjøth-Rasmussen, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Odense University Hospital
    Odense, 5000, Denmark
    • Frantz Rom Poulsen, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer
    Bron, France
    • François Ducray, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital de La Timone
    Marseille, France
    • Olivier Chinot, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière
    Paris, France
    • Ahmed Idbaih, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hôpital Foch
    Suresnes, 92150, France
    • Nadia Younan, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Berlin, 10117, Germany
    • Martin Misch, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH
    Chemnitz, 09113, Germany
    • Sven-Axel May, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Neurochirurgie uniklinik Köln
    Cologne, Germany
    • Roland Goldbrunner, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden
    Dresden, 01307, Germany
    • Dietmar Krex, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Universitätsklinikum Essen Klinik für Neurologie
    Essen, 45147, Germany
    • Sied Kebir, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • University Hospital Munster
    Münster, 48149, Germany
    • Walter Stummer, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Ospedale Bellaria
    Bologna, 40139, Italy
    • Enrico Franceschi, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Ospedale Civile di Livorno
    Livorno, 57124, Italy
    • Anna Luisa Di Stefano, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Istituto Oncologico Veneto
    Padua, Italy
    • Giuseppe Lombardi, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • IFO - Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena
    Roma, Italy
    • Veronica Villani, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Irccs Istituto Clinico Humanitas
    Rozzano, 20089, Italy
    • Matteo Simonelli, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
    Torino, 10126, Italy
    • Roberta Ruda, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum (Erasmus MC)
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Marjolein Geurts, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Haaglanden Medisch Centrum
    The Hague, 2263, Netherlands
    • Marike Broekman, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO)
    Barcelona, 08035, Spain
    • Maria Vieito Villar, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
    Barcelona, 08036, Spain
    • Jose Juan Gonzalez Sanchez, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario HM Sanchinarro
    Madrid, 28050, Spain
    • Juan Manuel Sepulveda Sanchez, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
    Madrid, Spain
    • Angel Perez-Nunez, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
    Seville, 41013, Spain
    • Ignacio Martín Schrader, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital
    Gothenburg, 413 45, Sweden
    • Louise Carstam, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Akademiska sjukhuset
    Uppsala, 75185, Sweden
    • George Holgersson, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Inselspital Bern
    Bern, 3010, Switzerland
    • Philippe Schucht, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)
    Lausanne, 1011, Switzerland
    • Andreas Hottinger, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Carpentier A, Canney M, Vignot A, Reina V, Beccaria K, Horodyckid C, Karachi C, Leclercq D, Lafon C, Chapelon JY, Capelle L, Cornu P, Sanson M, Hoang-Xuan K, Delattre JY, Idbaih A. Clinical trial of blood-brain barrier disruption by pulsed ultrasound. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Jun 15;8(343):343re2. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6086. PubMed 27306666 ↗
  • Sonabend AM, Gould A, Amidei C, Ward R, Schmidt KA, Zhang DY, Gomez C, Bebawy JF, Liu BP, Bouchoux G, Desseaux C, Helenowski IB, Lukas RV, Dixit K, Kumthekar P, Arrieta VA, Lesniak MS, Carpentier A, Zhang H, Muzzio M, Canney M, Stupp R. Repeated blood-brain barrier opening with an implantable ultrasound device for delivery of albumin-bound paclitaxel in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: a phase 1 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2023 May;24(5):509-522. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00112-2. PubMed 37142373 ↗

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Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05902169
Lead sponsor
CarThera
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 13, 2023
Start date
Jan 29, 2024
Primary completion
Jan 28, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 29, 2026

Study contacts

Carole Desseaux
Contact
contact@carthera.eu
+33 472 626 268

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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