MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Feasibility Study for Brain Tumors
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Official title
A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Feasibility of Transcranial MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery in the Treatment of Brain Tumors
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of MRI-guided focused ultrasound thermal ablation of brain tumors performed through intact human skull using the ExAblate transcranial system. We will collect data to establish the basic safety of this type of treatment as the basis for later studies that will evaluate its clinical efficacy.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00147056
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 10 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 31, 2012
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2026
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2026
- Last update posted
- Apr 30, 2025
2012 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
| Swedish Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98122 | — |
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Apr 30, 2025 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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