Safety Study of Combining Ultrasound Microbubbles and Chemotherapy to Treat Malignant Neoplasms of Digestive System

Summary

Ultrasonic sonoporation can increase the release of chemotherapeutics, thus increasing the therapeutic effects. The main purpose is to identify the safety of combining ultrasonic microbubbles and chemotherapeutics to treat malignant neoplasms of hepatic metastases from alimentary system and pancreatic carcinoma.

Timeline

Start

2014-10

Primary completion

2015-12

Completion

2016-06

Publications

• Results Kotopoulis S, Dimcevski G, Gilja OH, Hoem D, Postema M. Treatment of human pancreatic cancer using combined ultrasound, microbubbles, and gemcitabine: a clinical case study. Med Phys. 2013 Jul;40(7):072902. doi: 10.1118/1.4808149.
• Results Dewitte H, Van Lint S, Heirman C, Thielemans K, De Smedt SC, Breckpot K, Lentacker I. The potential of antigen and TriMix sonoporation using mRNA-loaded microbubbles for ultrasound-triggered cancer immunotherapy. J Control Release. 2014 Nov 28;194:28-36. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.08.011. Epub 2014 Aug 22.
• Results Fan Z, Kumon RE, Deng CX. Mechanisms of microbubble-facilitated sonoporation for drug and gene delivery. Ther Deliv. 2014 Apr;5(4):467-86. doi: 10.4155/tde.14.10. No abstract available.
• Results Feichtinger GA, Hofmann AT, Slezak P, Schuetzenberger S, Kaipel M, Schwartz E, Neef A, Nomikou N, Nau T, van Griensven M, McHale AP, Redl H. Sonoporation increases therapeutic efficacy of inducible and constitutive BMP2/7 in vivo gene delivery. Hum Gene Ther Methods. 2014 Feb;25(1):57-71. doi: 10.1089/hgtb.2013.113. Epub 2013 Nov 27.

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