Using ultrasound to help deliver an enzyme into the brain
Researchers check whether scan-guided focused ultrasound can safely help deliver an enzyme called GCase into a target brain area.
Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: NCT05565443
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- Start (reported actual date)
- 2022-11-30
- Main measurements finished (planned)
- 2027-12-31
- Study finished (planned)
- 2028-12-31
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Changes we have recorded
- 2026-10-11 — recruiting
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Papers connected to this study
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Who can join?
Ages 35 years to 80 years · Does not accept healthy volunteers
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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all
Full study name & original research details
Official study title
A Phase I/II Study for Bilateral Putamenal Delivery of Recombinant Glucocerebrosidase in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Using MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Induced Opening of the Blood-brain Barrier
Short title used by the registry
MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Plus GCase
Original description
Further description from the registry
Conditions reported: Parkinsons Disease
Registry records for this study
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- ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT05565443 ↗ — RECRUITING; checked 2026-10-13
- Study type
- Interventional
- Interventions
- Blood Brain Barrier Disruption - Functional
- Phases
- NA
- Sponsor
- InSightec
- Start date reported by registry
- 2022-11-30 (actual)
Registry updated: 2026-01-23 · Status last verified by the registry submitter: 2026-01
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Contact the research team
Public study contacts supplied to the registry. Ask whether recruitment is still open and what participation involves.
Alyssa Voelker-Christy · +1-817-948-5219 · alyssav@insightec.com
Study locations
Site status can differ from overall study status. “Status not reported” means local availability needs confirmation. Remote participation and travel arrangements must be checked with the team.
Sunybrook Research Institute
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
RecruitingInthuja Suthananthan · 647-687-8062 · inthuja.suthananthan@sri.utoronto.ca
Nir Lipsman, M.D., Neurosurgery
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