OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a rare and deadly pediatric brain cancer with a 2% five-year survival rate. To provide therapeutic options for patients and families, SonALAsense is partnering with clinicians at Children’s National Hospital, Ivy Brain Tumor Center at Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix Children’s Hospital and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center to conduct a phase 1/2 clinical trial for sonodynamic therapy (SDT). This is the first SDT trial for children.

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