December 3, 2020 - Focused Ultrasound Approved for Osteoid Osteomas – and more news

A milestone for focused ultrasound and pediatrics...                   December 3, 2020 IN THIS ISSUE Top News | Foundation News | Symposium News | Patient News | Research News  Industry News | Webinars | Events     Focused Ultrasound Device Earns FDA Approval to Treat Osteoid Osteomas The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that it had approved Profound Medical’s Sonalleve MR-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) system for the treatment of osteoid osteoma (OO) in the extremities. This marks the first focused ultrasound regulatory approval that will directly impact pediatric patients, and it is the sixth indication to earn approval in the US.     READ MORE > Foundation News Foundation Senior Scientist Named STAT Wunderkind Natasha Sheybani, PhD, was named a STAT Wunderkind for her research using focused ultrasound to stimulate an immune response in solid tumors. READ MORE > Focused Ultrasound Foundation Featured in NEO.LIFE NEO.LIFE recently published an in-depth article titled, “The Focus of His Energy,” highlighting the technology, the Foundation, and its founder and chairman, Neal F. Kassell, MD. READ THE ARTICLE > Support the Foundation We very much appreciate your interest in focused ultrasound and hope you will consider a gift to support the Foundation’s lifesaving mission.   READ MORE > More Foundation News An Open Letter to President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris | LinkedIn MITA and Focused Ultrasound Foundation Voice Support for Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology Proposed Rule | Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance Surgeon Who Saved Biden’s Life Recalls Fateful Prediction | Daily Beast Symposium News Share your Thoughts to Improve Symposium 2022 Thank you all for a fantastic Symposium last month. If you attended, please complete the short survey to help us improve our next meeting.   TAKE THE SURVEY > Clinical and Research Advances Highlighted at Symposium Media Event We hosted a virtual media event to educate top tier media on the use of focused ultrasound to treat conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, cancer, and psychiatric disorders.   READ MORE > Patient News Focused Ultrasound Clinical Trial for Bilateral Essential Tremor Begins Researchers in Toronto are investigating the safety of a second focused ultrasound treatment. Essential tremor patients who were treated successfully on one side will receive a second procedure on the other.   READ MORE > MEET AIDAN: THE FIRST PATIENT > A Patient Perspective: Cancer Immunotherapy and the Promise of Focused Ultrasound Foundation Council member Harry Lester shares his Stage IV lung cancer diagnosis, his experience with immunotherapy, and his hope for focused ultrasound to increase the effectiveness of cancer treatments.   READ MORE > WATCH THE INTERVIEW > National Health Service England to Cover Essential Tremor Treatment Beginning in April 2021, the National Health Service (NHS) England – the country’s publicly funded healthcare system – has commissioned focused ultrasound as a clinical service to treat essential tremor.   READ INSIGHTEC’S ANNOUNCEMENT > More Patient News Counting My Blessings as the Wife of a Prostate Cancer Survivor | Cure Today Research News Beta-Amyloid Plaque in Alzheimer’s Disease Decreased in Focused Ultrasound Trial Patients A collaborative research group measured the beta-amyloid plaque changes in six patients with Alzheimer’s disease who underwent focused ultrasound—based blood-brain barrier opening.   READ MORE > First Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Enrolled in Clinical Trial at Columbia University Elisa Konofagou, PhD, and her research team at Columbia University recently treated the first patient in their clinical trial to open the blood-brain barrier in patients with Alzheimer’s disease using a novel, neuronavigation-guided focused ultrasound system.   READ MORE > University of Virginia Recruiting Glioblastoma Patients for Focused Ultrasound Clinical Trial A team at the University of Virginia has joined a multicenter clinical trial evaluating the safety of using focused ultrasound to enhance the delivery of chemotherapy in patients with glioblastomas. READ MORE > Parkinson’s Dyskinesia Pilot Study Results Published Researchers in the US have published results showing focused ultrasound to be a safe and feasible treatment for the motor fluctuations and dyskinesias from Parkinson’s disease. READ MORE >  4th Quarter 2020 Research Award The Foundation’s Brain Clinical Program will fund a project by Shiro Horisawa, MD, using focused ultrasound to treat patients with cervical dystonia, a painful neck condition. READ MORE > Focused Ultrasound Abstracts Requested for Video Journal, JoVE Tao Sun, PhD, a Research Fellow in Radiology at Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital seeks abstracts for a video methods collection on focused ultrasound for neurological disorders. READ MORE > Visit our free, online research library of focused ultrasound publications. *Login required   More Research News Cancer Focused Ultrasound Treatments Target Childhood Cancers | Physics World Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Researchers Report Positive Results for New Treatment Strategy for Localized Prostate Cancer | Newswise High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation Safe, Effective in Prostate Cancer | Healio Destroying Cancer Cells with Non-surgical Ultrasound Treatment | Imaging Technology News Study Shows Ultrasound Treatment Can Destroy Cancer Cells Without Surgery | News Medical Destroying Cancer Cells with Non-surgical Ultrasound Treatment | Medical Xpress Brain Focused Ultrasound Tackles Brain Tumours in a Myriad Ways | Physics World Two Small Trials Evaluating Focused Ultrasound in Treating Parkinson’s | Parkinson’s News Today Two Landmark Studies Advance Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Parkinson's Disease | DOTmed Healthcare Business News Canadian Researchers Test Groundbreaking Approach to Treating Parkinson's Disease | St. Albert Today Focused Ultrasound: A Stimulating New Strategy To Treat Severe Brain Damage | Knowing Neurons Industry News CarThera Chosen for European Innovation Council Accelerator Pilot  CarThera was awarded a €2 million grant from the European Innovation Council Accelerator Pilot to finish developing its SonoCloud-9 device for treating glioblastoma patients. A multicenter pilot clinical study for the device is underway. READ MORE > EDAP Signs Exclusive Agreement with Italian Distributor EDAP TMS has agreed to an exclusive distribution deal with AB Medica, a move that will extend the availability of the company’s HIFU technology to one of the largest European markets. READ THE PRESS RELEASE > SonaCare Medical Announces Publication of Largest US Publication on Focal Therapy The recent focal therapy prostate study published in the Journal of Urology primarily used Sonablate HIFU technology. See media coverage in Urology Times.  READ THE PRESS RELEASE > More Industry News Urology Times Video Series What is the Learning Curve for HIFU for Prostate Cancer? Setting Expectations in Patients with Prostate Cancer Receiving HIFU HIFU for Prostate Cancer: How it Works, Criteria for Treatment, and Contraindications Lantheus Enters into Strategic Collaboration with Insightec for Use of Microbubbles in Combination with MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Glioblastoma and Neurodegenerative Conditions | BioSpace Positive and Differentiated Results for Theraclion’s Non-invasive Varicose Vein Treatment Technology Revealed at the 34th AVLS | Businesswire Webinars TULSA-PRO® Flexibility Join Profound Medical and guest speakers Dr. Peter Boström and Dr. Mikael Anttinen as they discuss the flexibility of the TULSA-PRO system. Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | 12:00pm Eastern LEARN MORE AND REGISTER > History of Focused Ultrasound The International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound’s final webinar of 2020 will feature Professor Gail ter Haar presenting, “History of Focused Ultrasound." Thursday, December 10, 2020 | 11:00am Eastern LEARN MORE AND REGISTER > Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it!   Upcoming Events   November 29 – December 5, 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting | virtual event  December 7-9, 2020 Milken Institute Future of Health Summit Virtual Meeting | virtual event  December 8-12, 2020 Acoustical Society of America’s 179th Meeting Virtual Meeting  | virtual event  December 9, 2020 TULSA-PRO® Flexibility | Hosted by Profound Medical | WEBINAR  December 9-12, 2020 European Society for Medical Oncology Immuno-Oncology Congress Virtual Meeting | virtual event  December 10, 2020 History of Focused Ultrasound  | Hosted by ISTU | WEBINAR  January 28-29, 2021 1st HIFUture Symposium | Lyon, France March 7-12, 2021 Winter School on Therapeutic Ultrasound | Les Houches, France