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A Pressure Enabled Drug Delivery Device for Improving Yttrium-90 Microsphere Delivery to Tumor Tissue in Patients with Unresectable Primary or Metastatic Liver Tumors, PREDICTT Trial

Trial Status: active

This clinical trial evaluates whether a pressure enabled drug delivery device called the TriNav Infusion System improves the amount of yttrium-90 (Y90) microspheres delivered to tumor tissue versus normal tissue in patients undergoing Y90 microsphere radioembolization for primary liver tumors that cannot be removed by surgery (unresectable) or tumors that have spread to the liver from another primary site (metastatic). Y90 therapy is an accepted treatment for many types of cancer, including cancers of the liver. However, accurate dosing is important for improvements in treatment response and patient outcomes, and personalized dosimetry is often used for planning Y90 treatment. Personalized dosimetry planning for Y90 treatment typically involves the measurement of the tumor to normal liver ratio using standard pre-treatment mapping studies to determine the treatment and dose. Pressure enabled drug delivery systems like the TriNav Infusion System use microcatheters to control intra-arterial pressure and blood flow dynamics in the tumor and normal liver tissues while administering treatment. This may increase the delivery of Y90 to tumor tissue and decrease its delivery to normal liver tissues.