Completed · 2022–2025

DREAM-ON-FUS

A dose–response framework for online monitoring of BBB opening by focused ultrasound.

2022–25Duration
€193kFunding
2Phases
4Milestones
DREAM-ON-FUS methodology: dose, response and proof-of-concept delivery
Overview

Safely opening the brain's natural shield

DREAM-ON-FUS refined focused ultrasound to precisely control BBB opening for safe, targeted drug delivery.

It combined neuroimaging and acoustic monitoring to build personalized, dose-controlled protocols.

Methodology

Dose, response, proof of concept

01 · DOSE

Acoustic dosing

Passive cavitation detection and spectral analysis of the acoustic dose.

02 · RESPONSE

Quantitative MRI

T1-weighted contrast imaging and ΔT1 mapping of BBB opening.

03 · PROOF

AAV-GFP delivery

Histological proof-of-concept of viral-vector (gene therapy) delivery.

Roadmap

Two phases, four milestones

Phase 1 · Preclinical

Dose–response framework in non-human primates

Developing and validating the framework in preclinical models.

Phase 1 · Validation

Imaging & acoustic biomarkers

Linking acoustic emissions with quantitative MRI.

Phase 2 · Translation

Translating the framework to human studies

Optimizing clinical protocols and PET imaging for humans.

Phase 2 · Delivery

Personalized, dose-controlled protocols

Safer, more effective drug-delivery strategies.

DREAM-ON-FUS timeline and milestones
Impact

From discovery to real-world therapy

Collaborating with industry pioneers such as Insightec to translate discovery into therapy.

Funding

Funded by the Spanish national research plan

Funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation through the State Research Agency (AEI), within the national research plan.

PID2020-115032RA-I00 · €193,000

What comes next

DREAM-ON-FUS lays the groundwork for our next-generation HIFU project.

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