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3T MRI Biomarkers of Glioma Treatment Response

Primary Purpose

Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma, Adult Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma

Status
Terminated
Phase
Early Phase 1
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging
CEST-MRI
DW-MRI
DCE-MRI
DSC-MRI
IV administration of gadolinium-containing contrast agent
Sponsored by
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma

Eligibility Criteria

18 Years - undefined (Adult, Older Adult)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients must sign an institutional review board (IRB)-approved informed consent document
  • Patients must have been diagnosed with high-grade glioma:

    • World Health Organization (WHO) grade III: anaplastic astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, or oligoastrocytoma; OR
    • WHO grade IV: glioblastoma multiforme; or neuroepithelial tumors of uncertain origin (polar spongioblastoma, astroblastoma, or gliomatosis cerebri)
  • As measured by conventional high spatial resolution MRI, the minimum diameter of the primary lesion (short axis) should be at least 5 mm
  • Patients must be scheduled to receive: 1) standard chemotherapy with/without radiation therapy; OR 2) single-agent bevacizumab (Avastin)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with low-grade (WHO grade I or II) glioma
  • Patients with metastatic disease
  • Patients who have any type of bioimplant activated by mechanical, electronic, or magnetic means (e.g., cochlear implants, pacemakers, neurostimulators, biostimulators, electronic infusion pumps, etc), because such devices may be displaced or malfunction
  • Patients who have any type of ferromagnetic bioimplant that could potentially be displaced
  • Patients who have cerebral aneurysm clips
  • Patients who may have shrapnel imbedded in their bodies (such as from war wounds), metal workers and machinists (potential for metallic fragments in or near the eyes)
  • Patients with inadequate renal function (creatinine >= 1.5 times upper limit of normal) or acute or chronic renal insufficiency (glomerular filtration rate < 20 ml/min)
  • Patients who are pregnant or breast feeding; urine pregnancy test will be performed on women of child bearing potential
  • Patients who exhibit noticeable anxiety and/or claustrophobia or who exhibit severe vertigo when they are moved into the magnet bore
  • Patients incapable of giving informed written consent, for the following reasons:

    • Inability to adhere to the experimental protocols for any reason
    • Inability to communicate with the research team
    • Limited ability to give informed consent due to mental disability, altered mental status, confusion, cognitive impairment, or psychiatric disorders

      • Patients scoring 14.5 or lower on the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Brief Assessment of Consent Capacity (UBACC) Capacity to Consent Questionnaire will be excluded
    • Prisoners or other individuals deemed to be susceptible to coercion
  • For patients who have undergone surgical resection prior to joining the study, in whom baseline magnetic resonance (MR) images exhibit enough signal degradation (due to susceptibility artifact in the region of the surgical bed) such that the data are uninterpretable will be excluded

Sites / Locations

  • Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Experimental

Arm Label

3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging

Arm Description

Patients undergo 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging to measure tumor protein content (using CEST-MRI), cellularity (using DW-MRI), and blood flow (using DCE-MRI and DSC-MRI with IV administration of gadolinium-containing contrast agent) no more than 2 weeks before, and 2 and 4 weeks after, the initiation of treatment.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Best Response
Number of patients in each response category, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1, summarized as follows for target lesion criteria: complete response (CR),disappearance of target lesions; partial response (PR), >=30% decrease in sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions; progressive disease (PD), >=20% increase in sum of LD of target lesions or appearance of new lesions; stable disease (SD), insufficient change in target lesions or new lesions to qualify as either PD or SD. Patients are categorized according to the best response achieved prior to occurrence of progressive disease, where best response hierarchy is CR>PR>SD>PD.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Estimated probable duration of life without disease progression, from on-study date to earlier of progression date or date of death from any cause, using the Kaplan-Meier method with censoring. Disease progression is defined under RECIST v1.1 as >=20% increase in sum of longest diameters (LD) of target lesions, unequivocal progression of non-target lesions, or appearance of new lesions.

Full Information

First Posted
November 15, 2013
Last Updated
April 13, 2017
Sponsor
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01996527
Brief Title
3T MRI Biomarkers of Glioma Treatment Response
Official Title
Early Detection of Glioma Treatment Response Using MRI-Based Biomarkers
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
April 2017
Overall Recruitment Status
Terminated
Why Stopped
PI left institution
Study Start Date
May 2012 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
November 23, 2015 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
January 1, 2016 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
Yes

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
This pilot clinical trial studies advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques in measuring treatment response in patients with high-grade glioma. New diagnostic procedures, such as advanced MRI techniques at 3 Tesla, may be more effective than standard MRI in measuring treatment response in patients receiving treatment for high-grade gliomas.
Detailed Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To correlate treatment-induced changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers-specifically, those sensitive to tumor protein content (amide proton transfer asymmetry [APTasym] from chemical exchange saturation transfer [CEST]), cellularity (apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC] from diffusion-weighted imaging [DWI]), and blood flow (volume transfer constant [K^trans] from dynamic contrast-enhanced [DCE]; cerebral blood flow [CBF] from dynamic susceptibility contrast [DSC])-with treatment-induced changes in tumor size, measured via standard anatomic MRI. II. To correlate treatment-induced changes in the above quantitative MRI endpoints with patient progression-free survival (PFS). OUTLINE: Patients undergo measurement of tumor protein content using CEST-MRI, cellularity using DWI-MRI, and blood flow using DCE-MRI and DSC-MRI within 2 weeks of treatment and at 2 and 4 weeks after initiation of treatment.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma, Adult Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, Adult Giant Cell Glioblastoma, Adult Glioblastoma, Adult Gliosarcoma, Recurrent Adult Brain Tumor

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Diagnostic
Study Phase
Early Phase 1
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
7 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Patients undergo 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging to measure tumor protein content (using CEST-MRI), cellularity (using DW-MRI), and blood flow (using DCE-MRI and DSC-MRI with IV administration of gadolinium-containing contrast agent) no more than 2 weeks before, and 2 and 4 weeks after, the initiation of treatment.
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging
Other Intervention Name(s)
3-Tesla MRI, 3T MRI
Intervention Description
3-Tesla MRI is a multiparametric imaging exam that includes MR pulse sequences for CEST-MRI, DW-MRI, DCE-MRI, and DSC-MRI
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
CEST-MRI
Other Intervention Name(s)
chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI
Intervention Description
Undergo CEST-MRI
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
DW-MRI
Other Intervention Name(s)
diffusion-weighted MRI
Intervention Description
Undergo DWI-MRI
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
DCE-MRI
Other Intervention Name(s)
dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
Intervention Description
Undergo DCE-MRI
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
DSC-MRI
Other Intervention Name(s)
dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI
Intervention Description
Undergo DSC-MRI
Intervention Type
Drug
Intervention Name(s)
IV administration of gadolinium-containing contrast agent
Other Intervention Name(s)
Magnevist®, gadopentetate dimeglumine
Intervention Description
Gadolinium-containing paramagnetic contrast agent (Magnevist®; Berlex Lab, Wayne, New Jersey) in delivered via intravenous (IV) infusion to achieve DCE and DSC contrast
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Best Response
Description
Number of patients in each response category, per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1, summarized as follows for target lesion criteria: complete response (CR),disappearance of target lesions; partial response (PR), >=30% decrease in sum of longest diameter (LD) of target lesions; progressive disease (PD), >=20% increase in sum of LD of target lesions or appearance of new lesions; stable disease (SD), insufficient change in target lesions or new lesions to qualify as either PD or SD. Patients are categorized according to the best response achieved prior to occurrence of progressive disease, where best response hierarchy is CR>PR>SD>PD.
Time Frame
On-treatment date to date of disease progression (up to 12 weeks)
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Progression Free Survival (PFS)
Description
Estimated probable duration of life without disease progression, from on-study date to earlier of progression date or date of death from any cause, using the Kaplan-Meier method with censoring. Disease progression is defined under RECIST v1.1 as >=20% increase in sum of longest diameters (LD) of target lesions, unequivocal progression of non-target lesions, or appearance of new lesions.
Time Frame
On-study date to lesser of date of progression or date of death from any cause (assessed at 6 months)
Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures:
Title
Changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers sensitive to tumor protein content
Description
Evaluation of the following biological imaging metrics: 1. Amide proton transfer asymmetry (APTasym, %) from CEST
Time Frame
Baseline to within 4 weeks after on-treatment date
Title
Changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers sensitive to tumor cellularity and vascularity
Description
Evaluation of the following biological imaging metrics: Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC, mm2/s) from DW-MRI Tissue diffusion coefficient (Dt, mm2/s) from DW-MRI Pseudo-diffusion coefficient (Dp, mm2/s) from DW-MRI
Time Frame
Baseline to within 4 weeks after on-treatment date
Title
Changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers sensitive to tumor perfusion and hemodynamics
Description
Evaluation of the following biological imaging metrics: 1. Volume transfer constant (Ktrans, 1/min) from DCE-MRI
Time Frame
Baseline to within 4 weeks after on-treatment date
Title
Changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers sensitive to tumor perfusion and hemodynamics
Description
Evaluation of the following biological imaging metrics: Perfusion fraction (fp, %) from DW-MRI Extravascular extracellular volume fraction (ve, %) from DCE-MRI Plasma volume fraction (vp, %) from DCE-MRI Cerebral blood volume (CBV, %) from DSC-MRI
Time Frame
Baseline to within 4 weeks after on-treatment date
Title
Changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers sensitive to tumor perfusion and hemodynamics
Description
Evaluation of the following biological imaging metrics: 1. Cerebral blood flow (CBF, ml/min/100 g) from DSC-MRI
Time Frame
Baseline to within 4 weeks after on-treatment date
Title
Changes in quantitative MRI-based biomarkers sensitive to tumor perfusion and hemodynamics
Description
Evaluation of the following biological imaging metrics: 1. Mean transit time (MTT, s) from DSC-MRI
Time Frame
Baseline to within 4 weeks after on-treatment date

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients must sign an institutional review board (IRB)-approved informed consent document Patients must have been diagnosed with high-grade glioma: World Health Organization (WHO) grade III: anaplastic astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, or oligoastrocytoma; OR WHO grade IV: glioblastoma multiforme; or neuroepithelial tumors of uncertain origin (polar spongioblastoma, astroblastoma, or gliomatosis cerebri) As measured by conventional high spatial resolution MRI, the minimum diameter of the primary lesion (short axis) should be at least 5 mm Patients must be scheduled to receive: 1) standard chemotherapy with/without radiation therapy; OR 2) single-agent bevacizumab (Avastin) Exclusion Criteria: Patients with low-grade (WHO grade I or II) glioma Patients with metastatic disease Patients who have any type of bioimplant activated by mechanical, electronic, or magnetic means (e.g., cochlear implants, pacemakers, neurostimulators, biostimulators, electronic infusion pumps, etc), because such devices may be displaced or malfunction Patients who have any type of ferromagnetic bioimplant that could potentially be displaced Patients who have cerebral aneurysm clips Patients who may have shrapnel imbedded in their bodies (such as from war wounds), metal workers and machinists (potential for metallic fragments in or near the eyes) Patients with inadequate renal function (creatinine >= 1.5 times upper limit of normal) or acute or chronic renal insufficiency (glomerular filtration rate < 20 ml/min) Patients who are pregnant or breast feeding; urine pregnancy test will be performed on women of child bearing potential Patients who exhibit noticeable anxiety and/or claustrophobia or who exhibit severe vertigo when they are moved into the magnet bore Patients incapable of giving informed written consent, for the following reasons: Inability to adhere to the experimental protocols for any reason Inability to communicate with the research team Limited ability to give informed consent due to mental disability, altered mental status, confusion, cognitive impairment, or psychiatric disorders Patients scoring 14.5 or lower on the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) Brief Assessment of Consent Capacity (UBACC) Capacity to Consent Questionnaire will be excluded Prisoners or other individuals deemed to be susceptible to coercion For patients who have undergone surgical resection prior to joining the study, in whom baseline magnetic resonance (MR) images exhibit enough signal degradation (due to susceptibility artifact in the region of the surgical bed) such that the data are uninterpretable will be excluded
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Chad Quarles
Organizational Affiliation
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
City
Nashville
State/Province
Tennessee
ZIP/Postal Code
37232
Country
United States

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Links:
URL
http://www.vicc.org/ct
Description
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Find a Clinical Trial

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