Status:

TERMINATED

Quantitative MRI in Assessing Disease in Patients With Brain Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Tumors Metastatic to Brain

Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3 Tesla in assessing disease in patients with tumors that have spread to the brain (brain metastases). In addition to...

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To correlate pre-treatment measures of biophysical parameters in metastases-obtained using advanced, quantitative MRI techniques in patients receiving standard-of-care (SOC) th...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must sign an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved informed consent document
  • Patients must have been diagnosed with one of the following:
  • Primary brain tumor (glioma, GBM etc); or
  • Up to 10 brain metastases
  • Patients must have been diagnosed with 1-4 brain metastases
  • At least one of the brain metastases must measure 5 mm (or more) in short axis diameter in the axial plane
  • Patients must be scheduled to undergo standard brain cancer interventions:
  • Chemotherapy or targeted antiangiogenic therapy, in the case of primary brain tumor; or
  • Stereotaxic radiotherapy (SRS) or whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT), in the case of brain metastases.
  • Patients must be scheduled to receive a 3-Tesla (3T) MRI exam as part of their standard of care (this exam will be modified to also include pulse sequences with are for research only)

Exclusion

  • Patients who have received previous treatment (chemotherapy or radiotherapy) for any brain tumor (primary or metastatic).
  • Patients who are scheduled to receive a 1.5T MRI exam
  • Patients incapable of giving informed written 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, San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC) questionnaire will not be allowed on the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2015

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02269111

Start Date

April 1 2015

End Date

May 1 2018

Last Update

May 29 2018

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Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232