Detection of Acid Sphingomyelinase/Ceramide Pathway Activation in Radiotherapy Patients Using Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Serum Biomarkers

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Metastatic Disease to Soft Tissue; Metastatic Disease to Bone

Treatments: Device: MRI with IVIM DW-MRI; Other: Blood draw

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02465723

15-104

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to find out if special blood tests and imaging scans can help evaluate the effects of the radiation the patient receives as part of standard treatment. The patient will undergo either stereotactic or conventional radiation treatment as determined by the treating doctor. Previous evidence suggests that blood flow to tumors is affected by the amount (dose) of radiation that it receives. This effect may be seen as soon as 1-2 hours after the radiation is given. This study will evaluate if these changes can be seen and measured by performing a special type of scan called Intravoxel Incoherent Motion (IVIM) diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and a blood test. IVIM MRI is a research exam which is similar to a standard MRI exam, with only a slight difference in the technical parameters used to acquire the images.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Histologically proven cancer
• Patients deemed clinically appropriate for radiation treatment as part of the standard care provided by their treating physician, and will receive either 24 Gy (one fraction) or 3 Gy x 10 fractions.
• Life expectancy > 6 months
• KPS>60%
• Age ≥ 18 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant patients
• Patients who are unwilling or unable to undergo MRI including patients with contraindications to MRI such as the presence of cardiac pacemakers or non-compatible intracranial vascular clips, claustrophobia, inability to lie flat for the duration of the study etc
• Prior radiotherapy to the site of intended treatment
• Patients with tumor involving brain or spinal cord
• Platelet count <75,000/μl, HgB level <9 g/dl, WBC <3500/μl
• Presence of metastases in the upper thoracic spine (in order to avoid DW- MRI parameter measurement variability due to cardiac motion)
• Lesions <1.5 cm (to assure robust measurements)
• Non-English speaking patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

MRI with IVIM DW-MRI

Experimental group

Description:

Upon enrollment in the study, each patient will undergo a standard pre-treatment evaluation in the Radiation Oncology Clinic. Imaging will include MRI with IVIM DW-MRI (as a research exam). MR imaging will begin within 30 minutes (+/- 15 mins) of the completion of single-dose radiation or the first dose for patients treated with a multifractioned regime. Patients will have corresponding serum samples collected at approximately 1 hour before and 18-24 hours after the first radiation treatment. If radiation therapy occurs on a Friday, the collection of the serum 18-24 hours post-treatment may still be feasible. Patients will be treated with radiation therapy according to our standard clinical guidelines using one of several Varian megavoltage linear accelerators with on-board kilovoltage image-guidance capabilities, using established immobilization devices that are specific to the anatomical site treated at MD's discretion.

Treatment:

Device: MRI with IVIM DW-MRI

Other: Blood draw