Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging to Determine High Risk Areas in Patients With Malignant Gliomas and to Design Potential Radiation Plans and to Examine Metabolite Changes in Gliomas and Other Solid Tumors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Glioma; Brain Cancer

Treatments: Procedure: MRI and advanced MRI sequences

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00870129

09-009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The researchers think that the use of advanced MR imaging may help people with this disease, because it may better predict areas within a malignant glioma (brain tumor) that are at a high risk of recurring. WeThe reserchers are doing this study to see whether this advanced imaging is a safe treatment that causes few or mild side effects in people with brain tumors.

Enrollment: 135 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Suspected or Histopathologically proven diagnosis of high grade or low glioma or tumor is suspected to harbor an isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation
• May undergo radiation therapy
• Patient and/or guardian is able to provide written informed consent prior to study registration
• Age ≥ 18 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Extreme claustrophobia that precludes MRI scan
• Known allergic reaction to Gd-DTPA
• Any contraindication to gadolinium intravenous contrast as per standard Department of Radiology contrast guidelines
• Any absolute contraindication to MRI (e.g., pacemaker, aneurysm clip, tissue expander).
• Pregnant or nursing female
• Unable to cooperate for MRI and/or radiation therapy planning

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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135 participants in 1 patient group

MRI

Experimental group

Description:

The advanced MRI studies will be obtained at the time of the routinely scheduled preoperative planning MRI and/or the routinely scheduled pre-RT planning MRI at approximately 3±2 weeks after surgery. The routine sequences obtained for the planning MRI are standard of care. The advanced MRI sequences may or may not be additional as some have already been adopted into the standard of care imaging at MSKCC.

Treatment:

Procedure: MRI and advanced MRI sequences