Whole-Body MRI and Conventional Imaging in Detecting Distant Metastases in Young Patients With Solid Tumors or Lymphoma

NCT ID: NCT00072488

Last Updated: 2010-06-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

226 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-10-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: New imaging procedures, such as whole-body MRI, may improve the ability to detect metastatic cancer and determine the extent of disease.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying whole-body MRI to see how well it works compared to standard imaging procedures in detecting distant metastases in patients with solid tumors or lymphoma.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Compare non-inferior diagnostic performance of whole-body MRI (i.e., combination of turbo short-tau inversion-recovery (STIR) and out-of-phase imaging) vs conventional imaging (i.e., the combination of chest CT scan, scintigraphy \[bone, gallium, meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), or optional fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)\] and abdominal/pelvic CT scan/MRI as indicated) for detecting distant metastases for use in staging common tumors in pediatric patients.

Secondary

* Determine the incremental benefit of adding out-of-phase T1-weighted gradient-recalled echo imaging to turbo STIR for detecting distant disease in these patients.
* Determine, preliminarily, the relative accuracies of FDG-PET, whole-body MRI, and a combination of FDG-PET and whole-body MRI in detecting stage IV disease in these patients.
* Determine the effects of multiple factors, including cancer type, site of primary tumor, and patient age, on diagnostic accuracy of whole-body MRI in these patients.
* Determine the interobserver variability associated with interpreting whole-body MRI exams for detecting distant metastases in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients undergo conventional MRI, CT scan, and/or scintigraphy (e.g., bone, meta-iodobenzylguanidine \[MIBG\], or gallium) and experimental whole-body MRI sequences. Patients may optionally undergo fludeoxyglucose F18 positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).

Patients with a lesion (or lesions) detected on whole-body MRI or FDG-PET at initial staging that are not confirmed by biopsy or other conventional imaging studies at staging repeat standard imaging at 3- to 6-month follow-up.

Patients with an abnormality that is considered highly suspicious for a metastasis or when biopsy proof of that metastasis is obtained receive treatment at the discretion of the treating physician.

Patients are followed annually for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 226 patients (45 with neuroblastoma, 54 with rhabdomyosarcoma, 27 with other sarcoma, and 100 with lymphoma) will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Conditions

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Lymphoma Neuroblastoma Sarcoma

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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computed tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

magnetic resonance imaging

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

positron emission tomography

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Confirmed diagnosis OR newly diagnosed mass strongly suspected to represent 1 of the following:

* Rhabdomyosarcoma
* Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors
* Neuroblastoma
* Hodgkin's lymphoma
* Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
* All imaging examinations (e.g., CT scan, MRI, or scintigraphy) must be performed within 14 days of each other and within 2 months of any diagnostic or operative procedure

* Whole body MRI and positron emission tomography (PET) scanning (if PET scan is being done) must be done before treatment
* Prior CT scan, conventional MRI, bone scintigraphy, gallium scintigraphy, or meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy performed at outside institutions allowed provided the same technical standards specified in this study were practiced
* Bone scintigraphy required for patients with neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, or other sarcomas
* Gallium scintigraphy not required in lymphoma patients if PET scan is performed
* No CNS primary tumor

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 21 and under

Performance status

* Not specified

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* Not specified

Hepatic

* Not specified

Renal

* Not specified

Cardiovascular

* No active cardiac pacemakers

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* No prior malignancy
* No uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (for patients undergoing optional PET)

* Patients with controlled diabetes mellitus must have a fasting blood glucose no greater than 200 mg/dL
* No contraindications to MRI or CT scan (e.g., intracranial vascular clips)

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* Not specified

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* Prior biopsy or surgery allowed provided no more than 2 months has passed since the procedure
Maximum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

American College of Radiology Imaging Network

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Marilyn J. Siegel, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Medical Center

Locations

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

San Francisco, California, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status

Nemours Children's Clinic

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Site Status

University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Site Status

AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston Campus

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status

Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Riley's Children Cancer Center at Riley Hospital for Children

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Site Status

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Medical Center

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Site Status

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Hasbro Children's Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Site Status

Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Site Status

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Children's & Women's Hospital of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status

IWK Health Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status

McMaster Children's Hospital at Hamilton Health Sciences

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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United States Canada

Other Identifiers

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ACRIN-6660

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000339811

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

NCT00228761

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: nct_alias

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