Precise DCE-MRI in Diagnosing Participants With Recurrent High Grade Glioma or Melanoma Brain Metastases

NCT ID: NCT03698162

Last Updated: 2025-08-05

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

15 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-04-13

Study Completion Date

2025-03-01

Brief Summary

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Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a potentially powerful diagnostic tool for the management of brain cancer and other conditions in which the blood-brain barrier is compromised. This trial studies how well precise DCE MRI works in diagnosing participants with high grade glioma that has come back or melanoma that has spread to the brain. The specially-tailored acquisition and reconstruction (STAR) DCE MRI could provide improved assessment of brain tumor status and response to therapy.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To optimize and technically validate specially-tailored acquisition and reconstruction (STAR) DCE-MRI based on the accuracy and reproducibility of whole-brain tracer-kinetic (TK) parameter maps.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To develop a robust clinical implementation of STAR DCE-MRI. II. To clinically evaluate STAR DCE-MRI in patients with brain tumors.

OUTLINE: Participants are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.

COHORT I: Participants with recurrent high-grade glioma undergo STAR DCE-MRI every 2 months, and just prior to and 4-6 weeks after starting bevacizumab treatment. If there is concern for tumor progression (i.e. increased contrast enhancement), more frequent MRI scans will be scheduled.

COHORT II: Participants with melanoma brain metastases undergo STAR DCE-MRI at baseline and 4-6 weeks after therapy. Participants may undergo more frequent MRI if there is concern for tumor progression.

Conditions

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Brain Metastases Glioma of Brain Brain Tumor Metastatic Melanoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Cohort I (STAR DCE-MRI)

Participants with recurrent high-grade glioma undergo STAR DCE-MRI every 2 months, and just prior to and 4-6 weeks after starting bevacizumab treatment. Participants may undergo more frequent MRI if there is concern for tumor progression.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Intervention Type OTHER

Undergo STAR DCE-MRI

Bevacizumab Injection

Intervention Type OTHER

Bevacizumab will be give to participants who have recurrent high-grade glioma as part of standard of care.

Cohort II (STAR DCE-MRI)

Participants with melanoma brain metastases undergo STAR DCE-MRI at baseline and 4-6 weeks after therapy. Participants may undergo more frequent MRI if there is concern for tumor progression.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Intervention Type OTHER

Undergo STAR DCE-MRI

Interventions

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Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Undergo STAR DCE-MRI

Intervention Type OTHER

Bevacizumab Injection

Bevacizumab will be give to participants who have recurrent high-grade glioma as part of standard of care.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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DCE MRI DCE-MRI DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED MRI Avastin

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* COHORT I: Recurrent high-grade glioma (often with thin areas of enhancement) treated with bevacizumab.
* COHORT I: We will include adult patients with histopathologically confirmed high-grade glioma with evidence of tumor progression at baseline MRI who will undergo treatment with an anti-angiogenic agent (bevacizumab) with or without concomitant chemotherapy, and Karnofsky Performance Score \> 60%.
* COHORT I: At least 30 days should have elapsed since prior therapy including surgery and temozolomide chemoradiation.
* COHORT I: Satisfactory renal, hepatic, and hematologic function is required.
* COHORT II: Melanoma brain metastases (often small and spread throughout the brain) treated with immunotherapy.
* COHORT II: We will include adult patients with a tissue-proven history of melanoma who have contrast enhancing brain masses who will undergo treatment with immunotherapy with an anti-CTLA-4 or anti-PD-1 approach (e.g. ipilimumab, pembrolizumab, or nivolumab), and Karnofsky Performance Score \> 60%.
* COHORT II: At least 30 days should have elapsed since prior therapy including surgery, stereotactic brain irradiation, and corticosteroid use.

Exclusion Criteria

* COHORT I: Pregnant women, prisoners, and institutionalized individuals will be excluded.
* COHORT II: Non-cutaneous melanomas will be excluded.
* COHORT II: Pregnant women, prisoners, and institutionalized individuals will be excluded.
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Southern California

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Krishna Nayak, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Southern California

Locations

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USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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NCI-2018-01890

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

6B-17-2

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

P30CA014089

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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R33CA225400

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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6B-17-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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