Real-time Imaging of Holmium Radioembolization: a Feasibility Study

NCT ID: NCT04269499

Last Updated: 2021-06-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

6 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-11

Study Completion Date

2021-05-10

Brief Summary

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This is a feasibility study in which patients with liver tumors are treated with holmium radioembolization under real time MR imaging.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Liver Cancer Liver Metastases

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Single-arm, interventional, feasibility
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Study patients

All patients receive holmium radioembolization as per usual

Group Type OTHER

QuiremSpheres®

Intervention Type DEVICE

Radioembolization with QuiremSpheres® under MR imaging

Interventions

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QuiremSpheres®

Radioembolization with QuiremSpheres® under MR imaging

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients must have given written informed consent.
2. Female or male aged 18 years and over.
3. Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma or cholangiocarcinoma in the liver or diagnosis of metastatic malignancy to the liver (primary tumours: colorectal cancer, melanoma, breast cancer or neuro-endocrine tumour) with limited disease outside the liver (i.e. liver-dominant disease) defined as the sum of the diameters of all metastases in the liver be more than 200% of the sum of the diameters of all soft tissue lesions outside the liver.
4. Patient is not amenable for standard therapies (other than radioembolisation) or patient refuses standard therapies
5. Life expectancy of 12 weeks or longer.
6. World Health Organisation (WHO) Performance status 0-1 (see Appendix III).
7. One or more measurable lesions of at least 10 mm in the longest diameter by spiral CT according to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST) 1.1 criteria.
8. Negative pregnancy test for women of childbearing potential.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Brain metastases or spinal cord compression, unless irradiated at least 4 weeks prior to the date of the experimental treatment and stable without steroid treatment for at least 1 week
2. Radiation therapy within the last 4 weeks before the start of study therapy.
3. The last dose of prior systemic therapy has been received less than 4 weeks prior the start of study therapy.
4. Major surgery within 4 weeks, or incompletely healed surgical incision before starting study therapy.
5. Any unresolved toxicity greater than National Cancer Institute (NCI), Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE version 4.0, see Appendix II) grade 2 from previous anti-cancer therapy.
6. Serum bilirubin \> 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN).
7. Glomerular filtration rate \<35 ml/min, determined according to the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease formula.
8. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), or alkaline phosphatase (ALP) \> 5 x ULN.
9. Leukocytes \< 4.0 109/l and/or platelet count \< 60 109/l.
10. Significant cardiac event (e.g. myocardial infarction, superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome, New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification of heart disease ≥2 within 3 months before entry, or presence of cardiac disease that in the opinion of the Investigator increases the risk of ventricular arrhythmia.
11. Pregnancy or breast feeding (women of child-bearing potential).
12. Patients suffering from diseases with an increased chance of liver toxicity, such as primary biliary cirrhosis or xeroderma pigmentosum.
13. Patients suffering from psychic disorders that make a comprehensive judgement impossible, such as psychosis, hallucinations and/or depression.
14. Patients ineligible to undergo MR imaging.
15. Patients who are claustrophobic.
16. Patient who had prior liver resection and/or coil placement inside the liver, expected to cause imaging artefacts on MRI that will limit MR quantification.
17. Patients who are declared incompetent.
18. Previous enrolment in the present study or previous treatment with radioembolisation.
19. Portal vein thrombosis (tumour and/or bland) of the main branch (diagnosed on contrast enhanced transaxial images). Involvement of the right or left portal vein branches and more distal is accepted.
20. Evidence of untreated, clinically significant grade 3 portal hypertension (i.e. large varices at oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy). In these cases, therapy with non-selective beta blocker (propranolol) or rubber band ligation should be instituted according to accepted guidelines. In case of small varices, prophylactic propranolol is advised.
21. Untreated active hepatitis.
22. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS).
23. Body weight over 150 kg (because of maximum table load).
24. Severe allergy for intravenous contrast agents used

1. Iomeron®, because of CT evaluation, pre-treatment angiography and treatment angiography.
2. Dotarem or Primovist, depending on the agent used at the time of treatment
25. Lung shunt \>30 Gy, as calculated using scout dose SPECT/CT.
26. Uncorrectable extrahepatic deposition of scout dose activity. Activity in the falciform ligament, portal lymph nodes and gallbladder is accepted.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Quirem Medical B.V.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Radboud University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Frank Nijsen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Associate professor

Locations

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Radboud University Medical Centre

Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

References

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van den Brekel A, Snoeijink TJ, de Meijer VE, Boswinkel M, de Jong KP, Roosen J, Arranja AG, Futterer JJ, Ruiter SJS, Nijsen JFW. Spatial distribution of fractionally administered holmium microspheres in non-tumorous human liver tissue: how livers survive transarterial radioembolisation. EJNMMI Res. 2025 Apr 28;15(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s13550-025-01240-8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40289050 (View on PubMed)

Roosen J, Westlund Gotby LEL, Arntz MJ, Futterer JJ, Janssen MJR, Konijnenberg MW, van Wijk MWM, Overduin CG, Nijsen JFW. Intraprocedural MRI-based dosimetry during transarterial radioembolization of liver tumours with holmium-166 microspheres (EMERITUS-1): a phase I trial towards adaptive, image-controlled treatment delivery. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2022 Nov;49(13):4705-4715. doi: 10.1007/s00259-022-05902-w. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35829749 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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18100 Emeritus

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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