Comparison of Contrast Agents in Liver MR for the Detection of Hepatic Metastases

NCT ID: NCT04973007

Last Updated: 2025-07-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-06-22

Study Completion Date

2025-05-08

Brief Summary

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If an abbreviated HBP protocol liver MR with gadobenate dimeglumine is shown clinically comparable to standard of care liver MR with gadoxetate disodium for detecting hepatic metastasis from colorectal cancer, its use will save time, cost, and patients' effort.

Detailed Description

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The goal is to:

* Estimate and compare the diagnostic performance, including sensitivity, specificity, positive/negative predictive value, and area under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC), of abbreviated protocol liver magnetic resonance (MR) with hepatobiliary phase (HBP) using gadobenate dimeglumine for detecting liver metastases, with 1) abbreviated protocol liver MR with HBP using gadoxetate disodium, 2) standard of care complete protocol liver MR using gadoxetate disodium, and 3) complete protocol liver MR using gadobenate dimeglumine.
* Estimate and compare quantitative measures of HBP images (liver enhancement ratio, lesion contrast to noise and signal to noise ratios \[CNR and SNR\]) for both gadobenate dimeglumine and gadoxetate disodium.
* Qualitatively assess the preference, or lack thereof, of radiologists regarding the images generated by abbreviated protocol liver MR with HBP using gadobenate dimeglumine versus abbreviated protocol liver MR with HBP using gadoxetate disodium.

Conditions

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Oligometastatic Disease Liver Metastases Colorectal Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

This is a prospective study. The subjects will be randomized into two groups. Both groups will undergo two complete protocol liver MRs for known or suspected CRC metastasis, one exam with gadoxetate disodium and the other exam with gadobenate dimeglumine, within an interval of 3-10 days, but in opposite order, determined randomly. From the complete protocol liver MR with both contrast agents, an image set of abbreviated HBP protocol liver MR for each agent will be obtained (Fig.1).Two week-intervals will be placed between the evaluations of different image sets of a patient, and the images will be presented in a different random order to each evaluating radiologist. The schedule of random order of protocol liver MRs and presentation of images to radiologists will be determined by the project biostatistician.
Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
We have attempted to mitigate any potential conflict of interest through randomization of the order of exams and blinding the image evaluators to contrast agents.

Study Groups

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Gadoxetate disodium exam first

The subjects will be randomized into two groups. Both groups will undergo two complete protocol liver MRs for known or suspected CRC metastasis, one exam with gadoxetate disodium and the other exam with gadobenate dimeglumine, within an interval of 3-10 days, but in opposite order, determined randomly.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Gadoxetate disodium

Intervention Type DRUG

Gadoxetate disodium is now mainly used for the purpose of HBP liver MR imaging to save MR scanner time and total examination time.

Gadobenate dimeglumine

Intervention Type DRUG

The most commonly used MR contrast agent in abdominal imaging is gadobenate dimeglumine, which has mainly the characteristics of an extracellular agent used for most indications of MR examinations.

Gadobenate Dimeglumine exam first

The subjects will be randomized into two groups. Both groups will undergo two complete protocol liver MRs for known or suspected CRC metastasis, one exam with gadoxetate disodium and the other exam with gadobenate dimeglumine, within an interval of 3-10 days, but in opposite order, determined randomly.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Gadoxetate disodium

Intervention Type DRUG

Gadoxetate disodium is now mainly used for the purpose of HBP liver MR imaging to save MR scanner time and total examination time.

Gadobenate dimeglumine

Intervention Type DRUG

The most commonly used MR contrast agent in abdominal imaging is gadobenate dimeglumine, which has mainly the characteristics of an extracellular agent used for most indications of MR examinations.

Interventions

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Gadoxetate disodium

Gadoxetate disodium is now mainly used for the purpose of HBP liver MR imaging to save MR scanner time and total examination time.

Intervention Type DRUG

Gadobenate dimeglumine

The most commonly used MR contrast agent in abdominal imaging is gadobenate dimeglumine, which has mainly the characteristics of an extracellular agent used for most indications of MR examinations.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Primovist Eovist MultiHance

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Colorectal cancer patients
* Age 18-80 years
* No prior treatment including surgery
* Prior imaging with suspected liver metastasis

Exclusion Criteria

* Age \< 18 years or \> 80 years
* eGFR \< 30 ml/min/1.73 m2
* Previous reaction to gadolinium contrast agents
* History of claustrophobia or movement disorders likely to impact image quality
* Non-MR safe implants or metallic foreign bodies
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bracco Diagnostics, Inc

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Nikhil Madhuripan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Colorado, Denver

Locations

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University of Colorado Hospital

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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P30CA046934

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

19-1045.cc

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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