Feasibility of FMISO in Brain Tumors

March 20, 2025 updated by: Ramon Barajas, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Feasibility of [¹⁸F]-Fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) in Assessment of Malignant Brain Tumors

This phase II trial studies how well ¹⁸F- fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) works with positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in assessing participants with malignant (cancerous) brain tumors. FMISO provides information about the oxygen levels in a tumor, which may affect how the tumor behaves. PET/MRI imaging produces images of the brain and how the body functions. FMISO PET/MRI may help investigators see how much oxygen is getting in the brain tumors.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Recruiting

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Determine the feasibility of obtaining ¹⁸F- fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) PET (hypoxic volume and tumor to blood background values [T/B]) and dynamic susceptibility contrast enhanced (DSC) & diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) MRI measures in patients with intracranial brain tumors.

II. Determine if MRI contrast-enhancement and hypoxic volume are imaging profiles of glioblastoma immunotherapy-mediated pseudoprogression or true progression in a clinical trial.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Determine the feasibility of baseline and follow-up FMISO PET and MR imaging co-registration.

TERTIARY OBJECTIVE:

I. Determine the reproducibility of the baseline FMISO PET imaging metrics as assessed by baseline "test" and "retest" experiments.

OUTLINE:

Participants receive FMISO intravenously (IV). Participants also undergo dynamic PET/computed tomography (CT) or PET/MRI over 120 minutes beginning 1 minute prior to FMISO injection, and static PET/CT or PET/MRI over 20-40 minutes approximately 90 minutes after FMISO injection. Participants then undergo a retest examination within 7 days. Participants may undergo 2 more PET/MRI or PET/CT scans no sooner than every 4 weeks. Supplemental oxygen may be administered to effect MRI signal.

After conclusion of the diagnostic tests, participants are followed for up to 5 years.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

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50

Phase

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
        • Recruiting
        • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ramon Barajas
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult patients (greater than 18 years of age) with a known or suspected intracranial tumor.
  • Able to provide informed written consent and/or acceptable surrogate capable of providing consent on the patient's behalf.
  • Legally authorized representative (LAR)-signed informed consent and assent obtained for those subjects identified as decisionally impaired
  • Intracranial lesion known or suspected to be neoplastic greater than 10 mL as assessed by T2/fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR imaging.
  • Karnofsky performance score > 60 or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) < 3 as assessed by referring clinician.
  • Planning to undergo or previously received therapeutic intervention for the intracranial tumor.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant or breast feeding.

  • Contraindication to PET, MRI, FMISO, or intravenous gadolinium based contrast agents.

    • Claustrophobia.
    • Weight greater than modality maximum capacity.
    • Presence of metallic foreign body or implanted medical devices in body not documented as MRI safe according to the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Department of Radiology guidelines (including but not limited to cardiac pacemaker, aneurysm clips, surgical clips, prostheses, artificial hearts, valves with steel parts, metal fragments, shrapnel, tattoos near the eye, or steel implants).
    • Sickle cell disease.
    • Reduced renal function, as determined by glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 45 mL/min/1.73 m^2 based on a serum creatinine level obtained per OHSU Department of Radiology and Advanced Imaging Research Center (AIRC) clinical criteria.
    • History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to FMISO. An allergic reaction to nitroimidazoles is highly unlikely.
    • Unsure of pregnancy status as assessed by Department of Radiology and AIRC guidelines.
    • Subjects for whom supplemental oxygen could be harmful such as people with potential for hypoventilation (end-stage COPD, OSA on CPAP/Bi-PAP, etc).
    • Subjects with a relative contraindication to supplemental oxygen administration will not be provided oxygen but may still participate in the study.
  • Presence of any other co-existing condition that, in the judgment of the principal investigator, might increase the risk to the subject (i.e., plans for hospice or end of life care).
  • Poor peripheral intravenous access evaluated by patient history.
  • Presence of other serious systemic illnesses, including: uncontrolled infection, other uncontrolled malignancy, uncontrolled diabetes type II, or psychiatric/social situations which might impact the endpoint of the study or limit compliance with study requirements.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Diagnostic (FMISO, PET/MRI or PET/CT)
Participants receive FMISO intravenously (IV). Participants also undergo dynamic PET/computed tomography (CT) or PET/MRI over 120 minutes beginning 1 minute prior to FMISO injection, and static PET/CT or PET/MRI over 20-40 minutes approximately 90 minutes after FMISO injection. Participants then undergo a retest examination within 7 days. Participants may undergo 2 more PET/MRI or PET/CT scans no sooner than every 4 weeks. Supplemental oxygen may be administered to effect MRI signal.
Procedure: Computed Tomography
Undergo PET/CT
Other Names:
  • CT
  • CAT
  • CAT Scan
  • Computerized Axial Tomography
  • Computerized Tomography
  • CT Scan
  • tomography
  • Computerized Tomography (CT) scan
Procedure: Positron Emission Tomography
Undergo PET/MRI
Other Names:
  • Medical Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography
  • PET
  • PET Scan
  • Positron Emission Tomography Scan
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging
Drug: ¹⁸F-Fluoromisonidazole
Given IV
Other Names:
  • FMISO
  • ¹⁸F-MISO
  • ¹⁸F-Misonidazole
Procedure: Oxygen Therapy
Receive supplemental oxygen
Other Names:
  • supplemental oxygen therapy
Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Undergo PET/MRI or PET/CT
Other Names:
  • MRI
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan
  • Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • MR Imaging
  • MRI Scan
  • NMR Imaging
  • NMRI
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (procedure)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
MRI contrast enhancement
Time Frame: Up to 5 years
Measured by Response assessment in neuro-oncology criteria sum product diameter assessment. The primary outcomes for this aim are enhancement mismatch ratio and hypoxic volume. Differences in imaging metrics will be evaluated using two sample t-test. If normal assumption is not satisfied, data transformation, or 95% confidence intervals based on bootstrapping method will be used. Exploratory analysis will assess diagnostic performance of imaging metrics (mismatch ratio and hypoxic volume) to identify pseudoprogression at earlier imaging dates.
Up to 5 years
Macro-imaging level feasibility
Time Frame: One day of diagnostic imaging
Assessed as a factor of generating quantitative positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) metrics (intra-tumoral FMISO tumor to blood [T/B] level, hypoxic volume, dynamic susceptibility contrast enhanced [DSC], and diffusion-weighted imaging [DWI] values, and tissue oxygen maps). Images generated during the administration of oxygen will be used to generate tissue oxygen maps of the brain. Following completion of cohort enrollment, the generation of each quantitative PET/MRI metric will be independently scored as a dichotomous variable; successful or non-successful. Proportional assessment will be performed to assess for project feasibility. The successful generation of PET/MRI metrics in 85% of the initial cohort successfully imaged will need to be achieved for the imaging modality to be deemed feasible for this study. The estimated proportion of success rate for each metric along with the corresponding 95% binomial confidence interval will be provided.
One day of diagnostic imaging

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Technical feasibility of PET/MRI
Time Frame: Baseline to the start of long-term follow-up (up to 5 years)
The generation of co-registered imaging data sets will be independently scored as a dichotomous variable; successful or non-successful (< 10mm versus [vs.] > 10mm alignment error). Proportional assessment will be performed to assess for project feasibility. The estimated proportion along with the corresponding 95% binomial confidence interval will be provided.
Baseline to the start of long-term follow-up (up to 5 years)

Other Outcome Measures

Other Outcome Measures

For clinical trials, a planned measurement described in the protocol that is used to determine the effect of an intervention/treatment on participants. For observational studies, a measurement or observation that is used to describe patterns of diseases or traits, or associations with exposures, risk factors, or treatment. Types of outcome measures include primary outcome measure and secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Tumor regions
Time Frame: Baseline to the start of long-term follow-up (up to 5 years)
A Wilcoxon signed rank test will be used to test the hypothesis that ¹⁸F-Fluoromisonidazole (FMISO) values observed within the T2/fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) hyperintense region of the tumor following therapy will undergo a statistically significant change when compared to baseline pre-therapeutic values.
Baseline to the start of long-term follow-up (up to 5 years)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Collaborators

Collaborators

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Oregon Health and Science University
Weill Cornell University

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Ramon Barajas, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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June 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

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January 31, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

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January 31, 2030

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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August 6, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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August 25, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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August 28, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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March 20, 2025

Last Verified

Last Verified

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March 1, 2025

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  • STUDY00016043 (Other Identifier: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute)
  • K08CA237809 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
  • NCI-2018-01479 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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