Borderzone Sampling (BZS)

May 13, 2013 updated by: Maastricht University Medical Center

Does Borderzone Contrast Enhancement on Intraoperative MRI During High Grade Glioma Resection Correlate With Residual Tumor?

On regular (diagnostic) MRI images brain tumors can show "contrast enhancement": uptake of an intravenously administered contrast agent can cause an enhancement pattern that is seen as a white area on a frequently used MRI protocol ("T1 weighted imaging"). High grade gliomas are a common brain tumor that share this enhancement pattern. The goal of surgery is to resect this contrast enhancing part without causing additional neurological damage. Intraoperative MRI (iMRI) is a helpful tool in achieving this goal, because it can provide updated images during resection and correct for deformations that occur in the brain during surgery. These deformations make preoperative images that are used for standard neuronavigation systems less reliable. However, due to manipulations during surgery, the contrast uptake during surgery may differ from contrast uptake in diagnostic MRI. This study aims to relate contrast enhancement on iMRI and tumor characteristics on tissue samples from the tumor. When the neurosurgeon considers the resection of the high grade glioma to be complete, an iMRI scan will be made, and tissue sampling will be performed on the borderzones of the tumor or tumor resection cavity respectively. This will provide insight in the relation between contrast enhancement on iMRI and the presence of tumor tissue. Such knowledge is important to improve effectiveness and safety of iMRI guided brain tumor resection.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

10

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Netherlands
    • Limburg
      • Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands, 6202 AZ
        • Maastricht University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • supratentorial brain tumor, on contrast enhanced MRI suspect for a high grade glioma
  • indication for resection of the tumor
  • age ≥ 18 years
  • WHO Performance Scale ≤ 2
  • ASA class ≤ 3
  • good knowledge of the Dutch language
  • informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • recurrent tumor
  • multiple tumor localizations
  • prior radiotherapy on the skull
  • prior chemotherapy

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: PoleStar N20 intraoperative MRI
Device: PoleStar N20 intraoperative MRI
low field strength mobile intraoperative MRI system (0,15 Tesla) with local Faraday shielding (using the StarShield system)
Other Names:
  • manufactured by Odin Medical Technologies (Yokneam, Israel), incorporated in Medtronic Navigation (Louisville, CO; USA)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The relation between the shape and size of contrast enhancement on intraoperative MRI at the resection cavity border, and the presence of residual tumor tissue.
Time Frame: after surgery, and after 1 year for additional immunochemistry
after surgery, and after 1 year for additional immunochemistry

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The relation between possible contrast enhancement and contrast enhancing tissue volume on the last intraoperative MRI scan and the early diagnostic MRI scan
Time Frame: within 72 hours after surgery
within 72 hours after surgery
Postoperative clinical condition (WHO Performance Scale)
Time Frame: 1 week after surgery
1 week after surgery
Survival (Kaplan Meier)
Time Frame: after 4 years
after 4 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Maastricht University Medical Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Pieter L Kubben, MD, Maastricht University Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 27, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

October 28, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

May 14, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 13, 2013

Last Verified

May 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MEC 07-2-039
  • ABR-17679

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