Preoperative Prediction of Microvascular Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

June 22, 2017 updated by: Ming Kuang

Development of a Machine Learning-based Model for Preoperative Prediction of Microvascular Invasion in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Microvascular invasion (MVI) has been well demonstrated as an unfavorable prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and patients with MVI have a high risk of tumor recurrence after curative hepatectomy. Currently, the diagnosis of MVI is determined on the postoperative histologic examination, which greatly limits its influence on preoperative decision making. Therefore, we constructed this prospective study to develop a machine learning-based model for preoperative prediction of MVI by extracting high-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) image features.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Histologically-diagnosed primary HCC after curative hepatectomy. The magnetic resonance image will be imported into the imaging management software (GE healthcare Analysis-Kit software),and the tumor lesions will manually delineated by two independent radiologists and then reconstruct into three-dimensional images for feature extraction. The radiomic textural features including grayscale histogram, transform matrix, wavelet transform and filter transformation are automatically extracted by the Analysis-Kit software.The high-throughput extracted features will be then selected by the univariate analysis, and a prediction model will be developed based on machine learning algorithm in a training set in which patients were collected from a retrospective study. And in the present study, an independent validation set will be collected and used to validate the prediction accuracy of the model.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

40

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

  • China
    • Guangdong
      • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510080
        • Recruiting
        • The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
        • Contact:

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 to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Between June 2017 and July 2017，all patients who will undergo curative resection (R0 resection) at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun YatSen University in Guangzhou, China, for HCC based on the modified WHO classification of tumors of the digestive system, are considered for inclusion. By the eligibility criteria stated below, MVI presentative rate is 30-42% in chinese HCC population as reported, we retrospectively collected about 80 patients for training and an estimated 40 patients will be needed for validation set of this study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Asian patients aged 18～80 years old;
  • HCC without macroscopic vascular invasion according to imaging findings;
  • Child Pugh A-B stage;
  • Receipt of preoperative Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MR imaging of the abdomen within one month before surgery;
  • Histologically-diagnosed primary HCC after curative hepatectomy;

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma;
  • With extra-hepatic metastasis or macrovascular invasion;
  • With incomplete clinical and imaging data;
  • Non-radical resection;

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Preoperative imaging features
In this project, there is only one study group which comprises of patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) who will undergo preoperative Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced magnetic resonance image.
Diagnostic test: Magnetic resonance image
Histologically-diagnosed primary HCC after curative hepatectomy. The magnetic resonance image will be imported into the software ,and the radiomic textural features will be automatically extracted by the Analysis-Kit software.The high-throughput extracted features will be then selected and a prediction model will be developed in the training set in which patients were collected from a retrospective study. In this project, an independent validation set will be collected and used to validate the prediction accuracy of the model.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Presence of microvascular invasion
Time Frame: Through patient enrollment completion ,an average of 2 years
Postoperative histologically confirmed microvascular invasion
Through patient enrollment completion ,an average of 2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Ming Kuang

Investigators

  • Study Director: Ming Kuang, PhD, Department of Liver Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 23, 2017

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

July 31, 2017

Study Completion (Anticipated)

July 31, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 22, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 22, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

June 26, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 26, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 22, 2017

Last Verified

June 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HCC10

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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