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Pilot study for evaluation of MR changes in the hippocampus and neuropsychological performance profiles in proton or photon therapy of brain tumors

Conditions
C71
Malignant neoplasm of brain
Registration Number
DRKS00010470
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Dresden, Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

Supratentorial gliomas grade III (anaplastic glioma)
- Glioblastoma, when the patient can be assigned to EORTC RPA Class III or IV
- ECOG = 2
- Indication for high-dose radiotherapy or radiochemotherapy
- Capacity to consent and written consent of the patient
- German is the dominant language, if multilingualism is present

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients with median survival <12 months: glioblastoma RPA Class V (glioblastoma AND > 50 years old AND only biopsy, no extirpation AND slightly or severely limited cognitive performance)
- Limitation of the expected survival time of <12 months due to other diseases
- Tumors of other histology or location
- Pre-irradiation of the brain
- Tumor recurrence
- Lack of capacity to consent or lack of written consent of the patient
- Inability to MRI planning (eg. contraindications to performing MRI)
- Lack of compliance of the patient
- Lack of or limited possibility of a reproducible storage (eg by severe restriction of mobility of the patient)

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Volumetry of the hippocampus (MRT) in correlation with the neuropsychological performance after 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ocal tumor control rate and acute and late toxicity > grade II after 2 years, analysis using Kaplan-Meier plots<br><br>Correlation with other MR parameters (e.g. Cortex-thickness hippocampal subregions) after 6 months
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