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Whole-Body MRI and Conventional Imaging in Detecting Distant Metastases in Young Patients With Solid Tumors or Lymphoma

Not Applicable
Conditions
Lymphoma
Neuroblastoma
Sarcoma
Registration Number
NCT00072488
Lead Sponsor
American College of Radiology Imaging Network
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: New imaging procedures, such as whole-body MRI, may improve the ability to detect metastatic cancer and determine the extent of disease.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying whole-body MRI to see how well it works compared to standard imaging procedures in detecting distant metastases in patients with solid tumors or lymphoma.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Compare non-inferior diagnostic performance of whole-body MRI (i.e., combination of turbo short-tau inversion-recovery (STIR) and out-of-phase imaging) vs conventional imaging (i.e., the combination of chest CT scan, scintigraphy \[bone, gallium, meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), or optional fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)\] and abdominal/pelvic CT scan/MRI as indicated) for detecting distant metastases for use in staging common tumors in pediatric patients.

Secondary

* Determine the incremental benefit of adding out-of-phase T1-weighted gradient-recalled echo imaging to turbo STIR for detecting distant disease in these patients.

* Determine, preliminarily, the relative accuracies of FDG-PET, whole-body MRI, and a combination of FDG-PET and whole-body MRI in detecting stage IV disease in these patients.

* Determine the effects of multiple factors, including cancer type, site of primary tumor, and patient age, on diagnostic accuracy of whole-body MRI in these patients.

* Determine the interobserver variability associated with interpreting whole-body MRI exams for detecting distant metastases in these patients.

OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.

Patients undergo conventional MRI, CT scan, and/or scintigraphy (e.g., bone, meta-iodobenzylguanidine \[MIBG\], or gallium) and experimental whole-body MRI sequences. Patients may optionally undergo fludeoxyglucose F18 positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).

Patients with a lesion (or lesions) detected on whole-body MRI or FDG-PET at initial staging that are not confirmed by biopsy or other conventional imaging studies at staging repeat standard imaging at 3- to 6-month follow-up.

Patients with an abnormality that is considered highly suspicious for a metastasis or when biopsy proof of that metastasis is obtained receive treatment at the discretion of the treating physician.

Patients are followed annually for 3 years.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 226 patients (45 with neuroblastoma, 54 with rhabdomyosarcoma, 27 with other sarcoma, and 100 with lymphoma) will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
226
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (21)

UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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San Francisco, California, United States

Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

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Aurora, Colorado, United States

Nemours Children's Clinic

🇺🇸

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center - Miami

🇺🇸

Miami, Florida, United States

AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston Campus

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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Children's Memorial Hospital - Chicago

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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Riley's Children Cancer Center at Riley Hospital for Children

🇺🇸

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa

🇺🇸

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Massachusetts General Hospital

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University Medical Center

🇺🇸

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States

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