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Serial Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Prediction of Radiation-Induced Changes in Normal Tissue of Patients with Oral Cavity or Skull Base Tumors

Phase 4
Recruiting
Conditions
Osteoradionecrosis
Malignant Oral Cavity Neoplasm
Malignant Skull Base Neoplasm
Interventions
Other: Contrast Agent
Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Registration Number
NCT04265430
Lead Sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Brief Summary

This phase IV trial studies how well serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after radiation therapy works in predicting radiation-induced changes in the normal tissue of patients with oral cavity or skull base tumors. Performing MRIs after radiation therapy for patients with oral cavity or skull base tumors may help to predict osteoradionecrosis (a change in non-cancerous tissue).

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Demonstrate the feasibility of serial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging biomarkers for assessment of early, intermediate, and late radiotherapy-attributable physiologic alteration of tumor and normal tissues and the kinetics thereof.

II. Develop MR-biomarker inclusive predictive models for development of radiotherapy-attributable normal tissue injury.

III. Define dose-response relationships between imaging biomarkers and subsequent radiation-induced effects.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 cohorts.

COHORT I: Patients may receive a contrast agent intravenously (IV) and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, 3-5 weeks after starting standard of care radiation therapy, and then at 2 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 3 years after completing radiation therapy.

COHORT II: Patients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, and at 5-10 weeks and 12 months after standard of care surgery.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
425
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with histologically proven malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity and skull base
  • Patients whom, currently or previously, dispositioned to treatment with radiotherapy
  • Patients with good performance status (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group [ECOG] score 0-2)
  • Patients willing to give written informed consent
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients unable to tolerate diffusion weighted (DW)-MRI or dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI or having an estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) < 60 ml/min/1.73m^2
  • Patients with contraindication to MRI (e.g. non-MRI compatible metallic implants)
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Cohort I (MRI after radiation therapy)Questionnaire AdministrationPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, 3-5 weeks after starting standard of care radiation therapy, and then at 2 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 3 years after completing radiation therapy.
Cohort II (MRI after surgery)Contrast AgentPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, and at 5-10 weeks and 12 months after standard of care surgery.
Cohort I (MRI after radiation therapy)Contrast AgentPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, 3-5 weeks after starting standard of care radiation therapy, and then at 2 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 3 years after completing radiation therapy.
Cohort II (MRI after surgery)Questionnaire AdministrationPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, and at 5-10 weeks and 12 months after standard of care surgery.
Cohort I (MRI after radiation therapy)Magnetic Resonance ImagingPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, 3-5 weeks after starting standard of care radiation therapy, and then at 2 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 3 years after completing radiation therapy.
Cohort I (MRI after radiation therapy)Quality-of-Life AssessmentPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, 3-5 weeks after starting standard of care radiation therapy, and then at 2 months, 6 months, 12 months, and 3 years after completing radiation therapy.
Cohort II (MRI after surgery)Magnetic Resonance ImagingPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, and at 5-10 weeks and 12 months after standard of care surgery.
Cohort II (MRI after surgery)Quality-of-Life AssessmentPatients may receive a contrast agent IV and then undergo an MRI over 45-60 minutes at baseline, and at 5-10 weeks and 12 months after standard of care surgery.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Dose-response correlation between imaging biomarkersUp to 1 year

Penalized spline mixed regression will be used to characterize the induced functional relationships between the delivered dose and imaging biomarkers identified at each imaging time point. Doses for which 95% confidence interval estimates of mean trajectory fail to overlap will characterize ranges that yield significantly different levels of dose-dependent modulation.

Radiotherapy-attributable imaging for normal tissue injuryUp to 1 year

Will correlate whether post-therapy alterations in the observed multi-parametric imaging features can be used as surrogate bio-markers of normal tissue injury

Dose-response correlation between subsequent radiation-induced effectsUp to 1 year

Penalized spline mixed regression will be used to characterize the induced functional relationships between the delivered dose and imaging biomarkers identified at each imaging time point. Doses for which 95% confidence interval estimates of mean trajectory fail to overlap will characterize ranges that yield significantly different levels of dosedependent modulation

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

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Houston, Texas, United States

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