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Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosing Patients With Kidney Tumors

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Stage II Renal Cell Cancer
Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer
Stage I Renal Cell Cancer
Stage III Renal Cell Cancer
Interventions
Procedure: Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Procedure: Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Procedure: Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Procedure: Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Registration Number
NCT02526511
Lead Sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Brief Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosing patients with kidney tumors. Diagnostic procedures, such as perfusion magnetic resonance imaging, may help find and diagnose kidney tumors and predict and monitor a patient's response to treatment.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To investigate the utility of perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) as a diagnostic biomarker for the prediction of malignant vs. benign organ confined renal masses.

II. To investigate the utility of pMRI as a therapeutic biomarker for monitoring tumor progression in patients undergoing treatment (ablation, surgery, specific systemic treatments such as interleukin 2 (IL-2) or vascular endothelial growth factor \[VEGF\]/vascular endothelial growth factor receptor \[VEGFR\]/mechanistic target of rapamycin \[mTOR\] targeted therapies) or active surveillance for organ confined or metastatic renal tumors.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To investigate the utility of pMRI to predict tumor grade and histologic subtype of organ confined kidney cancers.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE), dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC), or arterial spin labeled (ASL) pMRI within 30 days of biopsy or surgery. Patients with organ confined tumors selected for active surveillance or surgery and patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma undergo follow up pMRI at 1-6 months.

After completion of study, patients are followed up within 48 hours.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients must be able to read, understand, and voluntarily sign an informed consent document
  • For patients with organ confined renal tumors to be enrolled, the renal mass must be >= 1 cm in diameter on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and can be any clinical stage T1a-T4 (non-metastatic); a histologic diagnosis is not required for enrollment; the primary imaging site would be kidney
  • For patients with metastatic renal tumors to be enrolled, a histologic diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma must exist and any burden of disease >= 1 cm by CT or MRI is acceptable; the metastatic sites may be kidney, intra-abdominal (such as liver), brain, bone, or lymph nodes; lung lesions are NOT eligible because of the motion artifact caused by respiration
  • Patients with metastatic disease may have received prior nephrectomy and/or prior systemic therapy (no limit on number); their baseline pMRI would be performed prior to starting a new treatment
  • Negative pregnancy test if female of child-bearing age
  • Able to undergo contrast enhanced MRI
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severe concurrent disease, infection, or medical co-morbidity that, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for enrollment
  • Severe renal function impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] < 45 mL/min/1.73 m^2) would make the patient inappropriate for enrollment due to the increased risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) with higher dose of IV gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCA) administration
  • Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Subjects who are unable to tolerate or are not eligible for MR imaging (claustrophobia, metal implantable devices such as pacemaker, aneurysm clips, etc)
  • Subjects with established allergy to IV GBCA

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Diagnostic (pMRI)Perfusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingPatients undergo DCE, DSC, or ASL pMRI within 30 days of biopsy or surgery. Patients with organ confined tumors selected for active surveillance or surgery and patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma undergo follow up pMRI at 1-6 months.
Diagnostic (pMRI)Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance ImagingPatients undergo DCE, DSC, or ASL pMRI within 30 days of biopsy or surgery. Patients with organ confined tumors selected for active surveillance or surgery and patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma undergo follow up pMRI at 1-6 months.
Diagnostic (pMRI)Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance ImagingPatients undergo DCE, DSC, or ASL pMRI within 30 days of biopsy or surgery. Patients with organ confined tumors selected for active surveillance or surgery and patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma undergo follow up pMRI at 1-6 months.
Diagnostic (pMRI)Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance ImagingPatients undergo DCE, DSC, or ASL pMRI within 30 days of biopsy or surgery. Patients with organ confined tumors selected for active surveillance or surgery and patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma undergo follow up pMRI at 1-6 months.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Progression free survivalUp to 6 months

Kaplan-Meier survival curves will be performed to compare groups of patients to assess progression-free survival.

Specificity of pMRIUp to 6 months

If possible, receiver operating characteristic curves will be created from pMRI data.

Perfusion MRI outputsUp to 6 months

Univariate and multivariate analyses will be performed to look for associations between pMRI outputs and tumor histopathology. The utilization of perfusion MRI as a diagnostic biomarker for tumor grade and histological subtype will be assessed by correlative comparison to histological evaluation by pathology.

Sensitivity of pMRIUp to 6 months

If possible, receiver operating characteristic curves will be created from pMRI data.

Tumor histopathologyUp to 6 months

Univariate and multivariate analyses will be performed to look for associations between pMRI outputs and tumor histopathology. The utilization of perfusion MRI as a diagnostic biomarker for tumor grade and histological subtype will be assessed by correlative comparison to histological evaluation by pathology.

Progression free survival and/or radiographic tumor evaluationUp to 6 months

The utility of pMRI as a therapeutic biomarker for monitoring or predicting treatment response will be assessed by correlative comparison to progression free survival and/or radiographic tumor evaluation by standard of care radiologic imaging modality, such as Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

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New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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