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Functional Navigation in Surgery of Cerebral Tumors and Vascular Malformations

Not Applicable
Suspended
Conditions
Arteriovenous Malformations
Tumor, Brain
Cavernoma
Interventions
Device: Functional navigation
Registration Number
NCT05484219
Lead Sponsor
Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Care
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess accuracy, advantages of functional neuronavigation and calculate safe distance from motor areas to brain tumors and vascular malformations in image-guided surgery.

Detailed Description

Functional images (functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), tractography) loaded in neuronavigation are called functional navigation. It is usually combined with anatomical data and allows to display eloquent brain areas. Currently there are plenty of studies concerning possibilities of it's use. In our research we plan to confirm this data and to supplement them with calculating a safe distance from motor areas to various mass lesions in preoperative scans where neurological deficits is not likely to appear after surgery. In case of success this data can be a foundation for further researches specifying indications for use of intraoperative neuromonitoring and possibility of it's replacement with functional navigation in some cases.

The purpose of the study is to assess accuracy, advantages of functional neuronavigation and calculate safe distance from motor areas to brain tumors and vascular malformations in image-guided surgery. For each patient a surgeon intraoperatively will assess locations of motor cortex and corticospinal tract found with direct cortical and subcortical stimulation and capture them. After surgery he will compare this data with functional preoperative scans and virtual motor centers constructed based on tractography. Influence of various factors on precision of functional navigation will be studied and safe distance between motor brain areas and mass lesion borders will be calculated.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
SUSPENDED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • all intracranial tumors
  • arteriovenous malformations
  • cavernous malformations
  • supratentorial localization
  • newly diagnosed
  • age 18-79 years
  • unaltered consciousness
  • error of patient registration in neuronavigation no more than 2 mm
  • possibility to perform "positive mapping" strategy
Exclusion Criteria
  • contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging or transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • inability to build tractography in neuronavigation
  • predicting of intraoperative brain shift 6 mm and more without possibility to correct it
  • real intraoperative brain shift 6 mm and more without possibility to correct it
  • previously performed brain radiotherapy
  • pregnancy
  • breast feeding

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
SurgeryFunctional navigationImage-guided resection of brain tumors and vascular malformations
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Accuracy of location of cortical hand/leg motor area, built according to tractography (in millimeters)Intraoperatively

Maximal distance from the most remote margin of cortical hand/leg motor area, built according to tractography and loaded into navigation, to the nearest margin of this area in direct cortical stimulation

Accuracy of functional navigation (in millimeters)Intraoperatively

Maximal distance from the most remote margin of cortical hand/leg motor area or corticospinal tract in the area of corona radiata in functional navigation to the nearest margin of this area/tract in direct cortical/subcortical stimulation

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Factors, violating precision of fMRI/TMS/tractographyWithin 2 days before surgery

Which factors lead to disappearing, thinning and dislocation of cortical hand/leg motor areas and corticospinal tract in fMRI/TMS/tractography

Motor function (in grades)Within 10 days after surgery

Motor function is assessed in Medical Research Council scale

Safe resection distance in functional navigation (in millimeters)Within 10 days after surgery

This outcome is only measured in patients with no deterioration of motor function after surgery. Safe resection distance = accuracy of functional navigation + distance to stop resection border

Cerebral complicationsFrom admission to intensive care unit after surgery till hospital discharge, up to 365 days

Which cerebral complications arose after surgery

Constancy of location of cortical hand/leg motor area in fMRI/TMS in relation to precentral gyrus (in millimeters)Within 2 days before surgery

Maximal distance from the most remote margin of cortical hand/leg motor area in fMRI/TMS to the nearest margin of precentral gyrus

Distance to stop resection border (in millimeters)Intraoperatively

Minimal distance from the nearest margin of cortical hand/leg motor area or corticospinal tract to the nearest border of resection of tumor/vascular malformation

Extent of resection (in percents)Within 48 hours after surgery

Extent of resection = (preoperative tumor volume - postoperative tumor volume) / preoperative tumor volume x 100

Duration of direct cortical and subcortical mapping (in minutes)Intraoperatively

How long did it take to perform direct cortical and subcortical mapping

Karnofsky performance status (in percents)Within 10 days after surgery

Assessment of patients' possibilities to self-service in Karnofsky Performance Status scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Care

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Moscow, Russian Federation

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