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Brain and Central Nervous System TumorsPhase 2NCT00274755

Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging in Evaluating Patients Who Are Undergoing Treatment for Gliomas

A Phase 2 study testing chemotherapy, conventional surgery and magnetic resonance imaging in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), (done before, during, and after treatment) may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
What is being tested?
chemotherapy, conventional surgery and magnetic resonance imaging
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
250 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Nov 2003to Apr 2007
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed supratentorial glioma
  • Grade II-IV disease
  • Previously untreated disease
  • Eligible for surgical resection and/or chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy
  • Tumor accessible by magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Karnofsky performance status 60-100%
  • Life expectancy ≥ 8 weeks
  • Not pregnant
  • No contraindication for magnetic resonance examinations, including any of the following:
  • Cardiac pacemaker or fibrillator
  • Aneurysm clip
  • Insulin or infusion pump
  • Any implant held in place by a magnet
  • Metal contamination anywhere in the body

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No prior chemotherapy
  • No prior radiotherapy
  • No prior treatment for the malignancy

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    San Francisco, California, 94115

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About this study

Official title: Improved Characterization of Brain Tumors By MRI and MRS

RATIONALE: Diagnostic procedures, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), (done before, during, and after treatment) may help doctors predict a patient's response to treatment and help plan the best treatment.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well MRI and MRSI evaluate patients who are undergoing treatment for gliomas.

Read the detailed description

OBJECTIVES:

  • Determine the magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) characteristics of patients who are undergoing treatment for supratentorial glioma.
  • Determine the survival of patients who undergo magnetic resonance imaging and MRSI.
  • Determine the clinical outcome of patients who undergo these imaging procedures.
  • Correlate measures of metabolic tumor burden (i.e., CNI, CCCrI, CrNI, and LLI) with survival and clinical outcome in patients who undergo these imaging procedures.
  • Determine the time to clinical progression in patients who undergo these imaging procedures.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups based on grade of disease.

  • Group 1 (patients with grade II glioma): Patients undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI). Patients then receive chemotherapy. Patients undergo repeat MRI/MRSI after courses 2 and 4 of chemotherapy.
  • Group 2 (patients with grade III-IV glioma): Patients undergo MRI/MRSI and then undergo surgical resection of the tumor. Patients then receive chemoradiotherapy. Patients undergo repeat MRI/MRSI within 2 weeks and at 2 months after completion of radiotherapy.

Patients are followed for recurrence, disease progression, and survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 250 patients will be accrued for this study.

Being tested
chemotherapy, conventional surgery, magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, radiation therapy
Keywords
adult anaplastic astrocytoma, adult diffuse astrocytoma, adult glioblastoma, adult giant cell glioblastoma, adult gliosarcoma, adult pilocytic astrocytoma, adult anaplastic ependymoma, adult ependymoma, adult myxopapillary ependymoma, adult subependymoma, adult anaplastic oligodendroglioma, adult oligodendroglioma, adult mixed glioma
Medical subject headings
Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma, Gliosarcoma, Ependymoma, Glioma, Subependymal, Oligodendroglioma, Glioma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • chemotherapyDrug

  • conventional surgeryProcedure or surgery

  • magnetic resonance imagingProcedure or surgery

  • magnetic resonance spectroscopic imagingProcedure or surgery

  • radiation therapyRadiation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Survival

  2. Time to clinical progression

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Jan 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2003
  3. Primary completionApr 2007

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
250 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00274755
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000441015
Other IDs
UCSF-05106
Status last verified
May 2014
First submitted
10 Jan 2006
Last updated
20 May 2014
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing chemotherapy, conventional surgery and magnetic resonance imaging in people with Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 May 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Survival. The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 May 2014.

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