Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Whole Body, Including Diffusion, in the Medical Evaluation of Breast Cancers at High Risk for Metastasis and the Follow-up of Metastatic Cancers

Metastatic Breastcancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Whole Body, Including Diffusion, in the Medical Evaluation of Breast Cancers at High Risk for Metastasis and the Follow-up of Metastatic Cancers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02966574
• Other study ID #: CHUB-IRM CE
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 13, 2016
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: January 2020
• Source: Brugmann University Hospital
• Contact: Nathalie Hottat, MD
• Phone: 32 2 4754187
• Email: Nathalie.HOTTAT[@]chu-brugmann.be
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Whole-body MRI including diffusion is a booming technique. Numerous studies have demonstrated its interest in metastatic cancers. Breast cancers, especially hormone-sensitive ones, are very osteophilic and bones are the most frequent metastatic site.

Apart from morphological criteria (lesion size and RECIST criteria), MRI provides quantitative functional criteria (diffusion and ADC values). According to a recent study, whole body MRI is as good as PET/CT and more effective than bone scintigraphy for the diagnosis of bone metastases for cancers of breast and prostate with a high metastatic risk.

Therefore, it seems appropriate to study the performance of whole body MRI in the pre-therapeutic assessment of breast cancer with a high risk for metastasis and the monitoring of metastatic breast cancer.

Description:

Whole-body MRI including diffusion is a booming technique. Numerous studies have demonstrated its interest in metastatic cancers.

Breast cancers, especially hormone-sensitive ones, are very osteophilic and bones are the most frequent metastatic site. Other sites include the lungs, liver, pleura, distant lymph nodes, soft tissue and the central nervous system.

Metastasis are located exclusively in the bones in 30% of the cases. The most commonly affected bones include the axial skeleton, rich in hematopoietic bone marrow : column, pelvis, skull, ribs, clavicles, the proximal part of the femur and humerus. Five percent of breast cancers are directly metastatic and 20 to 30% of localized breast cancers progress to metastatic stage. This potentially affects a large number of patients, with a median survival of 30 to 36 months.Patients with bone metastases only have a better survival rate than others: 20% at 5 years. It is therefore important to use a reliable and reproducible examination for the monitoring of treatment response.

Apart from morphological criteria (lesion size and RECIST criteria), MRI provides quantitative functional criteria (diffusion and ADC values). According to a recent study, whole body MRI is as good as PET/CT and more effective than bone scintigraphy for the diagnosis of bone metastases for cancers of breast and prostate with a high metastatic risk. However, this is a preliminary study with a limited and heterogeneous cohort of patients.

Therefore, it seems appropriate to study the performance of whole body MRI in the pre-therapeutic assessment of breast cancer with a high risk for metastasis and the monitoring of metastatic breast cancer.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: December 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Histological diagnosis of breast carcinoma B5

• Axillary lymph node punction C5 or metastatic

• Performance status from 0 to 2.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ferromagnetic metallic foreign bodies (pacemakers, implanted cochlear, neurostimulator, ...)

• Claustrophobia

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Neoplasms
• Metastatic Breastcancer
• Neoplasm Metastasis

Intervention

Device:
• whole body MRI
The examination will be conducted in the pretreatment assessment of breast cancers with a high metastasis risk and in the monitoring of metastatic breast cancers. The examination is performed without intravenous injection of contrast medium, from the top of the skull to mid-thigh using diffusion weighted sequences in the axial plane, T1-weighted sequences in the coronal plane, STIR T2 weighted sequences in the coronal plane and T1-weighted sequences in the sagittal plane on the spine. Total examination duration is one hour. The interpretation of the results is made by two independent reporters with a complementary expertise, according to a systematic lecture grid.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	CHU Brugmann	Brussels

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brugmann University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

References & Publications (6)

Bidard FC, Vincent-Salomon A, Gomme S, Nos C, de Rycke Y, Thiery JP, Sigal-Zafrani B, Mignot L, Sastre-Garau X, Pierga JY; Institut Curie Breast Cancer Study Group. Disseminated tumor cells of breast cancer patients: a strong prognostic factor for distant and local relapse. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;14(11):3306-11. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-4749. — View Citation

Dimopoulos MA, Hillengass J, Usmani S, Zamagni E, Lentzsch S, Davies FE, Raje N, Sezer O, Zweegman S, Shah J, Badros A, Shimizu K, Moreau P, Chim CS, Lahuerta JJ, Hou J, Jurczyszyn A, Goldschmidt H, Sonneveld P, Palumbo A, Ludwig H, Cavo M, Barlogie B, Anderson K, Roodman GD, Rajkumar SV, Durie BG, Terpos E. Role of magnetic resonance imaging in the management of patients with multiple myeloma: a consensus statement. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Feb 20;33(6):657-64. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.9961. Epub 2015 Jan 20. — View Citation

Jambor I, Kuisma A, Ramadan S, Huovinen R, Sandell M, Kajander S, Kemppainen J, Kauppila E, Auren J, Merisaari H, Saunavaara J, Noponen T, Minn H, Aronen HJ, Seppänen M. Prospective evaluation of planar bone scintigraphy, SPECT, SPECT/CT, 18F-NaF PET/CT and whole body 1.5T MRI, including DWI, for the detection of bone metastases in high risk breast and prostate cancer patients: SKELETA clinical trial. Acta Oncol. 2016;55(1):59-67. doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2015.1027411. Epub 2015 Apr 2. — View Citation

Pasoglou V, Michoux N, Peeters F, Larbi A, Tombal B, Selleslagh T, Omoumi P, Vande Berg BC, Lecouvet FE. Whole-body 3D T1-weighted MR imaging in patients with prostate cancer: feasibility and evaluation in screening for metastatic disease. Radiology. 2015 Apr;275(1):155-66. doi: 10.1148/radiol.14141242. Epub 2014 Dec 15. — View Citation

Senkus E, Kyriakides S, Ohno S, Penault-Llorca F, Poortmans P, Rutgers E, Zackrisson S, Cardoso F; ESMO Guidelines Committee. Primary breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Ann Oncol. 2015 Sep;26 Suppl 5:v8-30. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdv298. — View Citation

Woolf DK, Padhani AR, Makris A. Assessing response to treatment of bone metastases from breast cancer: what should be the standard of care? Ann Oncol. 2015 Jun;26(6):1048-57. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu558. Epub 2014 Dec 3. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) (mm2/sec)	Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) expressed in mm2/sec. Magnetic resonance images realised with the Ingenia 3 Tesla Engine (Philips) and the Area 1,5 Tesla Engine (Siemens).Post-processing realized with the Syngo Onco Care application of Siemens.	Once per year for a maximum of 2 years
Primary	Number of cancer lesions		Once per year for a maximum of 2 years
Primary	Exact localisation of cancer lesions	Systematic lecture grid. Possible choices are: Nodes (Axillary, internal mammary, supra and infraclavicular, cervical, mediastinal, hilar, upper abdomen, pelvic, inguinal), Bone (Spine, Scapular Belt, Costal Grill, Pelvic Belt)- Lungs and pleura - Liver (and other viscera)- Soft tissues and skin- Brain and spinal cord- Other	Once per year for a maximum of 2 years