NCT00724737

Presurgical Planning With Functional MRI (fMRI) Mapping of Motor Cortex in Patients With Cerebral Tumors

Presurgical Planning With Motion Corrected fMRI Mapping of Motor Cortex in Patients With Cerebral Tumors

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if functional MRI is precise enough to provide information about the location of brain functions in patients who have brain tumors. This might allow physicians to use a non-invasive procedure to assist with brain mapping prior to surgery

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to determine if fMRI is precise enough to be used in preoperative decision making for patients who have brain tumors. Before a patient has brain surgery to have the tumor removed, functional mapping of the brain takes place either intra-operatively or post operatively after a subdural grid implant has been placed. Mapping helps the surgeon determine which areas of the brain are responsible for different important body functions. During this mapping procedure the surgeon determines if they can safely remove all or part of a brain tumor. The investigators are hoping to show that fMRI is just as accurate in mapping out different areas of the brain, without having to utilize an invasive form of brain mapping.

Conditions

• Brain Tumors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Presurgical MRI	People who are scheduled to have brain surgery with undergo a fMRI of the brain before surgery. This is a "functional" scan, meaning that subjects will be asked to perform tasks (such as finger tapping or picture identification) during the MRI scan.
PROCEDURE	functional MRI (fMRI) of the brain	Healthy subjects will be undergo a brain fMRI of the brain. fMRI is a "functional" scan, meaning that subjects will be asked to perform tasks (such as finger tapping or picture identification) during the MRI scan.

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-07-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2008-07-29
• Last updated: 2017-05-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States