NCT01423734

The Reproducibility Of Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases

Pilot Study To Assess The Reproducibility Of Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging For Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Imaging with CT (Computed Tomography) or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is normally used to see how tumors respond to treatment. If tumors shrink after therapy, doctors continue with the same treatment. On the other hand, growing tumors in a patient can bring about a change in therapy. Unfortunately, it often takes three to six months, or even longer before the investigators see tumors shrink or grow on scans. Doctors are looking for new imaging tools that can look at how tumors respond early on during treatment. This study will help us decide if such an MRI technology called DWI (Diffusion Weighted Imaging) can be used as a helpful imaging tool.

Conditions

• Gastro-enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
• Secondary Malignant Neoplasm of Liver

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)	Each patient will undergo clinical and research MRI examinations. Before any MRI examination, the patient will answer a standard radiology MR department questionnaire form, with specific questions addressing contra-indications to MRI. The questionnaire form will be reviewed by radiology personnel as per standard practice. During the research MRI, the patient will be monitored visually and communication will be maintained between the patient and the MR technologists via a speaker system. At the termination of the study, the patient will be evaluated by the MR department radiology personnel as done routinely. Two breath hold DWI sequences will be performed for each patient. Since this is a reproducibility study, identical scan parameters will be used for the clinical and research MRI. The multiple b value DWI will be performed using the enhanced DW sequence that have been recently made available on our 3.0 Tesla MR 750 scanners at the Breast and Imaging Center.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-23
• Primary completion: 2023-01-19
• Completion: 2023-01-19
• First posted: 2011-08-26
• Last updated: 2023-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States