Phase
Condition
Brain Cancer
Cancer
Cancer/tumors
Treatment
RS-fMRI
Clinical Study ID
Ages > 18 All Genders
Study Summary
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
Inclusion Criteria:
Cohort A: histological diagnosis of IDH-mutant astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma, WHOgrade II-IV. IDH-mutation may be either by immunohistochemistry (IHC) ornext-generation sequencing (NGS) as per routine clinical care.
Cohort B: histological diagnosis of IDH-wildtype astrocytoma, WHO grade II-IV.IDH-wildtype status or absence of IDH-mutation may be either by IHC or NGS as perroutine clinical care. The IDH-wildtype patients should have >80% probability to bealive in 6 months, and the online nomogram calculator below may be used to estimatethe 6-month probability: http://cancer4.case.edu/rCalculator/rCalculator.html (Gittleman et al., 2016). The ideal patients are favorable IDH-wildtype astrocytomapatients who are expected to have prolonged survival, such as age ≤ 40 or grade 2-3tumors.
Cohort C: any non-infiltrative benign brain tumor histology, including but notlimited to meningioma, pituitary tumor, schwannoma, craniopharngioma,hemangioblastoma, hemangiopericytoma, pineal tumor, pilocytic astrocytoma, andganglioglioma.
At least 18 years of age.
Karnofsky performance status (KPS) of at least 70%
Eligible for and planning to receive standard fractionated RT, which can be eitherphoton-based or proton beam therapy.
May be part of other clinical trials and can receive chemotherapy or experimentalagents concurrently with or after RT as long as the other clinical trial does notexclude participation in this non-therapeutic study.
Females of childbearing potential (defined as a female who is non-menopausal orsurgically sterilized) must be willing to use an acceptable method of birth control (i.e., hormonal contraceptive, intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide,condom with spermicide, or abstinence) for the duration of the study. Should a womanbecome pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, shemust inform her treating physician immediately.
Able to understand and willing to sign an IRB-approved written informed consentdocument (legally authorized representative permitted).
Exclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
Prior cranial RT or RT to the head and neck where potential field overlap may exist
Gliomatosis, leptomeningeal, or metastatic involvement.
Medical contraindication to MRI (e.g., unsafe foreign metallic implants,incompatible pacemaker, inability to lie still for long periods, severe to end-stagekidney disease or on hemodialysis).
Require anesthesia to undergo MRI (e.g. severe claustrophobia), which wouldinterfere with RS-fMRI acquisition and processing.
Pregnant or breastfeeding.
Non-English speaking, as the cognitive assessments will only be available inEnglish.
Study Design
Connect with a study center
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
United StatesActive - Recruiting
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