iMRI Guided Resection in Cerebral Glioma Surgery

Last updated: October 16, 2021
Sponsor: Huashan Hospital
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Brain Cancer

Neurofibromatosis

Cancer/tumors

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT01479686
XBR2011022
  • Ages 18-70
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Many clinical studies have been reported on iMRI, however, their evidence levels are relatively not as good as what people hope they will be. Based on the available literature, there is, at best, level 2 evidence that iMRI-guided surgery is more effective than conventional neuronavigation-guided surgery.

The investigators aim to do a single center prospective randomized triple-blind controlled clinical trial to assess the effect of 3.0T high-field intraoperative MRI-guided glioma resection on surgical efficiency and progression-free survival of malignant glioma to provide a level 2A evidence for its clinical application.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Individuals aged 18-70 years with highly suspected (as assessed by study surgeon),newly diagnosed, untreated malignant glioma (see appendix 1)
  2. Individuals with supratentorial gliomas with bodies involving in frontal lobe,temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe or insular lobe
  3. Individuals with the preoperative assessment that radiological radicality should beachieved
  4. Individuals either with or without tumor in eloquent areas (see appendix 2)
  5. Karnofsky performance scale 70 or more
  6. All patients gave written informed consent. Appendix 1. Histological types（WHO 2007）:
  7. Astrocytic tumours:Pilomyxoid astrocytoma 9425/3 Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma 9424/3Diffuse astrocytoma 9400/3 Fibrillary astrocytoma 9420/3 Gemistocytic astrocytoma 9411/3 Protoplasmic astrocytoma 9410/3 Anaplastic astrocytoma 9401/3 Glioblastoma 9440/3 Giant cell glioblastoma 9441/3 Gliosarcoma 9442/3
  8. Oligodendroglial tumours:Oligodendroglioma 9450/3 Anaplastic oligodendroglioma 9451/3
  9. Oligoastrocytic tumours:Oligoastrocytoma 9382/3 Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma 9382/3
  10. Ependymal tumours:Ependymoma 9391/3 Cellular 9391/3 Papillary 9393/3 Clear cell 9391/3Tanycytic 9391/3 Anaplastic ependymoma 9392/3 Morphology code of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology (ICD-O) {614A}and the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (http://snomen.org). Behaviour is coded /0for benign tumours, /3 for malignant tumours and /1 for borderline or uncertain behaviour. Tumor grade: grade II~IV according to the latest WHO grading criteria; Appendix 2. Tumor location in eloquent areas: located in or close to areas of the dominant-hemisphere that associated with motor orlanguage functions, including:
  11. Frontal lobe, which divided into inferior frontal gyrus (BA44-Pars opercularis,BA45-Pars triangularis/Broca's area), middle frontal gyrus (BA9, BA46), superiorfrontal gyrus (BA4, BA6, BA8), primary motor cortex (BA4), premotor cortex (BA6), andsupplementary motor area (BA6)
  12. Parietal lobe, which divided into inferior parietal lobule (BA40-supramarginal gyrus,BA39-angular gyrus), parietal operculum (BA43), and primary somatosensory cortex (BA1,BA2, BA3)
  13. Temporal lobe, which divided into transverse temporal gyrus (BA41, BA42), superiortemporal gyrus (BA38, BA22/Wernicke's area), middle temporal gyrus (BA21)
  14. Insular lobe.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Individuals with age < 18 years or > 70 years
  2. Tumours of the midline, basal ganglia, cerebellum, or brain stem
  3. Recurrent gliomas after surgery (except needle biopsy)
  4. Primary gliomas with history of radiotherapy or chemotherapy
  5. Contraindications precluding intraoperative MRI-guided surgery
  6. Inability to give informed consent
  7. KPS < 70
  8. Renal insufficiency or hepatic insufficiency
  9. History of malignant tumours at any body site
  10. Tumour locations (in important eloquent area) do not enable complete resection oftumour.

Study Design

Total Participants: 321
Study Start date:
September 01, 2011
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2021

Study Description

Since the first introduction of the GE Signa System by the Brigham and Women's Hospital as the world's first intraoperative MRI in 1993, iMRI has been so increasingly applied that it has been one of the most important techniques and concepts in the field of neurosurgery. Many clinical studies have been reported on this respect, however, their evidence levels are relatively not as good as what people hope they will be.Based on the available literature, there is, at best, level 2B evidence that iMRI-guided surgery is more effective than conventional neuronavigation-guided surgery.

Rationale: Intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided intracranial surgery, one of whose most frequently reported indications is cerebral glioma surgery, may help update images for navigational systems, providing data on the extent of resection and localization of tumor remnants, and thereby enable intraoperative reliable immediate resection control to eliminate the effect of brain shift on the extent of resection. Intraoperative MRI systems can be divided into low-field intraoperative MRI(0.5T or less) and high-field intraoperative MRI (1.5T or more) according to their various field strengths. The latter enables intraoperative imaging at higher quality and more available imaging modalities but with more cost and equipment requirements.

Purpose: We aim to do a single center prospective randomized triple-blind controlled clinical trial to assess the effect of 3.0T high-field intraoperative MRI-guided glioma resection on surgical efficiency and progression-free survival of malignant glioma. We hypothesize that the use of high-field intraoperative MRI will enable more complete tumor resection than conventional neuronavigation-guided resection,reducing the morbidity and leading to more improved progression-free survival and quality of life in patients with malignant glioma.

Connect with a study center

  • Department of Neurologic Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University

    Shanghai, Shanghai 200040
    China

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