18F-DOPA-PET in Planning Surgery in Patients With Gliomas

Study Purpose

This pilot clinical trial studies fluorine F 18 fluorodopa (18F-DOPA)-positron emission tomography (PET) in planning surgery in patients with gliomas. New imaging procedures, such as 18F-DOPA-PET scan, may help find gliomas and may help in planning surgery.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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No
Study Type

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Interventional
Eligible Ages 7 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- MRI findings compatible with newly diagnosed or recurrent high- or low-grade malignant glioma - Planned craniotomy and resection or biopsy - Willing to sign release of information for any radiation and/or follow-up records - Provide informed written consent if >= 18 years; if < 18 years, provide informed written assent and parent or legal guardian provide informed written consent - Ability to provide tissue for mandatory correlative research component

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unable to undergo MRI scans with contrast (e.g. cardiac pacemaker, defibrillator, kidney failure) - Unable to undergo an 18F-DOPA PET scan (e.g. Parkinson's disease, taking anti-dopaminergic, or dopamine agonist medication or less than 6 half-lives from discontinuance of dopamine agonists; NOTE: other potentially interfering drugs: amoxapine, amphetamine, benztropine, buproprion, buspirone, cocaine, mazindol, methamphetamine, methylphenidate, norephedrine, phentermine, phenylpropanolamine, selegiline, paroxetine, citalopram, and sertraline; if a patient is on any of these drugs, list which ones on the on-study form - Any of the following: - Pregnant women - Nursing women - Men or women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT02020720
Phase

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Early Phase 1
Lead Sponsor

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Mayo Clinic
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Nadia Laack
Principal Investigator Affiliation Mayo Clinic
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other, NIH
Overall Status Active, not recruiting
Countries United States
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Malignant Glioma, Recurrent Brain Neoplasm
Additional Details

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

  • I. Accurately define a standardized 18F-DOPA PET tumor/normal tissue (T/N) threshold to delineate high grade gliomas (HGG) from low grade gliomas (LGG).
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
  • I. Determine correlation between 18F-DOPA PET activity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast enhancement and high- or low-grade glioma biopsies.
  • II. Compare grade from maximum 18F-DOPA uptake samples for all resection patients against the final diagnostic grade, based on the highest grade component from all stereotactic and non-stereotactic samples acquired for open resection patients.
  • III. Compare volume differences between 18F-DOPA PET activity, MRI contrast enhancement, perfusion MRI (pMRI), and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) for neurosurgical planning.
  • IV. Assess the time to progression for patients receiving resections and biopsies only.
TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:
  • I. Compare histopathology correlations with 18F-DOPA PET against correlations with perfusion MR imaging for accurate identification of the highest grade/highest density disease.
  • II. Compare histopathology correlations with 18F-DOPA PET against correlations with diffusion tensor imaging information for accurate identification of tumor extent.
  • III. Compare neurosurgical resection extent volume delineation with and without 18F-FDOPA-PET metabolic imaging information to determine role of metabolic imaging in neurosurgical resection planning.
OUTLINE: Within 1 week of biopsy or resection, patients undergo 18F-DOPA PET/computed tomography (CT) scan and pMRI and DTI at baseline. Patients then undergo stereotactic craniotomy or image-guided biopsy. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up yearly for 5 years.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Diagnostic (18F-DOPA-PET)

Within 1 week of biopsy or resection, patients undergo 18F-DOPA PET/CT scan and pMRI and DTI at baseline. Patients then undergo stereotactic craniotomy or image-guided biopsy.

Interventions

Procedure: - Biopsy

Undergo image-guided biopsy

Procedure: - Computed Tomography

Undergo 18F-DOPA-PET/CT

Procedure: - Diffusion Weighted Imaging

Undergo DTI

Drug: - Fluorine F 18 Fluorodopa

Undergo 18F-DOPA-PET/CT

Other: - Laboratory Biomarker Analysis

Correlative studies

Procedure: - Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Undergo pMRI

Procedure: - Positron Emission Tomography

Undergo 18F-DOPA-PET/CT

Procedure: - Therapeutic Conventional Surgery

Undergo stereotactic craniotomy

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Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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Rochester, Minnesota, 55905

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