The purpose of this study is to learn about possible changes in brain anatomy and in thinking abilities, such as memory skills, in patients with cancer who receive treatment with chemotherapy alone or in combination with total body radiation before undergoing stem cell transplantation.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
66
Patients will undergo a brain MRI study and a brief neuropsychological evaluation, at the time of enrollment for controls and prior to undergoing the conditioning treatment required for the stem cell transplant for patients. A follow-up MRI and cognitive evaluation will be performed approximately 12 months after the transplant for patients.
Pt will undergo a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study of the brain and a brief neuropsychological evaluation, at the time of enrollment for healthy controls and prior to undergoing the conditioning treatment required for the stem cell transplant for patients (Baseline/Time 1).
A brain MRI study and a brief neuropsychological evaluation will be performed at baseline (Time 1). A follow-up MRI and cognitive evaluation will be performed and about 12 months after the baseline for healthy controls
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York, United States
assess changes in hippocampal volume & white matter integrity prospectively in adult ca pts who get treatment w/i chemotherapy alone or in combination with total body irradiation (TBI) before undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Time frame: conclusion of the study
assess memory and executive functions prospectively in these patients. We will investigate whether there is an association between structural brain changes and cognitive performance.
Time frame: conclusion of the study
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