This phase II trial studies whether different imaging techniques can provide additional and more accurate information than the usual approach for assessing the activity of tumors in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma. The usual approach for this currently is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This study is trying to learn more about the meaning of changes in MRI scans after treatment, as while the appearance of some of these changes may reflect progressing tumor, some may be due the treatment. Dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC)-MRIs, along with positron emission tomography (PET) and/or magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy, may help doctors tell which changes are a reflection of the treatment and which changes may be due to progressing tumor.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. For each biomarker (dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MR Imaging, fluciclovine F18 \[18F-fluciclovine\] PET, MR spectroscopy), to evaluate whether the biomarker can stratify patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) that have progressive enhancement within 12 weeks post-radiation therapy (XRT) into risk groups based on overall survival. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate whether each biomarker (dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced MR Imaging, 18F-fluciclovine PET, MR spectroscopy) can predict final determination of pseudo-progression (PsP) versus (vs.) true progression on follow-up MR imaging as evaluated by a semi-automated central reading process and by institutional radiologist readings. II. To evaluate whether a prediction model that incorporates multiple biomarkers can discriminate patients with progressive enhancement within 12 weeks post-XRT into high and low risk groups for overall survival. III. To evaluate whether clinical and imaging biomarkers are predictive of overall and progression-free survival in patients who do not show progressive enhancement within 12 weeks post-XRT. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE: I. To determine how different methods of defining PsP vs. true progression on imaging relate to patient survival. OUTLINE: Patients receive a gadolinium-based contrast agent and undergo DSC-MRI scans at 4 and 8 weeks after completion of standard of care (SOC) radiation therapy. Patients with evidence of disease progression then undergo MR spectroscopy or receive fluciclovine F18 intravenously (IV) and undergo PET scan within 12 weeks of SOC radiation therapy completion. After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up every 8 weeks for 1 year followed by every 12 weeks for 5 years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Undergo DSC-MRI
Given IV
Receive gadolinium-based contrast agent
Undergo MR spectroscopy
Undergo PET scan
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center - University Hospital
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
RECRUITINGOverall survival (OS)
Will use a two-sided log-rank test to compare the difference in OS between marker positive and marker negative participants using a significance level of 0.05.
Time frame: From biomarker collection to death due to any cause, assessed up to 6 years
Event free survival (EFS)
NANO progression is defined as a ≥ 2 level worsening from baseline or best level of function in at least one domain or worsening to the highest score within ≥1 domain that is felt to be related to underlying tumor progression and not attributable to a comorbid event or change in concurrent medication. Will be based on the conditional power of a two-sided log-rank test for EFS between marker positive and marker negative participants using a significance level of 0.05.
Time frame: From biomarker collection until progression by Neurological Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (NANO) criteria or death, assessed up to 6 years
True disease progression and pseudo-progression (PsP)
The T3 MRI will be used to determine whether progressive enhancement seen within 12 weeks post-XRT was true progression or PsP.
Time frame: Within 12 weeks post radiation therapy (XRT)
Progression-free survival (PFS)
Time frame: From surgery to the earlier of progression or death due to any cause, assessed up to 6 years
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