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Fluorocholine PET/MR in Breast Cancer
Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Summary
Objectives: Our study is conducted to use the pre-treatment Fluorocholine (FCH) Positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance (PET/MR) imaging in breast cancer patients, to investigate whether the conventional PET/MR imaging markers (maximum standardized uptake value \[SUVmax\], MR spectroscopy-derived choline analysis, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, apparent diffusion coefficient \[ADC\] analysis), and FCH PET/MR radiomic features, deep learning (DL) analysis are associated with molecular subtypes, clinical outcomes, treatment response, survival, and which parameters are more accurate for predictive purposes. Primary study purposes: -To investigate whether the pre-treatment FCH PET/MR imaging parameters are associated with molecular subtypes of breast cancers, and to evaluate the diagnostic performance for predictive purposes. Secondary study purposes: -To investigate whether the pre-treatment FCH PET/MR imaging parameters are associated with the factors related to clinical outcomes (histologic grade, prognosis) and to analyze which parameters are more accurate for predictive purposes. Test drug: Name: 18F- Fluorocholine (18F-FCH) Dosage form: N-(\[18F\]fluoromethyl)-2-hydroxy-N,N-dimethylethan-1-aminium Strength: 3-5 MBq/kg per patient (5-6 mCi/mL at time of injection (TOI)) Dosage and administration: Intravenous injection.fluoromethyl Selection criteria: 1. Women aged 25-75 years old. 2. Women diagnosed with breast cancer by pathological diagnosis from a core biopsy within 3 months and who will receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) before surgery; or women with pathologically proven breast cancer within 3 months and who will receive operation (without pre-operative neoadjuvant chemotherapy). 3. Women whose Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-2 and life expectancy at least 3 months.
Official title: Use of Imaging Markers by Fluorocholine PET/MR to Predict Molecular Subtypes and Clinical Outcomes of Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
25 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
195
Start Date
2022-06-14
Completion Date
2028-07-31
Last Updated
2026-07-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
PET-MRI (PET/MR)
1. The study participants will receive pre-treatment whole-body PET/MR and breast PET/MR examinations. 2. The whole-body PET/MR. 3. PET/MR of the breast. 4. The whole-body FDG PET/MR, and the breast FCH PET/MR will be performed on different days (interval at least 2 days). 5. The study results will be interpreted by board certified diagnostic radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians, and relayed to the patient's physicians for reference of clinical management.
Locations (1)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan