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Early changes in glioblastoma metabolism measured by MR spectroscopic imaging during combination of anti-angiogenic cediranib and chemoradiation therapy are associated with survival
Authors: Ovidiu C. Andronesi, Morteza Esmaeili, Ronald J. H. Borra, Kyrre Emblem, Elizabeth R. Gerstner, Marco C. Pinho, Scott R. Plotkin, Andrew S. Chi, April F. Eichler, Jorg Dietrich, S. Percy Ivy, Patrick Y. Wen, Dan G. Duda, Rakesh Jain, Bruce R. Rosen, Gregory A. Sorensen, Tracy T. Batchelor
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Publication year: 2017
Journal: npj Precision Oncology
Journal name in source: NPJ PRECISION ONCOLOGY
Journal acronym: NPJ PRECIS ONCOL
Article number: UNSP 20
Volume: 1
Number of pages: 9
ISSN: 2397-768X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41698-017-0020-3
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/28597979
Precise assessment of treatment response in glioblastoma during combined anti-angiogenic and chemoradiation remains a challenge. In particular, early detection of treatment response by standard anatomical imaging is confounded by pseudo-response or pseudo-progression. Metabolic changes may be more specific for tumor physiology and less confounded by changes in blood-brain barrier permeability. We hypothesize that metabolic changes probed by magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging can stratify patient response early during combination therapy. We performed a prospective longitudinal imaging study in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients enrolled in a phase II clinical trial of the pan-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor inhibitor cediranib in combination with standard fractionated radiation and temozolomide (chemoradiation). Forty patients were imaged weekly during therapy with an imaging protocol that included magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging, perfusion magnetic resonance imaging, and anatomical magnetic resonance imaging. Data were analyzed using receiver operator characteristics, Cox proportional hazards model, and Kaplan-Meier survival plots. We observed that the ratio of total choline to healthy creatine after 1 month of treatment was significantly associated with overall survival, and provided as single parameter: (1) the largest area under curve (0.859) in receiver operator characteristics, (2) the highest hazard ratio (HR = 85.85, P = 0.006) in Cox proportional hazards model, (3) the largest separation (P = 0.004) in Kaplan-Meier survival plots. An inverse correlation was observed between total choline/healthy creatine and cerebral blood flow, but no significant relation to tumor volumetrics was identified. Our results suggest that in vivo metabolic biomarkers obtained by magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging may be an early indicator of response to anti-angiogenic therapy combined with standard chemoradiation in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
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