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WithdrawnNCT05059717Updated Nov 13, 2023

An Investigational Scan (MR DENSE) in Detecting Early Chemotherapy-Related Liver Injury Before Surgery in Patients With Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

An interventional study of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Colorectal Carcinoma Metastatic in the Liver, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Withdrawn. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-11-13.

Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Why this study was withdrawn
Overall Recruitment Status Withdrawn no participants

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled Jul 2018, registered Sep 2021).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
0
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This trial studies how well a magnetic resonance imaging technique called Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echo (DENSE) works in detecting chemotherapy-related liver injury in patients with colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver and can be removed by surgery. Researchers want to learn if the DENSE technique improves the standard MRI method.

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. This is an exploratory study to collect Magnetic Resonance Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echo (MR DENSE) imaging data of patients treated with chemotherapy prior to resection of metastases to explore its utility in detecting sinusoidal liver injury.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. Estimate sensitivity of MR DENSE (determine degree of 2 dimensional [2D] vector displacement with cardiac cycle and variability of measurements with cardiac ventricle contraction).

II. Determine detection of sinusoidal injury (sinusoidal fibrosis, necrosis of pericentral hepatocytes, narrowing and fibrosis of central veins) on biopsy with non-alignment of 2D point vectors (horizontal and vertical direction) from neighboring/immediate adjacent points on MR DENSE imaging.

III. Determine correlation of intra-operative surgical scores (liver color and texture) with non-alignment of 2D point vectors (horizontal and vertical direction) from neighboring/immediate adjacent points on MR DENSE imaging.

OUTLINE:

Patients undergo standard of care magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and then undergo an MRI of the liver using MR DENSE imaging sequences over 60-90 minutes. Healthy volunteers undergo MRI of the liver using DENSE imaging sequences.

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Conditions studied

  • Colorectal Carcinoma Metastatic in the Liver
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In context

Colorectal Neoplasms

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Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 2,999 studies on the registry; 581 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and scheduled for hepatectomy, per standard of care at our institution, and meet criteria for hepatectomy.
  • No contraindications to MRI (such implanted ferromagnetic or pump devices, metallic fragments in eye), as indicated on our departmental MRI screening form.
  • Patient who is able to undergo informed consent.
  • Men and non-pregnant women.
  • Metastatic disease limited to liver.
  • Metastases involving no more than 6 liver segments.
  • No radiographic evidence of involvement of the hepatic artery, major bile ducts, main portal vein, celiac/para aortic lymph nodes.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindication to MRI.
  • Inability to comply with study and/or follow-up procedures.
  • Unable to provide informed consent.
  • Presence of extrahepatic metastatic disease.
  • Metastases involving more than 6 liver segments.
  • Radiographic evidence of involvement of the hepatic artery, major bile ducts, main portal vein, celiac/para aortic lymph nodes.
  • Pregnant women.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
0 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Diagnostic (standard of care MRI, MR DENSE MRI)

    Patients undergo standard of care MRI and then undergo an MRI of the liver using MR DENSE imaging sequences over 60-90 minutes. Healthy volunteers undergo MRI of the liver using DENSE imaging sequences.

    Procedure: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Interventions

  • ProcedureMagnetic Resonance Imaging

    Undergo standard of care MRI

    Also known as: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan, Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, MR Imaging, MRI, MRI Scan, NMR Imaging, NMRI, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • ProcedureMagnetic Resonance Imaging

    Undergo MR DENSE imaging

    Also known as: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scan, Medical Imaging, Magnetic Resonance / Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, MR Imaging, MRI, MRI Scan, NMR Imaging, NMRI, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Magnetic Resonance Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echo (MR DENSE) imaging data of patients treated with chemotherapy prior to resection of metastases to explore its utility in detecting sinusoidal liver injury.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of a year.

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 13, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05059717
Lead sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Sep 28, 2021
Start date
Jul 12, 2018
Primary completion
Jun 24, 2022
Completion
Jun 24, 2022
Last update
Nov 13, 2023

Study contacts

Priya Bhosale
principal investigator · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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