Evaluating drug distribution in children and young adults with diffuse midline glioma of the pons (DIPG) treated with convection-enhanced drug delivery
Open Access
- 28 February 2023
- journal article
- neuroimaging
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Frontiers in Neuroimaging
- Vol. 2, 1062493
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnimg.2023.1062493
Abstract
Aims: To determine an imaging protocol that can be used to assess the distribution of infusate in children with DIPG treated with CED.Methods: 13 children diagnosed with DIPG received between 3.8 and 5.7 ml of infusate, through two pairs of catheters to encompass tumor volume on day 1 of cycle one of treatment. Volumetric T2-weighted (T2W) and diffusion-weighted MRI imaging (DWI) were performed before and after day 1 of CED. Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps were calculated. The tumor volume pre and post CED was automatically segmented on T2W and ADC on the basis of signal intensity. The ADC maps pre and post infusion were aligned and subtracted to visualize the infusate distribution.Results: There was a significant increase (p < 0.001) in mean ADC and T2W signal intensity (SI) ratio and a significant (p < 0.001) increase in mean tumor volume defined by ADC and T2W SI post infusion (mean ADC volume pre: 19.8 ml, post: 24.4 ml; mean T2W volume pre: 19.4 ml, post: 23.4 ml). A significant correlation (p < 0.001) between infusate volume and difference in ADC/T2W SI defined tumor volume was observed (ADC, r = 0.76; T2W, r = 0.70). Finally, pixel-by-pixel subtraction of the ADC maps pre and post infusion demonstrated a volume of high signal intensity, presumed infusate distribution.Conclusions: ADC and T2W MRI are proposed as a combined parameter method for evaluation of CED infusate distribution in brainstem tumors in future clinical trials.Keywords
Funding Information
- University College London
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