Imaging Biomarker Dynamics in an Intracranial Murine Glioma Study of Radiation and Antiangiogenic Therapy

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 2013 · International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IJROBP.2012.07.005· OSTI ID:22224385

Chung, Caroline ^[1]; Jalali, Shahrzad ^[2]; Foltz, Warren ^[3]; Burrell, Kelly ^[2]; Wildgoose, Petra; Lindsay, Patricia ^[3]; Graves, Christian; Camphausen, Kevin ^[4]; Milosevic, Michael; Jaffray, David ^[1]; Zadeh, Gelareh ^[5]; Ménard, Cynthia ^[1]

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1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
2. Brain Tumor Research Centre, SickKids Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
3. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital, Ontario (Canada)
4. Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (United States)
5. Neurosurgery, University Health Network-Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

Purpose: There is a growing need for noninvasive biomarkers to guide individualized spatiotemporal delivery of radiation therapy (RT) and antiangiogenic (AA) therapy for brain tumors. This study explored early biomarkers of response to RT and the AA agent sunitinib (SU), in a murine intracranial glioma model, using serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods and Materials: Mice with MRI-visible tumors were stratified by tumor size into 4 therapy arms: control, RT, SU, and SU plus RT (SURT). Single-fraction conformal RT was delivered using MRI and on-line cone beam computed tomography (CT) guidance. Serial MR images (T2-weighted, diffusion, dynamic contrast-enhanced and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted scans) were acquired biweekly to evaluate tumor volume, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), and tumor perfusion and permeability responses (K{sub trans}, K{sub ep}). Results: Mice in all treatment arms survived longer than those in control, with a median survival of 35 days for SURT (P<.0001) and 30 days for RT (P=.009) and SU (P=.01) mice vs 26 days for control mice. At Day 3, ADC rise was greater with RT than without (P=.002). Sunitinib treatment reduced tumor perfusion/permeability values with mean K{sub trans} reduction of 27.6% for SU (P=.04) and 26.3% for SURT (P=.04) mice and mean K{sub ep} reduction of 38.1% for SU (P=.01) and 27.3% for SURT (P=.02) mice. The magnitude of individual mouse ADC responses at Days 3 and 7 correlated with subsequent tumor growth rate R values of −0.878 (P=.002) and −0.80 (P=.01), respectively. Conclusions: Early quantitative changes in diffusion and perfusion MRI measures reflect treatment responses soon after starting therapy and thereby raise the potential for these imaging biomarkers to guide adaptive and potentially individualized therapy approaches in the future.

• OSTI ID: 22224385
• Journal Information: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Journal Name: International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 85; ISSN IOBPD3; ISSN 0360-3016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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