pancreatic cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: * Patients with pancreatic tumors, with histological or cytological proof of adenocarcinoma or a high suspicion on CT imaging. * Tumor size * 1cm. * WHO-performance score 0-2. * Scheduled for surgery or neo-adjuvant chemotherapy/radiation followed by surgery. For the reproducibility part of the study, patients who will not undergo surgery, may be included, too. * Written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: * Any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering adequate informed consent or compliance with the study protocol. * Contra-indications for MR scanning, including patients with a pacemaker, cochlear implant or neurostimulator; patients with non-MR compatible metallic implants in their eye, spine, thorax or abdomen; or a non-MR compatible aneurysm clip in their brain; patients with severe claustrophobia. * Renal failure (GFR
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| For each imaging modalities one parameter will be regarded as primary study endpoint. For DWI the mean ADC of the whole tumor will be taken as primary study endpoint. From the different parameters that can be calculated from DCE-MRI, following the recommendations of the Pharmacodynamic/Pharmacokinetic Technologies Advisory Committee, Drug Development Office, Cancer Research UK, we will use mean Ktrans of whole tumor as primary study endpoint. For T2* the average value of the whole tumor will be taken. For 18F-HX4-PET/CT mean SUV of the whole tumor will be used as primary study end point. For the immunohistochemical analyses marker expression will be assessed in terms of stained surface area relative to the total tumor area. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| For MRI, as mean values may average out differences and, therefore, underestimate differences in tumor physiology, exploratory histogram analyses will be performed. For 18F-HX4-PET/CT SUVmax will be determined as an exploratory endpoint. | — |
Countries
Netherlands