Pancreas adenocarcinoma Pancreatic cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All sub-studies • 18 years or older • Written informed consent Sub-study I • Healthy volunteers: negative history for any pancreatic diseases (including diabetes mellitus) Sub-study II • Scheduled for a resection of the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma Sub-studies III • A (patient study): subjects have been diagnosed with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma • B (healthy volunteers): negative history for any pancreatic diseases (including diabetes mellitus)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: All sub-studies • General MRI contraindications (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). Sub-study II • History of allergic reaction to Gadolinium-containing compounds. • Renal failure (eGFR
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sub-study I: A robust MRE scan protocol, resulting in reproducible quantitative tissue stiffness [kPa] for healthy pancreatic tissue comparable to literature reported values Sub-study II: Correlation between quantitative mechanical tissue parameters derived in vivo (MRE) and ex vivo (biomechanical material properties on surgical specimens) assessed on average difference. Sub-study III: Within-session and -scan and between-session reproducibility and repeatability based on linear regression and Bland-Altman models. Assessed by limits of agreement, bias and the level of significance (P-value) as the end study parameters. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sub-Study II: For DWI the mean ADC of the whole tumour will be taken as secondary study endpoint. For DCE the tissue perfusion parameters will be the secondary study endpoints. | — |
Countries
Netherlands