brain cancer
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Aged 16 years or over and able to exercise their free will (capacitated); • Diagnosed with glioma-associated epilepsy or focal epilepsy with a relevant lesion on conventional MRI or PET; • Scheduled for surgical treatment; • Informed and having given informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • The presence of claustrophobia; • MRI-specific exclusion criteria, such as metallic implants and pregnancy; • Refusal or inability to provide informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Metabolic imaging measures of different molecules of interest in glioma tissue (including but not limited to: N-acetylaspartate (NAA), choline, creatine, 2HG and cystathionine) and epileptogenic tissue (including but not limited to glutamate, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and iron) as acquired with 7T metabolic MRI. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of the metabolic imaging measures of different molecules of interest with histopathological measures. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed