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A Multi-Modality Imaging Assessment of Chemobrain
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by University of Utah, December 2008
Sponsored by: University of Utah
Information provided by: University of Utah
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00708045
  Purpose

Patients must have had their breast cancer treated at the Huntsman Cancer Institute to be eligible for this trial.

OBJECTIVES:

To use quantitative FDG-PET, functional MRI (fMRI) and co-registered anatomic MRI imaging to better understand the cognitive disorder known as "chemobrain" which effects up to 16 -50% of individuals receiving long-term adjuvant chemotherapy [Tannock 2004, Matsuda 2005]. The study is exploratory to obtain proof of feasibility pilot data to support an eventual submission to the NIH.

Neuropsychological Testing A battery of testing will be used to assess the subjective complaints of cognitive impairment in the symptomatic patient cohort. Similarly the same battery of tests will be used to assure that the non-symptomatic patient control group and the age-matched normal controls do not exhibit any cognitive impairment. The following set of clinical tests will be performed to assess the degree of cognitive impairment in all subjects.


Condition Intervention
Cancer
Procedure: Imaging assessments

Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Nuclear Scans
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Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Diagnostic, Open Label, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Multi-Modality Imaging Assessment of Chemobrain

Further study details as provided by University of Utah:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • To use quantitative FDG-PET, functional MRI (fMRI) and co-registered anatomic MRI imaging to better understand the cognitive disorder known as "chemobrain" which effects up to 16 -50% of individuals receiving long-term adjuvant chemotherapy [ Time Frame: May 2010 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 24
Study Start Date: May 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date: May 2010
Estimated Primary Completion Date: May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Procedure: Imaging assessments
    FDG-PET scans, functional MRI (fMRI) scans, Neuropsychological Testing
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  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pre-screening will be conducted to ensure that all subjects are in good neurologic health with no history of seizures or other neurological disorders, and that they have no ferromagnetic implants or clips in their body. Subjects will be right-handed exclusive-English speakers with normal hearing.

Exclusion criteria: If a subject is found to have profound or severe depression after the Neuropsychological and Cognitive Testing session they may be excluded from the imaging portion of the study. This is justified as the imaging session would not be valid as the biologic correlates of depression rather than chemobrain would be imaged. Subjects found to have profound or severe depression will be notified and appropriate referral made to get them the necessary medical care to treat their depression.

Three cohorts of 8 women each between the age of 18 and 65, will be recruited for this exploratory pilot study. The "affected patient cohort" will be woman with complaints of cognitive or memory dysfunction who have received adjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer. These patients will be those being treated at Huntsman Cancer Institute orHospital. The second "patient control cohort" will be age-matched woman with breast cancer who have undergone similar adjuvant chemotherapy for the same amount of time who have no complaints of memory dysfunction. Again these are primarily patients of Huntsman Cancer Institute or Hospital. The non-patient cohort will be age-matched woman who have not undergone any type of chemotherapy. There individuals will be recruited from friends of female family members of the two breast cancer cohorts. All individuals will be assessed for dementia and cognitive impairment using the same battery of dementia and cognitive/neuropsychological testing (described below). All subjects will be age-matched as close as possible to eliminate age related cognitive effects.

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00708045

Contacts
Contact: Joshua Judd 801-587-4572 joshua.judd@hci.utah.edu
Contact: Jessica Moehle 801-587-4438 jessica.moehle@hci.utah.edu

Locations
United States, Utah
Huntsman Cancer Institute Recruiting
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Utah
Investigators
Principal Investigator: John M Hoffman, MD Huntsman Cancer Institute
  More Information

Responsible Party: University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute ( John M. Hoffman, MD )
Study ID Numbers: HCI #21946
Study First Received: June 27, 2008
Last Updated: December 17, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00708045  
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by University of Utah:
Breast Cancer

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Breast Neoplasms

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009