Zoltan Patay1, Thomas E Merchant2, Rosa Nguyen3, Christopher R Pierson4, Arzu Onar-Thomas5, Alberto Broniscer6. 1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Electronic address: zoltan.patay@stjude.org. 2. Department of Radiation Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. 3. Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. 4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio. 5. Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. 6. Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We previously reported the cases of 3 children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) in whom noncontiguous treatment-related abnormalities (NCTRAs) developed in the brain after expanded-field radiation therapy (RT). To investigate the occurrence and putative mechanism of NCTRAs, we reviewed brain magnetic resonance imaging studies of patients with DIPG treated in 2 consecutive phase I clinical trials (trials 1 and 2). METHODS AND MATERIALS: The 55 children included in these trials received small-molecule inhibitors: vandetanib in trial 1 (n=32; mean age 6.4 years) and vandetanib and dasatinib in trial 2 (n=23; mean age 5.8 years). The patients also received conformal 3-dimensional RT (cumulative dose 54 Gy). For patients enrolled in trial 1, the clinical target volume (CTV) was expanded by 1 cm from the gross tumor volume. In trial 2, the expansion to form the CTV was 2 to 3 cm. A review of imaging studies was performed from the initial diagnosis through the end of progression-free survival. The imaging findings were grouped into 5 categories according to the presence, absence, location, extent, and putative mechanism of NCTRAs. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the association between covariates and NCTRA, cohort characterization, and survival comparisons. RESULTS: Overall survival was similar in both studies (P=.74). NCTRAs developed in 9 patients (39%) treated in trial 2 but in none treated in trial 1. The NCTRAs included T2-weighted hyperintensities with (n=3; radiation necrosis) or without (n=5) contrast uptake, supratentorial leukoencephalopathy (n=2), and ischemic stroke (n=1). All NCTRAs, except for 1, occurred within the CTV. Compared with nonaffected patients, patients with a NCTRA were younger (P=.003) and had had larger relative brain volumes exposed to doses >20 Gy. CONCLUSIONS: The imaging features of NCTRAs suggest that their development is secondary to synergistic steno-occlusive vascular effects induced by the combination of RT, an expanded CTV, potent antiangiogenic therapy, young age, and, in 1 case, a genetic predisposition.
PURPOSE: We previously reported the cases of 3 children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) in whom noncontiguous treatment-related abnormalities (NCTRAs) developed in the brain after expanded-field radiation therapy (RT). To investigate the occurrence and putative mechanism of NCTRAs, we reviewed brain magnetic resonance imaging studies of patients with DIPG treated in 2 consecutive phase I clinical trials (trials 1 and 2). METHODS AND MATERIALS: The 55 children included in these trials received small-molecule inhibitors: vandetanib in trial 1 (n=32; mean age 6.4 years) and vandetanib and dasatinib in trial 2 (n=23; mean age 5.8 years). The patients also received conformal 3-dimensional RT (cumulative dose 54 Gy). For patients enrolled in trial 1, the clinical target volume (CTV) was expanded by 1 cm from the gross tumor volume. In trial 2, the expansion to form the CTV was 2 to 3 cm. A review of imaging studies was performed from the initial diagnosis through the end of progression-free survival. The imaging findings were grouped into 5 categories according to the presence, absence, location, extent, and putative mechanism of NCTRAs. Statistical analysis was performed to evaluate the association between covariates and NCTRA, cohort characterization, and survival comparisons. RESULTS: Overall survival was similar in both studies (P=.74). NCTRAs developed in 9 patients (39%) treated in trial 2 but in none treated in trial 1. The NCTRAs included T2-weighted hyperintensities with (n=3; radiation necrosis) or without (n=5) contrast uptake, supratentorial leukoencephalopathy (n=2), and ischemic stroke (n=1). All NCTRAs, except for 1, occurred within the CTV. Compared with nonaffected patients, patients with a NCTRA were younger (P=.003) and had had larger relative brain volumes exposed to doses >20 Gy. CONCLUSIONS: The imaging features of NCTRAs suggest that their development is secondary to synergistic steno-occlusive vascular effects induced by the combination of RT, an expanded CTV, potent antiangiogenic therapy, young age, and, in 1 case, a genetic predisposition.
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