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- Title
DCE-MRI perfusion predicts pseudoprogression in metastatic melanoma treated with immunotherapy.
- Authors
Umemura, Yoshie; Wang, Diane; Peck, Kyung K.; Flynn, Jessica; Zhang, Zhigang; Fatovic, Robin; Anderson, Erik S.; Beal, Kathryn; Shoushtari, Alexander N.; Kaley, Thomas; Young, Robert J.
- Abstract
Purpose: It can be challenging to differentiate pseudoprogression from progression. We assessed the ability of dynamic contrast enhanced T1 MRI (DCE-MRI) perfusion to identify pseudoprogression in melanoma brain metastases. Methods: Patients with melanoma brain metastases who underwent immunotherapy and DCE-MRI were identified. Enhancing lesions ≥ 5mm in diameter on DCE-MRI and that were new or increased in size between a week from beginning the treatment, and a month after completing the treatment were included in the analysis. The 90th percentiles of rVp and rKtrans and the presence or absence of hemorrhage were recorded. Histopathology served as the reference standard for pseudoprogression. If not available, pseudoprogression was defined as neurological and radiographic stability or improvement without any new treatment for ≥ 2 months. Results: Forty-four patients were identified; 64% received ipilimumab monotherapy for a median duration of 9 weeks (range, 1–138). Sixty-four lesions in 44 patients were included in the study. Of these, nine lesions in eight patients were determined to be pseudoprogression and seven lesions were previously irradiated. Forty-four progression lesions and eight pseudoprogression lesions were hemorrhagic. Median lesion volume for pseudoprogression and progression were not significantly different, at 2.3 cm3 and 3.2 cm3, respectively (p = 0.82). The rVp90 was smaller in pseudoprogression versus progression, at 2.2 and 5.3, respectively (p = 0.02), and remained significant after false discovery rate adjustment (p = 0.04). Conclusions: Pseudoprogression exhibited significantly lower rVp90 on DCE-MRI compared with progression. This knowledge can be useful for managing growing lesions in patients with melanoma brain metastases who are receiving immunotherapy.
- Subjects
FALSE discovery rate; MELANOMA; BRAIN metastasis; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PERFUSION
- Publication
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2020, Vol 146, Issue 2, p339
- ISSN
0167-594X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11060-019-03379-6