Non-Invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Techniques (MRS) for Assessing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

NCT00490503 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2022-10-31

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Summary

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can show the effects of pre-surgical chemotherapy in breast cancer patients who are eligible to receive preoperative chemotherapy.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

3 Scans performed before chemotherapy, 21 days (plus or minus 3 days) after start chemotherapy (Day 1 = your first day of chemotherapy), and at end of chemotherapy/before surgery.

PROCEDURE

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)

3 MRI Scans with MRS performed before chemotherapy, 21 days (plus or minus 3 days) after start chemotherapy (Day 1 = your first day of chemotherapy), and at end of chemotherapy/before surgery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH
  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gary Whitman, MD · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-10-25
Primary Completion
2022-10-18
Completion
2022-10-18

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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