Multiparametric MRI for assessment of early response to neoadjuvant sunitinib in renal cell carcinoma

<h4>Purpose</h4> To detect early response to sunitinib treatment in metastatic clear cell renal cancer (mRCC) using multiparametric MRI. <h4>Method</h4> Participants with mRCC undergoing pre-surgical sunitinib therapy in the prospective NeoSun clinical trial (EudraCtNo: 2005-...

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Autores principales: Stephan Ursprung, Andrew N. Priest, Fulvio Zaccagna, Wendi Qian, Andrea Machin, Grant D. Stewart, Anne Y. Warren, Timothy Eisen, Sarah J. Welsh, Ferdia A. Gallagher, Tristan Barrett
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Sumario:<h4>Purpose</h4> To detect early response to sunitinib treatment in metastatic clear cell renal cancer (mRCC) using multiparametric MRI. <h4>Method</h4> Participants with mRCC undergoing pre-surgical sunitinib therapy in the prospective NeoSun clinical trial (EudraCtNo: 2005-004502-82) were imaged before starting treatment, and after 12 days of sunitinib therapy using morphological MRI sequences, advanced diffusion-weighted imaging, measurements of R2* (related to hypoxia) and dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging. Following nephrectomy, participants continued treatment and were followed-up with contrast-enhanced CT. Changes in imaging parameters before and after sunitinib were assessed with the non-parametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the log-rank test was used to assess effects on survival. <h4>Results</h4> 12 participants fulfilled the inclusion criteria. After 12 days, the solid and necrotic tumor volumes decreased by 28% and 17%, respectively (p = 0.04). However, tumor-volume reduction did not correlate with progression-free or overall survival (PFS/OS). Sunitinib therapy resulted in a reduction in median solid tumor diffusivity D from 1298x10-6 to 1200x10-6mm2/s (p = 0.03); a larger decrease was associated with a better RECIST response (p = 0.02) and longer PFS (p = 0.03) on the log-rank test. An increase in R2* from 19 to 28s-1 (p = 0.001) was observed, paralleled by a decrease in Ktrans from 0.415 to 0.305min-1 (p = 0.01) and a decrease in perfusion fraction from 0.34 to 0.19 (p<0.001). <h4>Conclusions</h4> Physiological imaging confirmed efficacy of the anti-angiogenic agent 12 days after initiating therapy and demonstrated response to treatment. The change in diffusivity shortly after starting pre-surgical sunitinib correlated to PFS in mRCC undergoing nephrectomy, however, no parameter predicted OS. <h4>Trial registration</h4> EudraCtNo: 2005-004502-82.