Pretreatment dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI biomarkers correlate with progression-free survival in primary central nervous system lymphoma. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • PURPOSE: Prediction of clinical outcomes in patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is important for optimization of treatment planning. Quantitative imaging biomarkers for PCNSL have not yet been established. This study evaluated the prognostic value of pretreatment dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging for progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with PCNSL. METHODS: Pretreatment dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging were retrospectively analyzed in 18 immunocompetent patients with PCNSL. Volumes of interest encompassing the tumors were assessed for measurements of blood plasma volume (Vp), volume transfer constant (Ktrans), and apparent diffusion coefficient. Patients were divided into short and long PFS groups based on median PFS. Imaging and clinical variables were correlated with PFS. RESULTS: Median PFS was 19.6 months. Lower Vpmean and Ktransmean values increased risk for rapid progression (< 19.6 months). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis demonstrated an optimal Vpmean cutoff value of 2.29 (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.74, sensitivity and specificity = 0.78, p = 0.023) for separating patients with short and long PFS. The optimal Ktransmean cutoff was 0.08 (AUC = 0.74, sensitivity = 0.67, specificity = 0.78, p = 0.025). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis with log-rank test demonstrated significantly (p = 0.015) increased risk of rapid progression for patients with Vpmean < 2.29. Vpmean was significantly (p = 0.03) associated with PFS on univariate Cox analysis. Apparent diffusion coefficient values and clinical factors did not influence PFS. CONCLUSIONS: Pretreatment Vp and Ktrans derived from dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI may be novel prognostic quantitative imaging biomarkers of progression-free survival in patients with PCNSL. These data should be prospectively validated in larger patient cohorts.

publication date

  • August 2, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms
  • Contrast Media
  • Lymphoma
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC6609090

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85051206587

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3174/ajnr.A4867

PubMed ID

  • 30073640

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 140

issue

  • 2