Clinical trial · Interventional
HepQuant: Study to Assess the Role of Blood-based Biomarkers and Quantitative MR Imaging for Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer
HepQuant: Pilot Study to Assess the Role of Blood-based Biomarkers and Quantitative MR Imaging for Patients Receiving Radiation Therapy for Liver Cancer
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a pilot and feasibility study assessing the role of quantitative multiparametric MRI and blood-based biomarkers for the measurement of liver function in patients receiving radiation therapy for liver cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma, or liver metastases regardless of primary histology, that are undergoing photon radiation either in the de-novo or re-irradiation setting. The goal of this study is to prospectively evaluate the feasibility of using quantitative multiparametric MRI to monitor liver function at baseline and following liver radiation therapy.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholangiocarcinoma | Cholangiocarcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Hepatocellular Cancer | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Liver Cancer | Malignant Liver Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Liver Metastases | Liver Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| HepQuant DuO | Diagnostic Test | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Multiparametric MRI Scans | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Multiparametric MRI scans and HepQuant Duo Test
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: HepQuant DuO
- Other: Multiparametric MRI Scans
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Multiparametric MRI scans only
- interventionNames
- Other: Multiparametric MRI Scans
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Feasibility of Quantitative MRI
- timeFrame
- Approximately 3 months
- description
- Feasibility will be determined by assessing the proportion/percentage of participants who complete at least 2 quantitative multiparametric MRI scans following study enrollment. The proportion/percentage of patients will be summarized by study arm using basic descriptive statistics and a Clopper-Pearson 95% exact confidence interval will be determined.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
The following criteria must be met for subjects to be considered for the trial. Additional exclusion criteria must be met for subjects interested in the HepQuant subset of the trial. The first 20 qualifying subjects will be enrolled for the additional HepQuant test. Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 * Patient has the psychological ability and general health needed to provide informed consent, completion of study requirements, and required follow-up * Patient provides study-specific informed consent prior to study entry * All primary histologies (Hepatocellular carcinoma or Cholangiocarcinoma) as well as hepatic metastases are eligible * Prior history of radiation therapy (external beam or radioembolization) is allowed, with no limit to the number of prior courses of radiation therapy * Any number of lesions (with no size limit) of pathologically documented (histologically or cytologically) or radiographically proven tumor/metastasis that are being targeted * Prior history of liver resection, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), or ablation are allowed with no restriction on number of prior therapies, or time from current study registration * Prior history of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or targeted biological therapy is allowed * Concurrent enrollment on other prospective registry or treatment intention trials is allowed Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breast-feeding females * Subjects with history of claustrophobia impacting ability to perform MRI during the study * Subjects who fulfill any of the contraindications for MRI; examples include any ferromagnetic material, any metallic shrapnel or fragments or implanted electronic devices contained within the body or metal-containing tattoos * Unable to participate in MR assessments due to physical limitations of equipment tolerances (MRI bore size and/or weight limit) * Any person unable to lie still within the environment of the MRI scanner or maintain a breath hold for the required period to acquire images Exclusion criteria for HepQuant SHUNT DuO testing ONLY: * Known history or suspected hypersensitivity to human serum albumin, or its preparations * Subjects with extensive resection of large segments of small intestine (short gut) or severe gastroparesis (e.g., diabetic or medication-induced gastroparesis) * Subjects on either a non-selective beta blocker (propranolol, nadolol), or an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) who are unwilling or unable to delay taking their normal dose the morning of their testing * Subjects who are allergic to any ingredient in the formulations or components in the HepQuant SHUNT DuO kit including the human serum albumin (HSA) or cholate compounds (theoretical - none yet reported) * Subjects unwilling or unable to fast for at least 5 hours. Fasting means no intake of food or food supplements, including fiber preparations or biosimilars; or any preparations or resins (cholestyramine, colestipol, colesevelam) that might act within the gut lumen to bind the orally administered d4-cholate in the HepQuant test.
References
Publications (26)
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- BACKGROUNDMiften M, Vinogradskiy Y, Moiseenko V, Grimm J, Yorke E, Jackson A, Tome WA, Ten Haken RK, Ohri N, Mendez Romero A, Goodman KA, Marks LB, Kavanagh B, Dawson LA. Radiation Dose-Volume Effects for Liver SBRT. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2021 May 1;110(1):196-205. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.12.290. Epub 2018 Jan 6.