Characterization of Biophysical Stromal Properties in Human Cancer: Towards Personalized Computational Oncology

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Procedure
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Drug delivery in solid tumors, whether administered systemically or locoregionally, is hindered by an elevated interstitial fluid pressure (IFP). Stromal targeting therapies are in active development, aiming to enhance drug transport after systemic or locoregional delivery. To date, no clinical methods are available to quantify tumor biophysical properties (including IFP). The investigators aim to use a combination of dynamic contrast enhanced MRI and computational fluid modeling (CFD) to measure stromal IFP in patients with pancreatic cancer and in patients with ovarian or colonic peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC). Computational data will be correlated with therapy response, platinum drug penetration, and invasively measured biophysical parameters after intravenous (pancreas) or intraperitoneal (ovarian/colonic PC) administration of a platinum compound. This would be the first in depth clinical study addressing this important topic, and could pave the way to developing personalized computational based treatment approaches aimed at targeting the biophysical environment of the tumor stroma in order to enhance cancer drug delivery.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Patients with non-cystic adenocarcinoma the pancreas requiring neoadjuvant chemotherapy (any) because of borderline resectability

• Patients with stage IIIC or IVA ovarian cancer planned for debulking and HIPEC.

• Patients with stage IIIC or IVA colorectal cancer planned for debulking and HIPEC

Locations
Other Locations
Belgium
Ghent University Hospital
RECRUITING
Ghent
Ghent University Hospital
RECRUITING
Ghent
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-10-11
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 44
Treatments
Experimental: DCE-MRI
Sponsors
Leads: University Hospital, Ghent

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