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Study identifier: NCT04233788 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Metabolic Characterization of Space Occupying Lesions of the Brain

Condition: Brain Tumor · Glioma · IDH Mutation  ·  Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

PhaseN/A
Planned participants55
Who can joinAll sexes, 18 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersYes

About this study

High field MR-technologies are expected to boost metabolic spectroscopic imaging (MRSI), but also CEST-MRI. This is due to the fact that increased SNR is available which can be used to increase the spatial resolution of all sequences, or reduction of measurement times. Recent findings has shown that MRSI can be used to evaluate the isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) status of gliomas, a brain tumor type which is most often diagnosed in humans. Patients with IDH-mutated gliomas have a much longer survival time that IDH-wildtype. In IDH-mutated gliomas the substance 2-hydroxy-glutarate (2HG) is found, whereas in IDH-wildtype gliomas it is not. The underlying trial aims to measure 2HG directly with different MRSI sequences at 3 Tesla (3T) and 7 Tesla (7T) magnetic field strength. Apart from MRSI-techniques for IDH-typing it has been shown that CEST-imaging can also be performed to determine the IDH-status of gliomas. A total of 75 patients and 50 healthy controls will be examined in this study to evaluate the most accurate method for pre-operative IDH-status determination.

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Talk to the study team

Johannes Slotboom, PhD  ·  +41316327469  ·  johannes.slotboom@gmail.com

Marwan El-Koussy, MD  ·  +41316320008  ·  marwan.el-koussy@insel.ch

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Locations (1)

Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital BernBern, SwitzerlandRecruiting

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