Journal
EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 4475-4485Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-022-09164-w
Keywords
Glioblastoma; Bevacizumab; Perfusion imaging; Treatment outcome
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This study developed and validated vascular habitats based on perfusion and vessel size to predict time to progression (TTP) in recurrent glioblastomas treated with bevacizumab. The results showed that vascular habitats were significantly associated with TTP and could stratify patients in a prospective cohort.
Objectives Anti-angiogenic therapy may not benefit all patients with recurrent glioblastomas, and imaging biomarker predicting treatment response to anti-angiogenic therapy is currently limited. We aimed to develop and validate vascular habitats based on perfusion and vessel size to predict time to progression (TTP) in patients with recurrent glioblastomas treated with bevacizumab. Methods Sixty-nine patients with recurrent glioblastomas treated with bevacizumab who underwent pretreatment MRI with dynamic susceptibility contrast imaging and vessel architectural imaging were enrolled. Vascular habitats were constructed using vessel size index (VSI) and relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV). Associations with vascular habitats and TTP were analyzed using Cox proportional hazard regression analysis. In a prospectively enrolled validation cohort consisting of 15 patients (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier; NCT04143425), stratification of TTP was demonstrated by the Kaplan-Meier method (log-rank test) using vascular habitats. Results Three vascular habitats consisting of high, intermediate, and low angiogenic habitats were identified with rCBV and VSI. Both high angiogenic and intermediate angiogenic habitats were significantly associated with a shorter TTP (hazard ratio [HR], 2.78 and 1.82, respectively; largest p = .003) and so was rCBV (HR, 2.15; p = .02). Concordance probability index of vascular habitat combining high and intermediate angiogenic habitats was 0.74. Vascular habitats stratified patients as good or poor responder in a prospective cohort (p = .059). Conclusions Perfusion- and vessel size-derived vascular habitats predicted TTP in recurrent glioblastomas treated with anti-angiogenic therapy and aided patient stratification in a prospective validation cohort.
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