Breath-Hold trick may sharpen brain scans for tumor patients
NCT ID NCT03604302
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether adding a breath-holding task to standard brain scans can make mapping of important brain areas more accurate in people with brain tumors. About 33 patients and healthy volunteers will have functional MRI scans while doing language tasks, with and without breath-holds. The goal is to see if the breath-hold method reduces false negatives, helping surgeons avoid damaging critical brain regions.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2018
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: Health Volunteers * Volunteers between the ages of 18 and 80 years * Volunteers must be able to perform the language paradigms on cue while inside the scanner Patients * Patients between the ages of 18 and 80 years * Patients must be able to perform the language paradigms on cue while inside the scanner * Women of child bearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test prior to the study intervention (Serum or Urine) * Patients diagnosed with primary glial neoplasm, meningioma and metastasis (from prior histology) or must be suspected to have primary glial neoplasm, meningioma and metastasis on imaging (to be confirmed by post-operative histology). * Patient"s location of the tumor must involve the expected location of Broca"s area (left pars opercularis and/or pars triangularis), or the expected location of the primary motor area (the pre-central gyrus). This determination will be made on the basis of a pre-operative MRI by a fellowship-trained Neuroradiologist Exclusion Criteria: Healthy Volunteers * Volunteers who are unable to comply or complete MRI exams as per the site"s standards. (e.g.: claustrophobia, high levels of anxiety, pacemaker etc.) o MSK site only - see Appendix 2 * Volunteers who are unable to perform the language paradigms on cue while inside the scanner (due to weakness, deafness, inability to understand or follow instructions etc.) * Volunteers with a history of neurological disorders, psychiatric disorders or cancer Female volunteers who are pregnant or nursing. * Volunteers who have MRI safe pacemakers. * Volunteers from the vulnerable population, as defined by 45 CFR 46 * Volunteers who are unable to perform the breath hold task during practice sessions Patients * Patients who are unable to comply or complete MRI exams as per the site"s standards. (e.g.: claustrophobia, high levels of anxiety, pacemaker etc.) °MSK site only - see Appendix 2 * Patients who have MRI safe pacemakers. * Patient who are unable to perform the language paradigms on cue while inside the scanner (due to weakness, deafness, inability to understand or follow instructions etc.) * Female patients who are pregnant or nursing. * Patients from the vulnerable population, as defined by 45 CFR 46 * Patients who are unable to perform the breath hold task during practice sessions
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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