New scan could reveal how liver tumors respond to chemo
NCT ID NCT04796818
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is testing a special type of MRI scan to see if it can better measure how colorectal cancer liver tumors respond to chemotherapy. About 70 people with liver metastases that have not been treated yet will get the scan before and after chemo. The goal is to improve how doctors track treatment response, not to provide a new treatment itself.
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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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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2020
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with treatment-naive resectable CLM, who will start chemotherapy with oxaliplatin with fluorouracil (5-FU)/leucovorin (FOLFOX), irinotecan with 5-FU/leucovorin (FOLFIRI), or a combination, such as fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin and irinotecan (FOLFOXIRI), with or without a biologic agent * Patients with at least 1 colorectal liver metastasis measuring at least 1 cm * Patients with anticipated follow-up before and after surgery at MD Anderson Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have already received preoperative chemotherapy for the CLM or will undergo radiation therapy, ablative therapies, or other non-surgical therapies directed at the liver * Patients allergic to gadolinium * Patients with pacemakers * Greater than 400 pounds in weight
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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M D Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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