Quantitative analysis of pre-treatment dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound for assessing the response of colorectal liver metastases to chemotherapy plus targeted therapy : a dual-institutional study

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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the clinical value of pre-treatment quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in assessing the response of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) to chemotherapy plus targeted therapy.

METHODS: This study retrospectively enrolled 50 CRLM patients from the Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University as the training cohort and 14 patients from Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital as the testing cohort. Patients underwent the CEUS examination before receiving chemotherapy (CAPOX, FOLFOX, FOLFIRI, or FOLFOXIRI) plus targeted therapy (Bevacizumab or Cetuximab). The therapy response was determined according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors version 1.1 based on pre-treatment CT and 3-month follow-up CT after therapy. Dynamic analysis was performed by VueBox® software. Time-intensity curves with quantitative perfusion parameters were obtained. In the training cohort, univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to develop the predictive model of therapy response. The predictive performance of the developed model was validated in the testing cohort.

RESULTS: After the logistic regression analyses, the peak enhancement (PE) (odds ratio = 1.640; 95% confidence intervals [CI] 1.022-2.633) and time to peak (TTP) (odds ratio = 0.495; 95% CI 0.246-0.996) were determined as independent predictive factors. PE and TTP generated from VueBox® were not affected by ultrasound instruments and contrast agent dosage in therapy response evaluation (P > 0.05). The logistic regression model achieved satisfactory prediction performance (area under the curve: 0.923 in the training cohort and 0.854 in the testing cohort).

CONCLUSION: CEUS with dynamic quantitative perfusion analysis, which presents high consistency, has potential practical value in predicting the response of CRLM to chemotherapy plus targeted therapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Abdominal radiology (New York) - 49(2024), 2 vom: 18. Feb., Seite 414-424

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Bo-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Pu, Yin-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Li-Fan [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yi-Kang [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Hao-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Dan [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Xing [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Xin-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Han, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Han-Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Chong-Ke [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Hui-Xiong [VerfasserIn]

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Bevacizumab
Chemotherapy plus targeted therapy
Colorectal liver metastases
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
Journal Article
Quantitative analysis
Response prediction

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Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 01.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00261-023-04055-0

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NLM36345733X