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NCT01992432: Brain fMRI-BC

Brain Functional MRI in Older Women With Breast Cancer (Brain fMRI-BC)

Active, enrolled Last updated 28 January 2026
What this trial tests

trial in Breast Cancer in 49 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline
30 September 2013
Primary endpoint
30 November 2026
30 November 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsorCity of Hope Medical Center
StatusActive, enrolled
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment49
Start date30 September 2013
Primary completion30 November 2026
Estimated completion30 November 2026
Sites2 locations across United States

Conditions studied

Sponsor

City of Hope Medical Center

Who can join

65 and older, female only, with Breast Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will use advanced MRI techniques to characterize the changes that occur to the structure and functionality of the brain in older breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, and determine the relationship between the brain changes and severity of chemotherapy toxicity. Our results will be an early step towards identifying neuroimaging markers of aging, breast cancer and chemotherapy treatment, and will contribute to our understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of cognitive changes and chemotherapy toxicity in vulnerable, older adults with cancer. Furthermore, the work will lay the foundation for future, larger scale clinical studies of cognitive changes and chemotherapy toxicity in the aging cancer population.

Publications & conference data

5 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Assessing brain volume changes in older women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: a brain magnetic resonance imaging pilot study.
    Chen BT, Sethi SK, Jin T, Patel SK, et al · · 2018 · cited 35× · PMID 29720224 · DOI 10.1186/s13058-018-0965-3
  2. Gray matter density reduction associated with adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer.
    Chen BT, Jin T, Patel SK, Ye N, et al · · 2018 · cited 33× · PMID 30088178 · DOI 10.1007/s10549-018-4911-y
  3. Intrinsic brain activity changes associated with adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with breast cancer: a pilot longitudinal study.
    Chen BT, Jin T, Patel SK, Ye N, et al · · 2019 · cited 28× · PMID 30989462 · DOI 10.1007/s10549-019-05230-y
  4. Effect of chemotherapy on default mode network connectivity in older women with breast cancer.
    Chen BT, Chen Z, Patel SK, Rockne RC, et al · · 2022 · cited 11× · PMID 34019223 · DOI 10.1007/s11682-021-00475-y
  5. Subcortical brain iron deposition and cognitive performance in older women with breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: A pilot MRI study.
    Chen BT, Ghassaban K, Jin T, Patel SK, et al · · 2018 · cited 11× · PMID 30076946 · DOI 10.1016/j.mri.2018.07.016

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