GSBS Student Publications
Title
Establishing final infarct volume: stroke lesion evolution past 30 days is insignificant
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Section on Stroke Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Date
7-19-2008
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
Aged; Brain Infarction; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Disease Progression; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Stroke; Time
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Lesion volume measured on MRI has been used as an objective surrogate marker for outcome in clinical trials. However, lesion volumes vary over time because of edema and tissue loss. This study aims to determine if lesion volumes measured at 30 and 90 days after ictus significantly differ.
METHODS: We performed a retrospective study of 18 patients who had acute (<24>hours) DWI and follow-up fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging at 5, 30, and 90 days. Two expert readers segmented lesions and the mean volumes of both reads were used in all statistical analyses.
RESULTS: Patient age was 65.8 (SD, 13.7) years and median NIHSS at baseline was 11.5. Inter-rater variability for lesion volume measurements was 3.7 (5.8) mL. Acute DWI volume was 19.3 (17.3) mL. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery volumes for 5, 30, and 90 days were 34.3 (23.5), 18.6 (14.0), and 15.9 (13.8) mL, respectively. These volumes differed significantly (P<0.001). Linear regression revealed a strong correlation (r=0.96; P<0.001) between lesion volumes at 30 and 90 days with a slope that did not vary significantly from 1.0 (P=0.448).
CONCLUSIONS: Lesions continue to evolve between 5 and 90 days, but by 30 days lesion volume approaches final infarct volume. While clinical response is the most meaningful outcome measure, our findings suggest that lesion volumes measured at 30 days may provide a sufficient approximation for final infarct volume for use in early phase clinical trials.
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Citation: Stroke. 2008 Oct;39(10):2765-8. Epub 2008 Jul 17. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI of Published Version
10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.512269
Related Resources
Journal Title
Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
PubMed ID
18635854
Repository Citation
Gaudinski, Martin R.; Henning, Erica C.; Miracle, Aaron; Luby, Marie; Warach, Steven; and Latour, Lawrence L., "Establishing final infarct volume: stroke lesion evolution past 30 days is insignificant" (2008). GSBS Student Publications. 1542.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/1542