A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early results

Management of dopamine agonist (DA) resistance in prolactinoma (PRLoma) remains challenging due to the lack of detecting approach and reliable imaging marker. In this cross-sectional study, PRLoma patients were recruited prospectively from a single-center outpatient clinic from May 2024 to September...

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Main Authors: Rong Lu, Tingfang Hwang, Kaibo Tang, Qing Li, Caixia Fu, Ying-Hua Chu, Shangxuan Shi, Tobias Kober, Tom Hibert, Bin Lu, Yiming Li, Yao Lu, Weijun Tang, Lijin Ji
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author Rong Lu
Tingfang Hwang
Kaibo Tang
Qing Li
Caixia Fu
Ying-Hua Chu
Shangxuan Shi
Tobias Kober
Tom Hibert
Bin Lu
Yiming Li
Yao Lu
Weijun Tang
Lijin Ji
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Tingfang Hwang
Kaibo Tang
Qing Li
Caixia Fu
Ying-Hua Chu
Shangxuan Shi
Tobias Kober
Tom Hibert
Bin Lu
Yiming Li
Yao Lu
Weijun Tang
Lijin Ji
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description Management of dopamine agonist (DA) resistance in prolactinoma (PRLoma) remains challenging due to the lack of detecting approach and reliable imaging marker. In this cross-sectional study, PRLoma patients were recruited prospectively from a single-center outpatient clinic from May 2024 to September 2024. A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique (GRAPPATINI, GeneRalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisitions acceleraTed T2 mappINg) was applied to investigate the correlation between quantitative T2 values and DA resistance. The T2 values of tumors with multiple echo times (TEs) and signal intensity (SI) ratios were analyzed. A total of 30 participants were included, of which 20 were DA-sensitive and 10 were DA-resistant. The T2 values were significantly lower in DA-resistant PRLoma than those in DA-sensitive PRLoma (76.85 ​± ​29.84 ​ms vs 135.88 ​± ​69.86 ​ms, P ​= ​0.0048), whereas the T2 SI ratio revealed no significant difference. The area under the curve (AUC) of T2 values and T2 SI ratio for distinguishing DA sensitivity were 0.850 and 0.668, respectively. The ratio distributions at different TEs (TE10 ​ms, TE38 ​ms, TE42 ​ms, TE55 ​ms, and TE90 ​ms) were significantly different at TE38 ​ms (P ​= ​0.026) between two groups. The AUC of T2 values and TEs for DA sensitivity in PRLoma were 0.850 (T2map), 0.680 (TE10 ​ms), 0.730 (TE38 ​ms), 0.690 (TE42 ​ms), 0.520 (TE55 ​ms), and 0.670 (TE90 ​ms), respectively (P ​= ​0.0107). These findings highlight the translational potential of T2 values as a promising imaging biomarker for evaluating DA resistance in PRLoma.
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spelling doaj-art-a301b366b5d94541a80e8790ca06b4fa2025-08-20T03:24:45ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Biomedical Technology2949-723X2025-06-011010008610.1016/j.bmt.2025.100086A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early resultsRong Lu0Tingfang Hwang1Kaibo Tang2Qing Li3Caixia Fu4Ying-Hua Chu5Shangxuan Shi6Tobias Kober7Tom Hibert8Bin Lu9Yiming Li10Yao Lu11Weijun Tang12Lijin Ji13Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USAMR Research Collaboration, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Shanghai, ChinaApplication Developments, Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd, Shanghai, Shenzhen, 518057, ChinaMR Research Collaboration, Siemens Healthineers Ltd., Shanghai, ChinaShanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, ChinaLTS5, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthineers International AG, Lausanne, SwitzerlandLTS5, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthineers International AG, Lausanne, SwitzerlandDepartment of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Department of Endocrinology, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Huashan Rare Disease Center, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaDepartment of Joint and Orthopedics, Orthopedic Center, Clinical Research Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Corresponding author.Department of Radiology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Corresponding author.Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Huashan Rare Disease Center, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Corresponding author. Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.Management of dopamine agonist (DA) resistance in prolactinoma (PRLoma) remains challenging due to the lack of detecting approach and reliable imaging marker. In this cross-sectional study, PRLoma patients were recruited prospectively from a single-center outpatient clinic from May 2024 to September 2024. A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique (GRAPPATINI, GeneRalized Autocalibrating Partially Parallel Acquisitions acceleraTed T2 mappINg) was applied to investigate the correlation between quantitative T2 values and DA resistance. The T2 values of tumors with multiple echo times (TEs) and signal intensity (SI) ratios were analyzed. A total of 30 participants were included, of which 20 were DA-sensitive and 10 were DA-resistant. The T2 values were significantly lower in DA-resistant PRLoma than those in DA-sensitive PRLoma (76.85 ​± ​29.84 ​ms vs 135.88 ​± ​69.86 ​ms, P ​= ​0.0048), whereas the T2 SI ratio revealed no significant difference. The area under the curve (AUC) of T2 values and T2 SI ratio for distinguishing DA sensitivity were 0.850 and 0.668, respectively. The ratio distributions at different TEs (TE10 ​ms, TE38 ​ms, TE42 ​ms, TE55 ​ms, and TE90 ​ms) were significantly different at TE38 ​ms (P ​= ​0.026) between two groups. The AUC of T2 values and TEs for DA sensitivity in PRLoma were 0.850 (T2map), 0.680 (TE10 ​ms), 0.730 (TE38 ​ms), 0.690 (TE42 ​ms), 0.520 (TE55 ​ms), and 0.670 (TE90 ​ms), respectively (P ​= ​0.0107). These findings highlight the translational potential of T2 values as a promising imaging biomarker for evaluating DA resistance in PRLoma.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949723X25000182Accelerated quantitative T2 mappingDA resistanceGRAPPATINIProlactinoma
spellingShingle Rong Lu
Tingfang Hwang
Kaibo Tang
Qing Li
Caixia Fu
Ying-Hua Chu
Shangxuan Shi
Tobias Kober
Tom Hibert
Bin Lu
Yiming Li
Yao Lu
Weijun Tang
Lijin Ji
A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early results
Biomedical Technology
Accelerated quantitative T2 mapping
DA resistance
GRAPPATINI
Prolactinoma
title A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early results
title_full A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early results
title_fullStr A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early results
title_full_unstemmed A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early results
title_short A noninvasive accelerated quantitative MR technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas: Early results
title_sort noninvasive accelerated quantitative mr technique to distinguish drug resistance in prolactinomas early results
topic Accelerated quantitative T2 mapping
DA resistance
GRAPPATINI
Prolactinoma
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949723X25000182
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