Robotic Radiosurgery for Persistent Postoperative Acromegaly in Patients with Cavernous Sinus-Invading Pituitary Adenomas—A Multicenter Experience
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Patient Characteristics and Treatment Parameters
2.2. Endocrinological Baseline
2.3. Treatment Outcome
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Patients
4.2. Endocrinological Analysis
4.3. Treatment Procedure and Outcome
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total Number of Patients | 50 | ||
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Sex (Male/Female, %) | 28 (56) | 22 (44) | |
Mean (±SD) | Median | Range | |
Age (years) | 46.7 (10.3) | 47.6 | 26.8–70.7 |
Pretreatment Karnofsky Performance Status (%) | 93.3 (8.5) | 90 | 60–100 |
Follow-up (months) | 57.3 (42.4) | 57.7 | 6.1–171.9 |
IGF-1 level before RRS (ng/mL) | 439 (238) | 381 | 98–1161 |
IGF-1i before RRS | 1.73 (0.90) | 1.49 | 0.44–4.19 |
IGF-1 level at 6-month follow-up (ng/mL) | 322 (166) | 277 | 109–858 |
IGF-1i at 6-month follow-up | 1.27 (0.64) | 1.14 | 0.36–3.48 |
IGF-1 level at last follow-up (ng/mL) | 226 (99) | 196 | 89–575 |
IGF-1i at last follow-up | 0.89 (0.40) | 0.83 | 0.34–2.35 |
Patients with an IGF-1i larger 2.25 before RRS (%) | 13 (26) | ||
Patients with medication before RRS (%) | 46 (92) | ||
Patients with medication during RRS (%) | 46 (92) | ||
Patients with medication at last follow-up (%) | 38 (76) | ||
Pretreatment visual changes (%) | 6 (12) | ||
Post-treatment visual changes (%) | 4 (8) | ||
Pretreatment hypopituitarism (%) | 16 (32) | ||
Post-treatment hypopituitarism (%) | 19 (38) | ||
Patients with biochemically controlled disease before RRS | 9 (18) | ||
Patients with biochemically controlled disease at last follow-up (%) | 24 (48) | ||
Patients with biochemical remission at last follow-up (%) | 9 (18) |
Variable | Median | Mean | Range |
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Irradiated/tumor volume (cc) | 1.38 | 2.07 | 0.13–12.00 |
Prescription dose (Gy) | 18 | 18.4 | 14–24 |
Prescription isodose (%) | 70 | 69.7 | 52–80 |
Max tumor dose (Gy) | 25.7 | 26.8 | 21.4–43.6 |
Min tumor dose (Gy) | 15.3 | 15.3 | 7.0–24.1 |
Mean tumor dose (Gy) | 21.6 | 22.1 | 17.1–31.2 |
Conformity index | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0–2.2 |
Homogeneity index | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2–1.9 |
Coverage (%) | 98.4 | 96.2 | 83.0–100.0 |
Max optic nerve dose (Gy) | 5.8 | 6.0 | 1.1–15.5 |
Max chiasm dose (Gy) | 5.7 | 5.7 | 1.1–15.5 |
Max brainstem dose (Gy) | 5.1 | 5.7 | 0.0–17.6 |
BED (Gy) | 99.0 | 104.5 | 63.0–168.0 |
EQD2 (Gy) | 66.0 | 69.6 | 42.0–112.0 |
Variable | Biochemical Remission (±SD) | Without Biochemical Remission (±SD) | p-Value |
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Age | 47.6 (12.5) | 46.5 (9.9) | 0.77 |
IGF-1 levels before treatment (ng/mL) | 290.2 (138.3) | 472.6 (243.8) | 0.03 |
IGF-1i before treatment | 1.11 (0.4) | 1.86 (0.9) | 0.02 |
Irradiated/tumor volume (cc) | 1.2 (0.6) | 2.2 (2.5) | 0.24 |
Prescription dose (Gy) | 18.7 (3.1) | 18.3 (1.5) | 0.58 |
Prescription isodose (%) | 70.5 (7.6) | 69.5 (6.8) | 0.70 |
Max dose in tumor (Gy) | 26.9 (6.9) | 26.8 (4.0) | 0.95 |
Min dose in tumor (Gy) | 14.8 (4.6) | 15.4 (3.5) | 0.65 |
Mean dose in tumor (Gy) | 22.3 (4.3) | 22.0 (2.6) | 0.90 |
Coverage (%) | 94.7 (5.5) | 96.5 (4.1) | 0.26 |
BED (Gy) | 109.0 (33.5) | 103.5 (16.7) | 0.46 |
Biochemical Remission (Univariable Analysis) | |||
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Factor | Odds Ratio | p-Value | 95% Confidence Interval |
Age | 1.01 | 0.76 | 0.94–1.08 |
Sex | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.03–0.89 |
Irradiated/tumor volume (cc) | 0.64 | 0.26 | 0.29–1.39 |
Dose (Gy) | 1.10 | 0.57 | 0.76–1.59 |
Max dose in tumor (Gy) | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.86–1.17 |
Mean dose in tumor (Gy) | 1.03 | 0.75 | 0.81–1.31 |
Min dose in tumor (Gy) | 0.95 | 0.64 | 0.78–1.16 |
BED (Gy) | 1.01 | 0.46 | 0.97–1.04 |
Pretreatment IGF Index | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.02–0.91 |
Pretreatment IGF level (ng/mL) | 0.99 | 0.05 | 0.98–1.00 |
IGF-1i at 1. follow-up | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.02–1.10 |
IGF-1 level at 1. follow-up (ng/mL) | 0.99 | 0.08 | 0.98–1.00 |
Complete tumor regression | 2.91 | 0.19 | 0.56–14.94 |
Biochemical Remission (Multivariable Analysis) | |||
Age | 0.84 | 0.13 | 0.67–1.05 |
Sex | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01–1.23 |
Irradiated/tumor volume (cc) | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.01–1.91 |
Dose (Gy) | 2.35 | 0.45 | 0.25–21.80 |
Max dose in tumor (Gy) | 1.11 | 0.75 | 0.25–2.06 |
Mean dose in tumor (Gy) | (co-linear with dose) | ||
Min dose in tumor (Gy) | 0.64 | 0.22 | 0.32–1.30 |
BED (Gy) | (co-linear with dose) | ||
Pretreatment IGF-1i | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.01–0.93 |
Pretreatment IGF-1 level (ng/mL) | (co-linear with pretreatment IGF Index) | ||
IGF-1i at 1. follow-up | (co-linear with pretreatment IGF Index) | ||
IGF-1 level at 1. follow-up (ng/mL) | (co-linear with pretreatment IGF Index) | ||
Complete tumor regression | 8.06 | 0.27 | 0.19–39.2 |
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Ehret, F.; Kufeld, M.; Fürweger, C.; Haidenberger, A.; Windisch, P.; Fichte, S.; Lehrke, R.; Senger, C.; Kaul, D.; Rueß, D.; et al. Robotic Radiosurgery for Persistent Postoperative Acromegaly in Patients with Cavernous Sinus-Invading Pituitary Adenomas—A Multicenter Experience. Cancers 2021, 13, 537. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13030537
Ehret F, Kufeld M, Fürweger C, Haidenberger A, Windisch P, Fichte S, Lehrke R, Senger C, Kaul D, Rueß D, et al. Robotic Radiosurgery for Persistent Postoperative Acromegaly in Patients with Cavernous Sinus-Invading Pituitary Adenomas—A Multicenter Experience. Cancers. 2021; 13(3):537. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13030537
Chicago/Turabian StyleEhret, Felix, Markus Kufeld, Christoph Fürweger, Alfred Haidenberger, Paul Windisch, Susanne Fichte, Ralph Lehrke, Carolin Senger, David Kaul, Daniel Rueß, and et al. 2021. "Robotic Radiosurgery for Persistent Postoperative Acromegaly in Patients with Cavernous Sinus-Invading Pituitary Adenomas—A Multicenter Experience" Cancers 13, no. 3: 537. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13030537
APA StyleEhret, F., Kufeld, M., Fürweger, C., Haidenberger, A., Windisch, P., Fichte, S., Lehrke, R., Senger, C., Kaul, D., Rueß, D., Ruge, M., Schichor, C., Tonn, J. -C., Stalla, G., & Muacevic, A. (2021). Robotic Radiosurgery for Persistent Postoperative Acromegaly in Patients with Cavernous Sinus-Invading Pituitary Adenomas—A Multicenter Experience. Cancers, 13(3), 537. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13030537