Blog Archive

Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Intra‐ and Inter‐visit Repeatability of 129Xenon Multiple‐Breath Washout MRI in Children With Stable Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

AlexandrosSfakianakis shared this article with you from Inoreader

Background

Multiple-breath washout (MBW) 129Xe MRI (MBW Xe-MRI) is a promising technique for following pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease progression. However, its repeatability in stable CF needs to be established to use it as an outcome measure for novel therapies.

Purpose

To assess intravisit and intervisit repeatability of MBW Xe-MRI in healthy and CF children.

Study Type

Prospective, longitudinal cohort study.

Subjects

A total of 18 pediatric subjects (7 healthy, 11 CF).

Field Strength/Sequence

A 3 T/2D coronal hyperpolarized (HP) 129Xe images using GRE sequence.

Assessment

All subjects completed MBW Xe-MRI, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) (spirometry, nitrogen [N2] MBW for lung clearance index [LCI]) and ventilation defect percent (VDP) at baseline (visit 1) and 1-month after. Fractional ventilation (FV), coefficient of variation (CoVFV) maps were calculated from MBW Xe-MRI data acquired between intervening air washout breaths performed after an initial xenon breath-hold. Skewness of FV and CoVFV map distributions was also assessed.

Statistical Tests

Repeatability: intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), within-subject coefficient of variation (CV%), repeatability coefficient (CR). Agreement: Bland–Altman. For correlations between MBW Xe-MRI, VDP and PFTs: Spearman's correlation. Significance threshold: P < 0.05.

Results

For FV, intravisit median [IQR] ICC was high in both healthy (0.94 [0.48, 0.99]) and CF (0.83 [0.04, 0.97]) subjects. CoVFV also had good intravisit ICC in healthy (0.92 [0.42, 0.99]) and CF (0.79 [0.02, 0.96]) subjects. Similarly, for FV, intervisit ICC was high in health (0.94 [0.68, 0.99]) and CF (0.89 [0.61, 0.97]). CoVFV also had good intervisit ICC in health (0.92 [0.42, 0.99]) and CF (0.78 [0.26, 0.94]). FV had better intervisit repeatability than VDP. CoVFV correlated significantly with LCI (R = 0.56). Skewness of FV distributions significantly distinguished between cohorts at baseline.

Data Conclusion

MBW Xe-MRI had high intravisit and intervisit repeatability in healthy and stable CF subjects. CoVFV correlated with LCI, suggesting the importance of ventilation heterogeneity to early CF.

Evidence Level

1.

Technical Efficacy

Stage 2.

View on Web

No comments:

Post a Comment