Assessment of Extracellular Volume Fraction in Becker Muscular Dystrophy by Using MR Fingerprinting. 2023

Benjamin Marty, and Pierre-Yves Baudin, and Ericky Caldas de Almeida Araujo, and Yves Fromes, and Karim Wahbi, and Harmen Reyngoudt
From the Institute of Myology, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, NMR Laboratory, Bâtiment Babinski, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83 boulevard Vincent Auriol, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France (B.M., P.Y.B., E.C.d.A.A., Y.F., H.R.); and Institute of Myology, Reference Center for Muscle Diseases Paris-Est, Paris, France (K.W.).

Background Quantitative MRI is increasingly proposed in clinical trials related to dystrophinopathies, including Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). Purpose To establish the sensitivity of extracellular volume fraction (ECV) quantification using an MR fingerprinting sequence with water and fat separation as a quantitative imaging biomarker of skeletal muscle tissue alterations in BMD compared with fat fraction (FF) and water relaxation time quantification. Materials and Methods In this prospective study, study participants with BMD and healthy volunteers were included from April 2018 until October 2022 (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02020954). The MRI examination comprised FF mapping with the three-point Dixon method, water T2 mapping, and water T1 mapping before and after an intravenous injection of a gadolinium-based contrast agent by using MR fingerprinting, from which ECV was calculated. Functional status was measured with use of the Walton and Gardner-Medwin scale. This clinical evaluation tool stratifies disease severity from grade 0 (preclinical; elevated creatine phosphokinase; all activities normal) to grade 9 (unable to eat, drink, or sit without assistance). Mann-Whitney U tests, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and Spearman rank correlation tests were performed. Results Twenty-eight participants with BMD (median age, 42 years [IQR, 34-52 years]; 28 male) and 19 healthy volunteers (median age, 39 years [IQR, 33-55 years]; 19 male) were evaluated. ECV was higher in participants with dystrophy than in controls (median, 0.21 [IQR, 0.16-0.28] vs 0.07 [IQR, 0.07-0.08]; P < .001). In muscles of participants with BMD with normal FF, ECV was also higher than in muscles of healthy controls (median, 0.11 [IQR, 0.10-0.15] vs 0.07 [IQR, 0.07-0.08]; P = .02). ECV was correlated with FF (ρ = 0.56, P = .003), Walton and Gardner-Medwin scale score (ρ = 0.52, P = .006), and serum cardiac troponin T level (ρ = 0.60, P < .001). Conclusion Quantitative MR relaxometry with water and fat separation indicates a significant increase of skeletal muscle extracellular volume fraction in study participants with Becker muscular dystrophy. Clinical trial registration no. NCT02020954 Published under a CC BY 4.0 license. Supplemental material is available for this article.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D003287 Contrast Media Substances used to allow enhanced visualization of tissues. Radiopaque Media,Contrast Agent,Contrast Agents,Contrast Material,Contrast Materials,Radiocontrast Agent,Radiocontrast Agents,Radiocontrast Media,Agent, Contrast,Agent, Radiocontrast,Agents, Contrast,Agents, Radiocontrast,Material, Contrast,Materials, Contrast,Media, Contrast,Media, Radiocontrast,Media, Radiopaque
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D018482 Muscle, Skeletal A subtype of striated muscle, attached by TENDONS to the SKELETON. Skeletal muscles are innervated and their movement can be consciously controlled. They are also called voluntary muscles. Anterior Tibial Muscle,Gastrocnemius Muscle,Muscle, Voluntary,Plantaris Muscle,Skeletal Muscle,Soleus Muscle,Muscle, Anterior Tibial,Muscle, Gastrocnemius,Muscle, Plantaris,Muscle, Soleus,Muscles, Skeletal,Muscles, Voluntary,Skeletal Muscles,Tibial Muscle, Anterior,Voluntary Muscle,Voluntary Muscles
D020388 Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne An X-linked recessive muscle disease caused by an inability to synthesize DYSTROPHIN, which is involved with maintaining the integrity of the sarcolemma. Muscle fibers undergo a process that features degeneration and regeneration. Clinical manifestations include proximal weakness in the first few years of life, pseudohypertrophy, cardiomyopathy (see MYOCARDIAL DISEASES), and an increased incidence of impaired mentation. Becker muscular dystrophy is a closely related condition featuring a later onset of disease (usually adolescence) and a slowly progressive course. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1415) Becker Muscular Dystrophy,Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,Muscular Dystrophy, Becker,Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic,Becker's Muscular Dystrophy,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 3B,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, X-Linked,Childhood Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic,Childhood Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy,Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy,Duchenne-Becker Muscular Dystrophy,Duchenne-Type Progressive Muscular Dystrophy,Muscular Dystrophy Pseudohypertrophic Progressive, Becker Type,Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Type,Muscular Dystrophy, Childhood, Pseudohypertrophic,Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Type,Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker Types,Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic Progressive, Becker Type,Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic Progressive, Duchenne Type,Muscular Dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic, Childhood,Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne Type,Pseudohypertrophic Childhood Muscular Dystrophy,Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy, Childhood,Duchenne Becker Muscular Dystrophy,Duchenne Type Progressive Muscular Dystrophy,Muscular Dystrophy, Becker's,Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne-Becker,Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy

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