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Table 4 Diffusion tensor imaging bortezomib interaction effect. Changes in radial diffusivity (RD) values by treatment group and white matter structures

From: Concurrent whole brain radiotherapy and bortezomib for brain metastasis

Group

Structures

Pre-RT to End-RT*

Pre-RT to 1 month post-RT#

  

Change in RD

95% CI

Change in RD

95% CI

No bortezomib

Other white matter

+ 10.4%

6.3 – 14.5%

+ 5.8%

1.1 – 10.5%

 

Hippocampus-associated

+ 13.2%

7.5 – 18.8%

+ 4.8%

−1.4 – 11.1%

With bortezomib

Other white matter

+ 7.7%

4.6 – 10.8%

+ 8.1%

4.8 – 11.5%

 

Hippocampus-associated

+ 17.2%

13.0 – 21.5%

+ 16.8%

12.4 – 21.2%

  1. *Pre-RT to End-RT: total n = 14, n = 9 with bortezomib.
  2. #Pre-RT to 1 month post-RT: total n = 12, n = 8 with bortezomib.
  3. Comparison of changes in hippocampus-associated structures to other white matter structures p-value = 0.0023.