Status:
COMPLETED
Pilot Project: Fast Whole-body Spect Scanning to Improve the Detection of Bone Metastases in Patients With Diagnosed Cancer
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Conditions:
Bone Metastases
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
The investigators propose to investigate the performance of the image reconstruction software with resolution recovery correction for bone SPECT studies. The investigators estimate that in only 30 min...
Detailed Description
Introduction Bone scintigraphy (e.g. "bone scan") with Tc-99m diphosphonates is one of the most common imaging radioisotope procedures in departments of nuclear medicine worldwide, with several thous...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with a prior history of prostate cancer and
- clinically suspected bone metastases based on symptoms, radiological examinations or abnormal biochemistry results
Exclusion
- Inability to consent to participate in the research study.
- Inability to lie supine for a period of at least 45 minutes.
- Inability to travel to the examination site to undergo the PET/CT examination.
- ECOG/WHO performance status ≥ 2
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 10 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00824213
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
August 10 2016
Last Update
March 3 2017
Active Locations (3)
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1
Lions Gate Hospital
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V7L 2L7
2
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 1L3
3
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 3P1