Status:

UNKNOWN

Radiation Exposure Awareness From Patients Undergoing Nuclear Medicine Diagnostic Scans

Lead Sponsor:

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

City, University of London

Conditions:

Skeletal Scintigraphy

FDG PET/CT

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

This questionnaire is aimed at finding out if patients understand how much radiation they are being exposed to when they have a bone scan (99mTc-MDP)or an FDG PET/CT scan (18F-FDG PET/CT). This questi...

Detailed Description

Nuclear medicine uses ionizing radiation in order to diagnose and treat diseases and the different types of scans and therapies use different amounts and types of radiation which result in different e...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Over the age of 18
  • Group 1: undergoing a diagnostic bone scan within the Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Department at The Royal Marsden Hospital
  • Group 2: undergoing a diagnostic 18F- FDG PET/CT within the Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Department at The Royal Marsden Hospital.

Exclusion

  • Previous participation in one group; (participants can only take part in one of the group questionnaires once).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 26 2018

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03458585

Start Date

February 26 2018

End Date

December 31 2018

Last Update

June 29 2018

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The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust Foundation

Sutton, Surrey, United Kingdom, SM2 5PT