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Bone MetastasesDTOMNCT03353090

Double-bed SPECT/CT for Bone Scintigraphy in Initial Staging of Cancer Patients

An observational study of Bone Metastases, run by University Hospital, Brest at 1 site in France.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Bone scintigraphy is currently a reference test in the initial staging of cancer. Bone scintigraphy historically consists in a planar whole-body scintigraphy (WBS). SPECT/CT has been shown to dramatically reduce the proportion of inconclusive results and increase the specificity of bone scintigraphy. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Bone Metastases
How many people
102 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
10 Oct 2016to 10 Dec 2016
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Consecutive patients

Who may be able to join

  • Patients referred for bone scintigraphy for initial staging of biopsy proven malignancy.

Who cannot join

  • monoclonal gammapathy
  • patients under 18 years of age
  • Technical issues not allowing a double-bed SPECT/CT acquisition
  • double bed SPECT/CT acquisition not centered from the upper cervical spine to the proximal femora

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • CHRU de Brest

    Brest, 29609

Other trials in France

About this study

Official title: Incremental Diagnostic Utility of Systematic Double-bed SPECT/CT for Bone Scintigraphy in Initial Staging of Cancer Patients

Bone scintigraphy is currently a reference test in the initial staging of cancer. Bone scintigraphy historically consists in a planar whole-body scintigraphy (WBS). SPECT/CT has been shown to dramatically reduce the proportion of inconclusive results and increase the specificity of bone scintigraphy. Therefore, in most of nuclear médicine centers, the usual protocol for staging of bone metastases consists in a whole-body planar acquisition followed, if needed, by a targeted SPECT/CT to characterize suspicious or equivocal uptakes seen on WBS. The aim of this study is to assess the incremental diagnostic utility of a systematic double-bed SPECT/CT acquisition for bone scintigraphy in initial staging of cancer patients compared with the conventional "WBS plus single-bed targeted SPECT/CT" strategy.

Read the detailed description

Images are interpreted by two nuclear medicine physicians in a 3-step procedure and by consensus. Firstly,only WBS planar images are considered. Secondly, a single-bed SPECT/CT chosen based on planar images is used if WBS demonstrated any equivocal or suspicious uptake.

Finally, WBS and double-bed SPECT/CT images are used for interpretation.

A per-lesion, a per-anatomical region and a per-patient analysis is performed. At each step, lesions, regions and diagnostic conclusions are classified using a 3-level scale, as negative for malignancy, equivocal or suspicious for metastasis

Conditions
Bone Metastases

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Diagnostic impact of a systematic double SPECT/CT as compared to a oriented single-bed SPECT/CT bone scintigraphy for staging of malignancies with bone scintigraphy

    Measured: day 1

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Nov 2017
  2. Study start10 Oct 2016
  3. Primary completion10 Dec 2016
  4. Study completion10 Dec 2016

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
102 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03353090
Sponsor's protocol ID
DTOM
Acronym
DTOM
Status last verified
Nov 2017
First submitted
10 Nov 2017
Last updated
27 Nov 2017
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Bone Metastases, run by University Hospital, Brest at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Nov 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Diagnostic impact of a systematic double SPECT/CT as compared to a oriented single-bed SPECT/CT bone scintigraphy for staging of malignancies with bone scintigraphy (time frame: day 1). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Nov 2017.

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