None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The hypothesis of this study is that an enhanced PET/CT scanning protocol using new technology to monitor patient's breathing will detect disease that was not seen by any other scanning technique. The intervention being tested is the new respiratory scanning technology. This technology is able to create a video of a patient breathing rather that a snap shot to correct any blurring caused by normal breathing.
Interventions
A standard whole body PET/CT scan will be performed first. This involves a patient lying on a scanning table for around 20 mins while breathing normally. The patient will recieve CT and a PET scan from the base of the brain to thighs.
Then at the conclusion of the whole body PET/CT scan the patient will be administered with IV contrast and asked to hold their breath while a high quality CT scan of the liver is acquired taking about 30 seconds. Once the contrast CT scan has concluded the patie
A standard whole body PET/CT scan will be performed first. This involves a patient lying on a scanning table for around 20 mins while breathing normally. The patient will recieve CT and a PET scan from the base of the brain to thighs. Then at the conclusion of the whole body PET/CT scan the patient will be administered with IV contrast and asked to hold their breath while a high quality CT scan of the liver is acquired taking about 30 seconds. Once the contrast CT scan has concluded the patient will be instructed to breath normally again and a 10 minute gated PET scan of the liver will be acquired.
Sponsors
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Either histologically or clinically proven colorectal cancer with liver metastases for resection.
Exclusion criteria
1. Lack of patient compliance for additional scan time requirement 2. Breathing trace technically unsatisfactory for respiratory gating. 3. Allergy to CT radiographic contrast
Outcome results
None listed