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18F-FMAU PET/CT in Imaging Patients With Advanced Cancers

18F-FMAU for Imaging in Cancer Patients

Status
Terminated
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02079181
Enrollment
3
Registered
2014-03-05
Start date
2014-01-31
Completion date
2023-08-22
Last updated
2024-05-24

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Conditions

Malignant Neoplasm

Brief summary

This clinical trial studies the safety and drug distribution of the radioactive drug, 2'-deoxy-2'-\[18F\]fluoro-5-methyl-1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyluracil (fluorine F 18 d-FMAU \[18F-FMAU\]), for imaging with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients with advanced cancers. A PET scan is a procedure in which a small amount of radioactive glucose (sugar) is injected into a vein, and a scanner is used to make detailed, computerized pictures of areas inside the body where the glucose is taken up. Because cancer cells often take up more glucose than normal cells, the pictures can be used to find cancer cells in the body. PET/CT using the drug fluorine F 18 d-FMAU, may help find cancer and find out how far the disease has spread.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the radiation dosimetry of 18F-FMAU in humans, confirm absence of adverse events in humans from intravenous (i.v.) injection of 18F-FMAU for PET imaging, and characterize the incidence of circulating metabolites of 18F-FMAU in humans. II. To simply find out whether there is any visual uptake change of 18F-FMAU in tumors post-therapy. OUTLINE: Patients receive fluorine F 18 d-FMAU IV followed by PET/CT prior to start of cancer treatment. Patients may undergo 2 additional scans at one week prior to second course of chemotherapy and after completion of cancer treatment depending on cancer type.

Interventions

Given IV

PROCEDUREpositron emission tomography

Undergo fluorine F 18 d-FMAU PET/CT scan

PROCEDUREcomputed tomography

Undergo fluorine F 18 d-FMAU PET/CT scan

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH
University of Southern California
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Have been diagnosed with a malignancy/tumor/cancer, including but not limited to: brain tumor, breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, lymphoma, or sarcoma * Have one or more tumors visualized by conventional PET-CT, CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to the PET FMAU study; PET-CT should be within one week prior to 18F-FMAU

Exclusion criteria

* Have undergone chemotherapy or radiation therapy within the previous one month * Women of childbearing potential, unless they have had a negative urine beta human chorionic gonadotropin (betaHCG) within the previous 24 hours of the procedure * Patients who have had surgery at the site of the suspected lesion within 1 month

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Radiation dosimetry of fluorine F 18 d-FMAUUp to 24 hours after fluorine F 18 d-FMAU PET/CT scan
Adverse events after injection of fluorine F 18 d-FMAU to the patientsUp to 24 hours after fluorine F 18 d-FMAU PET/CT scan
Fluorine F 18 d-FMAU uptake change in tumors post-therapyBaseline up to 24 hours after fluorine F 18 d-FMAU PET/CT scan

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026