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Evaluation of Whole-body CZT Camera in Gated Tomographic Radionuclide Angiography

Clinical Evaluation of a Multipurpose CZT Camera in Gated Tomographic Radionuclide Angiography: a Head to Head Comparison With a Cardiac Dedicated CZT Device

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04629937
Acronym
STARGAC
Enrollment
73
Registered
2020-11-16
Start date
2020-12-30
Completion date
2021-08-06
Last updated
2022-07-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cardiac Function

Keywords

SPECT, gated tomographic radionuclide angiography, Multipurpose CZT camera, left ventricle ejection fraction, Radionuclide angiography

Brief summary

Tomographic radionuclide angiography (or blood pool) is a reproducible method to evaluate left ventricular ejection fraction that is needed during oncological treatments or to evaluate cardiopathies. Cardiac-dedicated CZT systems allowed dose or time reduction. Multipurpose CZT cameras have not yet been evaluated in this indication. Moreover, the impact of attenuation correction is not known.

Detailed description

Tomographic radionuclide angiography is a simple, rapid and reproducible method of cardiac function measurement, including left (LVEF) and right (RVEF) ventricular ejection fractions. In addition to cardiological indications, this examination is often performed as part of cardiac toxicity screening during the various oncological treatments. This indication is all the more true since the arrival of CZT gamma cameras dedicated to cardiological studies has made it possible to reduce injected activities, as well as examination times. The multipurpose CZT camera allows tomoscintigraphic acquisitions to be carried out using CZT technology as well. Unlike the CZT gamma cameras dedicated to cardiological studies, this system can be used for the exploration of different organs, and also allows the realization of CT slices for attenuation correction. Patients included in this study will be double scanned both on a dedicated cardiac CZT camera and on multipurpose CZT camera, with CT. LVEF and RVEF will be then compared.

Interventions

OTHERSPECT acquisitions

All patients will undergo SPECT acquisitions with both multipurpose CZT camera and cardiac dedicated CZT camera.

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

All patients will undergo SPECT acquisitions with both multipurpose CZT camera and cardiac dedicated CZT camera.

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Patients referred to our Nuclear Medicine department for evaluation of cardiac function.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients treated with chemotherapy within 12 days. * Under 18 years old patients. * Pregnant women or at risk of pregnancy. * Breast feeding. * Painful patients. * Patients under guardianship. * Patients in whom a standard examination is not feasible (agitation). * Patients who do not benefit from a social security system

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Assessment of left and right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction.Day 0Automatic quantification of left and right ventricular volumes, left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) and right ventricle ejection fraction (RVEF) using BPGs software (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Assessment of left and ventricular volumes and ejection fraction with attenuation correction.Day 0Assessment of an attenuation map from low dose CT data. Automatic quantification of left and right ventricular volumes, LVEF and RVEF using BPGs software (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA).

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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