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Evaluation of 18F-TFB PET/CT Scan in Patients With Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Evaluation of F-18 Tetrafluoroborate (18F-TFB) PET/CT in Patients With Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05575440
Enrollment
24
Registered
2022-10-12
Start date
2022-04-22
Completion date
2028-05-01
Last updated
2026-02-27

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

Conditions

Differentiated Thyroid Gland Carcinoma, Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma, Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma

Brief summary

This phase II study evaluates F-18 tetrafluoroborate (18F-TFB) PET/CT scan in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. Diagnostic imaging is necessary for planning treatment, monitoring therapy response, and identifying sites of recurrent or metastatic disease in differentiated thyroid cancer. 18F-TFB PET/CT may accurately detect recurrent and metastatic thyroid cancer lesions, with the potential to provide information for patient management that is better than the current standard of care imaging practices.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate fluorine F 18 tetrafluoroborate (18F-TFB) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging in patients with intermediate or high risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and compare to the current clinical standard. II. Assess the impact of 18F-TFB PET/CT on clinical management. OUTLINE: Patients receive fluorine F 18 tetrafluoroborate intravenously (IV) and undergo PET/CT scan on study.

Interventions

PROCEDUREComputed Tomography

Undergo a PET/CT scan

PROCEDUREPositron Emission Tomography

Undergo a PET/CT scan

OTHERSurvey Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Subject has biopsy-proven papillary or follicular thyroid cancer * Subject is clinically indicated for 123I-SPECT/CT total body iodine (TBI) scan * Subject agrees to undergo 18F-TFB PET/CT scan following TBI scan * Karnofsky performance status of \>= 50 (or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group \[ECOG\]/World Health Organization \[WHO\] equivalent) * Subject is able to be scanned - able to lie still on SPECT/CT and PET/CT scanner table for up to 65 minutes (min) * Age 18 or older * Ability to understand a written informed consent document, and the willingness to sign it * Subject is not pregnant

Exclusion criteria

* Contrast-enhanced CT within 4 last weeks * Amiodarone within last 4 months * Ingested iodine, kelp tablets, Lugols iodine, or potassium iodide (SSKI) within 2 weeks * Unable to lie flat, still or tolerate a PET scan * Applied betadine, iodoform, or quick tanning products to skin within last two weeks * If using medication withdrawal for stimulation, then exclude if thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level \< 25 * Taken anti-thyroid medication within 1 week * Subject is breastfeeding * Positive pregnancy test

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Descriptive summaries of detected lesionsUp to 2 yearsDescriptive summaries of detected lesions (presence/absence) will include counts and proportions at the patient and lesion level. Overall concordance of these measures across modalities will be estimated using Cohen's kappa with 95% confidence intervals generated by clustered bootstrapping. Per-lesion analysis of detection rates by modality will be performed using cluster-adjusted McNemar's test, accounting for the paired nature of the data (i.e., two scans) and potential within-sample correlation for patients with multiple lesions.
Conspicuities and diagnostic confidence scores for a given lesionUp to 2 yearsConspicuities and diagnostic confidence scores for a given lesion will be averaged across readers. Descriptive summaries of these scores will include medians and interquartile ranges. Concordance of these measures across modality will be evaluated using Lin's concordance correlation coefficient with 95% confidence intervals generated by clustered bootstrapping. Differences in conspicuities and diagnostic confidence scores will be tested using cluster-adjusted Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
True positive and negative lesionsUp to 2 yearsGiven true positive and negative lesions determined by histopathology and/or imaging, clinical and laboratory follow-up, we will estimate sensitivity, specificity, net present value, and positive predictive value on a per-lesion and patient basis for 18F TFB PET/CT and 123I single-photon emission computerized tomography/CT along with the corresponding two-sided 95% confidence intervals. The confidence intervals will be constructed using clustered bootstrapping.
Impact of PET on clinical management in differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) patientsUp to 2 yearsThe impact of PET on clinical management in DTC patients will be evaluated using descriptive statistics. Evidence of discordance among the modalities will be assessed using a McNemar- Bowker test of symmetry.
Inter-reader reproducibilityUp to 2 yearsInter-reader reproducibility will be assessed for positivity at the patient level and region level (nominal) as well as standardized uptake values (SUVs) for positive lesions (quantitative). Reproducibility will be reported using the Fleiss' Kappa test for multiple readers for positivity and Pearson intra-class correlation for SUVs.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORStephen M. Broski, M.D.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 28, 2026