Status:

TERMINATED

Defining the Utility of PET/CT in the Follow-up of Patients With Solid Tumors

Lead Sponsor:

Dallas VA Medical Center

Conditions:

Cancer Recurrence

Solid Tumors

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This is a comparison, at this VA Hospital,of routine multi-visit and multi-testing for solid tumor recurrence in four tumor groups to a limited scheduled 5 visit history/physical with PET/CT only, ove...

Detailed Description

Routine visits would include COLON:14 visits with cea and 6 CTs over a 5 year period plus PET/CT at last visit RECTAL: 14 visits with cea and 6 CTs and 4 procto exams over 5 year period plus PET/CT at...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Completed primary therapy such that no disease is evident at the time of enrollment in the study

Exclusion

  • Patients unable to consent
  • Without diagnosis of colorectal cancer
  • Non-small cell lung cancer or squamous cell cancer of the head and neck
  • Unwilling or unable to participate in the assigned follow-up program
  • Having a serum glucose at time of PET/CT greater than 180mg/dl
  • Stage IV disease or with evidence of disease recurrence post treatment
  • Who are not a candidate for further treatment should a recurrence of disease be identified

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

53 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00954148

Start Date

September 1 2009

End Date

June 1 2010

Last Update

June 30 2010

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VA North Texas Health Care System

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75216