New scan could spot hidden thyroid cancer better
NCT ID NCT05575440
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is testing a new type of PET/CT scan (18F-TFB) to see if it can find thyroid cancer that has come back or spread better than the current standard scan. About 24 adults with papillary or follicular thyroid cancer will get both scans to compare results. The goal is to improve how doctors detect and manage thyroid cancer.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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May 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Subjects have biopsy-proven papillary or follicular thyroid cancer and is clinically indicated for 123I-single-photon emission computerized tomography (I-SPECT)/CT total body iodine (TBI) scan
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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
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Conditions
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Locations
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Mayo Clinic in Rochester
RECRUITINGRochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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