New imaging agent could sharpen detection of rare tumors
NCT ID NCT02134639
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-phase study tested a new way to make a radioactive tracer called 68Ga-DOTATOC for PET-CT scans in 20 adults with suspected or known neuroendocrine tumors. The goal was to see if this new method could find tumors more accurately than the current standard scan (OctreoScan). Researchers also checked how reliable the tracer production was and whether it caused any side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2014
- Finished
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Jan 2015
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years * Patient who is suspected of endocrine tumors according to symptomatology, biology or imaging or pathological context (multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1) * initial staging: this includes research multifocal disease or locoregional or metastatic extension if well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (grade 1 et/ou 2) * Search of the primary tumor, especially in the case of the inaugural discovery of metastases * staging of a known recurrence * Search occult recurrence or suspicion of recurrence (clinical, laboratory, imaging doubtful) * Patient who have received in a lower range than 2 months of cervico-thoraco-abdominal-pelvic CT and scintigraphy in OctréoScan® * Patient who have signed an informed consent * Patient affiliated or beneficiary of regime of social security of a Member State of the European community Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with another evolutive cancer disease and/or treated for less than 5 years * Pregnant or lactating woman * Premenopausal woman without effective contraception (estrogen-progestin or intrauterine contraceptive device) * Patient unable to give their free and informed consent * Persons placed under judicial protection
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33076, France
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