New PET scan agent aims to better detect rare tumors
NCT ID NCT04888481
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new radioactive imaging agent called 68Ga-HA-DOTATATE to see if it can safely and accurately detect neuroendocrine tumors using PET/CT scans. About 600 people with known or suspected tumors will receive the agent and be followed for one year. The goal is to improve diagnosis compared to older methods.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2022
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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 with known or clinically suspected somatostatin receptor positive tumors including but not limited to: gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors, neuroendocrine tumors - primary unknown, pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma, medullary thyroid cancer, medulloblastoma, meningioma * A standard clinical CT or MRI is obtained within 6 months of enrollment * Ability to provide written informed consent prior to participation in the study (participant or if required a legal medical decision maker) Exclusion Criteria: * Weight \> 225 kg (weight limit of the PET/CT scanner) * Inability to scan (ie. extreme claustrophobia) or inability to lie still for imaging * Any additional medical condition, serious inter-current illness, or other extenuating circumstance that, in the opinion of the investigator or attending department physician, may significantly interfere with study performance or interpretation * Previous allergic reaction to DOTATATE or somatostatin analogues * Lack of intravenous access
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alberta
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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