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Sugar tracer reveals brain tumor secrets in new study

NCT ID NCT01668082

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study gives patients with a new brain mass a safe, non-radioactive sugar tracer before surgery to see how their tumor uses energy. Researchers will analyze the tumor tissue and compare it with MRI scans to find patterns that could help identify aggressive tumor cells. The goal is to improve understanding of brain tumors, not to test a new treatment. About 40 people of any age are being recruited.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
13C-glucose (a non-radioactive, naturally occurring isotope of glucose)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to better ways to identify aggressive tumor cells without invasive biopsies, improving diagnosis and treatment planning.
What could go wrong
This is an early observational study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to all brain tumor types. It is designed to gather knowledge, not to test a treatment.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 40 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Aug 2009

Expected to finish

Feb 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female, any age and any racial or ethnic group * Spanish-speaking patients will be eligible * Pre-operative brain MR imaging suggestive of a brain tumor or pre-operative imaging showing a tumor or biopsy of a tumor mass prior to planned resection of the mass * Patient able and willing to provide informed consent or Legal parent or guardian willing and able to provide informed consent for patient under age 18. * Karnofsky Performance status \> 70% * Negative serum pregnancy test or child bearing potential terminated by surgery, radiation, menopause or current use of two approved methods of birth control Exclusion Criteria: * Patient or legal parent/guardian unable to provide informed consent * Karnofsky Performance status \< 70% * Patients who are claustrophobic or have other contraindications to MRI, such as impanted pacemaker device vascular clips, surgical clips, prosthetic valves, pacemakers, otologic implants * NYHA class III and IV congestive heart failure * Psychiatric or addictive disorders that preclude obtaining informed consent * Unstable angina * Pregnant or lactating women * Women of childbearing potential who refuse a pregnancy test (performed during screening)

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

brain neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

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Brain mass

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Texas Southwestern

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States

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