New PET tracer could spot hidden thyroid cancer
NCT ID NCT07436455
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new imaging agent called F-18 TFB for PET/CT scans in people who have had surgery and radioactive iodine for differentiated thyroid cancer but still have high tumor markers. The goal is to see if F-18 TFB finds cancer lesions better than the standard FDG PET/CT scan. About 50 adults will participate, and results will be compared to biopsy or follow-up findings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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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18 years and older
- 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: * Having undergone surgery for differentiated thyroid cancer and received radioactive iodine therapy * Being evaluated for lesion detection due to elevated serum Tg and/or ATg levels during post-treatment follow-up * Negative or equivocal I-131 whole-body scan findings * Karnofsky Performance Status ≥ 50 (or equivalent Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group \[ECOG\]/World Health Organization \[WHO\] performance status) * Giving written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Age under 18 years * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Failure to provide written informed consent
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ankara University Medical School Nuclear Medicine Department
RECRUITINGAnkara, Ankara, 06590, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Hacettepe University Medical School Nuclear Medicine Department
RECRUITINGAnkara, Ankara, 06590, Turkey (Türkiye)
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