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Could a Full-Body scan replace surgery for endometriosis diagnosis?

NCT ID NCT07523997

Diagnosis Sponsor: University of Edinburgh Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study is testing whether a special full-body PET/CT scan can spot endometriosis without needing surgery. Up to 30 women with suspected endometriosis will get two scans using different tracers that highlight bleeding and scarring. The scan results will be compared with findings from their planned surgery to see if the scan works.

What this could mean

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Active substance
68Ga-FAPI and 18F-GP1 radiotracers
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a non-surgical way to diagnose endometriosis, reducing diagnostic delays and surgical risks.
What could go wrong
This is a small early study with only 30 participants, and the tracers may not clearly distinguish endometriosis from other conditions. The scans also involve radiation exposure.

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Study facts

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

Participants

About 30 people

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

Started

Apr 2026

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

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.

Who is studied

30 patients in NHS Lothian with clinically diagnosed endometriosis due to undergo confirmatory laparoscopy in the subsequent four months will be recruited. All subjects recruited for the study will be able to withdraw from the study at any time. The patients will be referred to the study by their treating physicians to investigate clinically diagnosed endometriosis. We will not recruit or enroll healthy volunteers in this study.

Ages

18 to 60 years

Sex

Female participants only

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: * Chronic pelvic pain * Clinical/radiological diagnosis of likely endometriosis and due to undergo confirmatory laparoscopy in the subsequent four months Exclusion Criteria: * Inability or unwilling to give informed consent * Actively trying to conceive, pregnant or breastfeeding * Post menopausal (no periods for \>12 months and not taking hormonal treatments to prevent periods or bilateral oophorectomy performed) * Previous hysterectomy * Confirmed or suspected pelvic malignancy * Contraindication to MRI (ferromagnetic material in the body, metallic device implantation or claustrophobia) * Contraindication to buscopan (e.g. glaucoma, unstable cardiac disease, arrythmias, myasthenia, previous hypersensitivity to buscopan) * Taking part in a CTIMP or interventional non-CTIMP study * Previous severe pelvic inflammatory disease * Previous peritonitis

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

endometriosis

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Endometriosis

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Centre for Reproductive Health, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh

    RECRUITING

    Edinburgh, City Of Edinburgh, EH16 4UU, United Kingdom

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