New scan spots tumors more clearly?
NCT ID NCT05556473
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early study tests a special PET/CT scan that uses a modified tryptophan molecule to make tumors light up more clearly than normal tissue. About 24 adults with brain, breast, neuroendocrine, or rectal cancers will get one scan to see if this method helps doctors tell tumors apart from healthy tissue. The goal is to improve future treatment planning, not to treat the cancer itself.
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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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About 24 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥18 years. * Targeted lesion (tumor) is at least 1 cm in diameter as shown by clinical imaging. * Patient is able to lie in the PET/CT scanner for at least 70 minutes while undergoing scanning. * Women of childbearing potential must not be pregnant or breastfeeding. * Recent anatomic imaging with visible disease (tumor) for comparison with the PET/CT. . * Physical exam within 28 days of PET imaging, CBC and Multiphasic (including electrolytes, BUN, creatinine, total bilirubin, AST and ALT) within 14 days. * Patients must sign an informed consent indicating that they are aware of the investigational nature of this study. Inclusion Criteria Specific for Intracranial Tumors \- Clinical and MRI diagnosis of an intracranial lesion suspicious for a brain tumor, including gliomas or metastatic brain tumors; primary, residual, or recurrent brain tumors (judged by clinical imaging) will qualify. Inclusion Criteria Specific for Extracranial Neuroendocrine Tumors: * Histopathologically confirmed, well-differentiated metastatic neuroendocrine tumor. * ECOG performance status of 2 or better. * Patients receiving stable-dose somatostatin analogs (SSAs, long-acting release \[LAR\], depot) for \>3 months before enrollment may be enrolled on the study, but such treatment is not required. Inclusion Criteria specific for Extracranial Primary Breast tumors: * Clinical and radiological diagnosis of a breast cancer * ECOG performance status of 2 or better. Inclusion Criteria specific for Rectal tumors: * Histologically confirmed colorectal cancer, which is located in the rectum. * ECOG performance status of 2 or better. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who are pregnant or lactating are excluded. Exclusion Criteria Specific for Intracranial Tumors: * Severe increased intracranial pressure, status epilepticus, or other symptoms requiring emergency or urgent intervention. * Tumor surgery or radiation within 1 month prior to the PET scan Exclusion Criteria Specific for Extracranial Neuroendocrine Tumors: * Tumor-directed therapy within 3 months to the area of planned imaging. * Ongoing treatment with a targeted agent (e.g., sunitinib or everolimus) or receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy (e.g., capecitabine or temozolomide). * Use of telotristat ethyl (a tryptophan-hydroxylase inhibitor) within one month. Exclusion Criteria for Extracranial Primary Breast tumors: -Recent (within 1 month) tumor resection or radio-chemotherapy (acute/subacute post-treatment inflammatory changes may cause false positive increases on PET). Exclusion Criteria for Rectal tumors: -Active inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's or Ulcerative colitis) involving the rectum.
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Locations
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Karmanos Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGDetroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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