NCT00954148

Defining the Utility of PET/CT in the Follow-up of Patients With Solid Tumors

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 53 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dallas VA Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a comparison, at this VA Hospital,of routine multi-visit and multi-testing for solid tumor recurrence in four tumor groups to a limited scheduled 5 visit history/physical with PET/CT only, over a five year period. The purpose is to show through utilization of the single most sensitive and specific test currently available-PET/CT-that survival for patients in follow-up can be improved.(Plus lowering medical costs and increasing patient confidence and compliance with follow-up appointments).

Detailed description

Routine visits would include COLON:14 visits with cea and 6 CTs over a 5 year period plus PET/CT at last visit RECTAL: 14 visits with cea and 6 CTs and 4 procto exams over 5 year period plus PET/CT at last visit HEAD/NECK: 14 visits with 4 CTs and PET/CT at last visit LUNG:12 visits plus 4 CTs and PET/CT at last visit Limited follow-up ALL GROUPS: a history and physical plus PET/CT at 3 month, 9 month, 18 month, 36 month and 60 month only

Conditions

• Cancer Recurrence
• Solid Tumors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	PET/CT	5 visits with PET/CT as only testing
PROCEDURE	NCCN recommendations for solid tumor post treatment	12-14 visits with exams, blood tests, CTs and PET/CT

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-09-01
• Primary completion: 2010-05-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2009-08-07
• Last updated: 2010-06-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States