Surgeon Compared to Nuclear Radiology Readers for Tc-99m Sestamibi Scans for Parathyroid Disease

Completed

Conditions studied: Parathyroid Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to analyze the findings of 30 surgeons and 30 nuclear radiologists of 61 individual thyroid scans. The goal is to determine if surgeons are more prone to making a definitive diagnosis based on a given scan than a nuclear radiologist. Accuracy of localization of the two groups will be analyzed. A secure website has been designed to which the physician will be able to login and view and rate the quality of each image and make a localizing diagnosis. Once they are finished, they will not be able to make any more changes, and their responses will be compared to the responses of their colleagues. The results will be analyzed to find if there is a significant variation in the ratings between the surgeons and the nuclear radiologists as to the quality, location, and number of parathyroid glands, if any, on the scans.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01545622

Run by

University of Arkansas

People needed

61

Starts

2008-03-01

Expected to finish

2016-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Must be a surgeon or nuclear radiologist to be eligible read scans for this study.

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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