Perioperative Specimen Imaging Using High-resolution 18F-FDG-PET-CT During Thoracic Surgery: a Pilot Study

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Conditions studied: Lung Neoplasms, PET-CT Specimen Imager

In brief

In this pilot study the investigators propose the intraoperative use of a high-resolution PET-CT imaging system which can assess resection margins and lymph node status in the operating room. This will allow for a faster and stepwise assessment (estimated to be under 10 minutes per specimen), enabling the surgeon to decide on subsequent surgical steps after each previous assessment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05693363

Run by

University Hospital, Ghent

People needed

40

Starts

2024-01-01

Expected to finish

2025-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-15

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patient is 18 years of age or older.
• Patient with suspected or confirmed lung malignancies
• Patient is indicated to undergo thoracic surgery.
• Patient is estimated to be compliant for study participation by the investigator.
• Patient has freely given his/her informed consent to participate in this study.

You may not qualify if…

• Patient has general or local contra-indications for thoracic surgery.
• Patient has active infection.
• Blood glucose level over 200 mg/dL on the day of surgery.
• Pregnancy or lactation.
• Patient participated in other clinical studies with radiation exposure of more than 1 mSv in the past year

Where it is running

• University Hospital Ghent — Ghent, Belgium (enrolling)

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