Defining the Utility of PET/CT in the Follow-up of Patients With Solid Tumors
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
Interventional
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
ThatPET/CT will be superior (15% improvement) to conventional methods of follow-up in terms of 5 year survival, cost and time to identification of new disease
5 years
No
James LePage, PH.D
Study Chair
ACOS for Research VA North TX Health Care System
United States: Federal Government
09-017
NCT00954148
September 2009
June 2010
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VA North Texas Health Care System | Dallas, Texas 75216 |