An Evaluation of the Effects of Chemotherapy on the Uptake and Retention of Carbon 11 Methionine (C11 MET) in Prostate Cancer, as Assessed by Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
In the week before the patients first dose of chemotherapy they will receive a C11
methionine PET scan which takes about 90 minutes. C11 methionine is a radioactively labeled
amino acid that is given to the patient intravenously.
Eighteen to twenty days after the patients first dose of docetaxel chemotherapy, they will
have another C11 methionine PET scan which is identical to the first scan.
At the end of three cycles of docetaxel chemotherapy (about 2 and 1/2 months on study)
another C11 methionine PET scan will be done.
The PET scans will show how well the tumor is taking up methionine.
Interventional
Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
To describe the association between percent change in tumor standardized uptake value (SUV) after c11 methionine administration after one cycle of every three-week docetaxel-based chemotherapy and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response
Robert Ross, MD
Principal Investigator
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
United States: Institutional Review Board
04-419
NCT00139204
April 2005
July 2006
Name | Location |
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, Massachusetts 02215 |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, Massachusetts 02115 |
Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2617 |