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

NCT ID: NCT01545622

Last Updated: 2017-08-31

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 61 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-09-01

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Parathyroid Disease

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Arkansas

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Brendan Stack, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Arkansas

Locations

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

104675

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id