Augmented Whole-body Scanning Via Magnifying PET/CT (AWSM-PET/CT) Techniques Abilities to Improve Upon the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Standard-of-care (SOC) PET/CT for Malignant Lesion Detection

NCT ID: NCT05513027

Last Updated: 2025-09-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

11 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-03-06

Study Completion Date

2027-05-31

Brief Summary

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Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) has been demonstrated to outperform other imaging modalities such as CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of metastatic cancers. Therefore, it is currently used for cancer staging, re-staging, and for monitoring response to therapy for many types of cancers. Major advances in PET imaging came to the field in 2016, 2020, 2021 and 2023 when the FDA approved additional PET imaging agents to expand the role of cancer detection to include prostate and neuroendocrine cancers. Despite its wide use and success, the diagnostic accuracy of PET/CT is suboptimal for lesions that are significantly smaller than 1 cm due primarily to limitations on image resolution and system sensitivity. The investigators have developed an Augmented Whole-body Scanning via Magnifying PET (AWSM-PET) technology that can improve the image resolution and system sensitivity of current and future PET/CT scanners. This study will evaluate preliminarily whether the AWSM-PET/CT technology can provide additional high-resolution PET/CT images displayed concurrently with the standard of care PET/CT images to improve overall accuracy in depicting malignant lesions in cancer patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Augmented Whole-body Scanning via Magnifying PET (AWSM-PET)

All enrolled subjects will undergo SOC PET/CT scan with an AWSM PET device positioned at the far end of the Biograph Vision PET/CT scanner. The patient will receive injection of the PET radiopharmaceutical according to the SOC PET/CT protocol dosing schedule. The entire study will require approximately 2 ½ - 3 hours (from the time patient arrives to the completion of the scan).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Augmented Whole-body Scanning via Magnifying PET

Intervention Type DEVICE

-Added at the end of the SOC PET/CT scan. Will take approximately 3-5 minutes longer.

PET/CT

Intervention Type DEVICE

-Standard of care

Interventions

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Augmented Whole-body Scanning via Magnifying PET

-Added at the end of the SOC PET/CT scan. Will take approximately 3-5 minutes longer.

Intervention Type DEVICE

PET/CT

-Standard of care

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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AWSM-PET

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult patient 18 years of age or older
* Patient with suspected or pathologically confirmed diagnosis of carcinoma scheduled to undergo standard of care (SOC) PET/CT for initial diagnosis, initial staging, or suspected recurrence. Preference is to enroll those subjects who will undergo biopsy or surgical resection prior to other cancer treatment.
* Willing to undergo PET/CT imaging with AWSM-PET.
* Patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test on the day of the PET/CT scan. Postmenopausal women who self-report as amenorrheic for at least 12 consecutive months are to be considered not of child-bearing potential.
* Patients must be able to understand and sign an IRB-approved informed consent form that allows access to prior medical records, participation in the study and chart review follow up.
* Patients are able to tolerate up to approximately 30 min of PET imaging.

Exclusion Criteria

* For FDG PET/CT only: Patients who have poorly controlled diabetes (fasting blood glucose \> 200 mg/dL obtained directly prior to FDG administration for PET/CT scan)
* Patients whose weight or whose body habitus prohibits the AWSM-PET insert device from being placed at the end of the imaging field of view
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Washington University School of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Yuan-Chuan Tai, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Washington University School of Medicine

Locations

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Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Related Links

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http://www.siteman.wustl.edu

Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine

Other Identifiers

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1R01CA233912

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

202207154

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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