The Role of 68-Gallium-DOTATATE-PET/CT in the Imaging of Metastatic Thyroid Cancer
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Summary
Background: About 5% to 10% of differentiated thyroid cancers become resistant to standard treatment with radioactive iodine. In these cases, treatment options are limited and generally not effective. Researchers want to see if they can better detect thyroid tumors by using a compound called 68Gallium-DOTATATE. This compound may bind to a tumor and make it visible during a positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan. This information might help guide future research and treatment. Objective: To identify the people with thyroid cancer whose tumors have a high uptake of 68Gallium-DOTATATE as analyzed by imaging with PET/CT. Eligibility: People ages 18 years and older with thyroid cancer that has spread outside of the thyroid. Design: Participants will have a medical exam. They will give blood and urine samples. Some samples will be used for research. Participants will have imaging scans that follow standard of care. These scans may include: CT scan of the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis Bone scan Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, spine, or liver 18-FDG-PET/CT as needed Participants will have a PET/CT scan. They will get an intravenous (IV) line. They will get an IV injection of 68Gallium-DOTATATE. It contains radioactive tracers. The PET/CT scanner is shaped like a large donut. It contains crystals. The crystals pick up small radiation signals that are given off by the tracers. The CT part of the scan uses low-dose x-rays. The pictures made by the scanner show where the tracers are in the body. The session will last 90 minutes. Participation will last for about 3 months.
Description
Study Description: The study is designed to identify the patients with metastatic radioactive iodine (RAI) non-avid or non-responsive thyroid cancer, whose tumors are characterized by the high expression of somatostatin receptors type 2 (SSTR2) by imaging with 68Gallium(68Ga)-DOTATATE Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT). Participants will undergo a one-time experimental imaging with 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT. This imaging will enable identification of patients with high maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax) of 68Ga-DOTATATE defined as SUVmax of \>15, as this SUVmax threshold…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–98 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: Data prospectively collected from the 28 subjects enrolled under this protocol, and data from 26 subjects collected under 77-DK-0096 and/or 00-CH-0093 will be analyzed. Among the 26 subjects prospectively evaluated under 77-DK-0096 protocol, 21 out of 26 had research 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT performed under the DOTATATE sub-study of 77-DK-0096, and 5 out of 26 had 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT done under 00-CH-0093. Again, the inclusion of the above data was per the IRB s request to transition the sub-study into a new standalone protocol. This will give us a total of 54 subjects for…
Interventions
- Drug68-Gallium-DOTATATE-PET/CT
68Ga-DOTATATE is administered one-time via intravenous injection of 5 mCi in a volume of 3-5 ml containing up to 50 mcg \[68Ga\] DOTATATE.
Location
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterBethesda, Maryland