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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 28 November 2016
Main ID:  NCT02967666
Date of registration: 16/11/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National University Hospital, Singapore
Public title: Evaluation of PET/MRI Using a Somatostatin Analog Tracer as a Novel Approach to Detecting Pathology in High Risk TB-exposed Contacts
Scientific title: Evaluation of PET/MRI Using a Somatostatin Analog Tracer as a Novel Approach to Detecting Pathology in High Risk TB-exposed Contacts
Date of first enrolment: November 2016
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02967666
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Phase:  Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
Singapore
Contacts
Name:     Claire Naftalin
Address: 
Telephone: (65) 6601 5373
Email: claire_naftalin@nuhs.edu.sg
Affiliation: 
Name:     Nicholas Paton
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  National University Hospital, Singapore
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 21 years or over

2. Close household contact of any patient with newly-diagnosed (within last 2 months)
smear positive pulmonary TB (close contact defined as sleeping in the same house for
at least one month with a TB patient prior to start of treatment).

3. Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) positive

4. Willing to comply with the study visits and procedures

5. Willing and able to provide written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous treatment for TB disease

2. Diabetes that is, in the judgment of the investigator, so poorly controlled that it
would prevent adequate PET scanning

3. Cardiac pacemaker, aneurysm clip or other metallic implant considered unsafe for MRI

4. Occupation involving substantial exposure to radiation

5. Malignancy requiring chemotherapy or radiation

6. Known lung disease which may affect interpretation of the scan

7. Known chronic kidney disease

8. Symptoms, signs and/or previous investigations suggestive of active TB in the opinion
of the investigator (cough for >1 month, cough productive of sputum or blood,
shortness of breath, weight loss, night sweats, fever, abnormal examination, chest
X-ray findings)

9. Women who are currently pregnant or breastfeeding



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Intervention(s)
Radiation: FDG ligand
Radiation: DOTANOC ligand
Primary Outcome(s)
Standard uptake value (SUV) of 68Ga-DOTANOC in subclinical TB using PET/MRI [Time Frame: Within 2 months of exposure to smear-positive pulmonary TB]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
DOTANOC_contacts
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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