Clinical trial · Interventional
FDG Uptake in Vaginal Tampons is Due to Urine
Source and Prevention of Urinary Contamination of Vaginal Tampons During 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Examinations
NCT01215318CI-TRIAL-00040255completedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The etiology of FDG uptake in vaginal tampons during PET/CT examinations remains unclear and can potentially impair image interpretation. The aim of this study is to determine the etiology of this artefact and identify potential means how to prevent it.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| modified vaginal tampon | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Modified vaginal tampons
- description
- Patients using modified vaginal tampons during FDG PET/CT
- interventionNames
- Device: modified vaginal tampon
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Unmodified vaginal tampons
- description
- Patients using unmodified vaginal tampons during FDG PET/CT
- interventionNames
- Device: modified vaginal tampon
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Number of FDG Positive Tampoons
- timeFrame
- 1 month
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
- Maximum age
- 48 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion criteria: premenopausal women with known or suspected malignancies who regularly used vaginal tampons during menstruation and thus were familiar with their use Exclusion criteria: No cervical or genital carcinoma. No vaginal infection.
References
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