Clinical trial · Observational
18F-FluoroethylCholine Positron Emission Tomography: a Promising Diagnostic Tool for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Diagnostic Accuracy of 18F-FluoroethylCholine Positron Emission Tomography for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 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)
18F-FluoroethylCholine (18F-FECH) is a new tracer used in PET synthesized by Nuclear Medical Center of Peking Union Medical College Hospital and is favored for diagnosis of primary brain tumor. Although 18F-FECH showed a high presence of biological distribution in liver, 18F-FECH PET may have a higher sensitivity in diagnosis of intra- and extra-hepatic lesions of HCC respectively than those of 18F-FDG or 11C-acetate PET scan, and 18F-FECH PET could be a promising tool in diagnosis and staging, therapy selection and prognostic evaluation for HCC patients. However, much more cases are required to verify this theory. The purpose for this study is to establish the model of clinical experimental prospective study, and to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 18F-FECH PET in diagnosis of HCC.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18F-FluoroethylCholine PET | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- description
- 18F-FluoroethylCholine PET will show the difference between HCC lesions and normal liver tissue
- interventionNames
- Device: 18F-FluoroethylCholine PET
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- SUVratio of FECH PET
- timeFrame
- 1 year
- description
- The studied population will be consisted of the patients with a suspicion of HCC treated in our hospital from October 2014 to October 2015. Patients following the Inclusion criteria and Exclusion criteria will undergo 18F-FECH and 18F-FDG PET examinations before clinical treatments. The maximum standard uptake value (SUVmax) of liver lesions and the mean SUV of the non-affected liver (SUVmean) will be measured. SUVratio will be calculated as SUVmax/ SUVmean.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Patients' lifespan
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. patients should be older than 18 years; 2. patients were preliminary diagnosed as HCC by conventional imaging examinations such as enhanced CT or MRI, or by history of liver disease or tumor marker texts (AFP, CA19-9); 3. the final diagnosis should be based on pathological results. Exclusion Criteria: 1. women during pregnant stage or breast-feed stage; 2. patients suffered from serious neurological or psychiatric diseases so that (such as claustrophobia) cannot rest for 15\~30 min
References
Publications (3)
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- BACKGROUNDMao Y, Yang H, Xu H, Lu X, Sang X, Du S, Zhao H, Chen W, Xu Y, Chi T, Yang Z, Cai J, Li H, Chen J, Zhong S, Mohanti SR, Lopez-Soler R, Millis JM, Huang J, Zhang H. Golgi protein 73 (GOLPH2) is a valuable serum marker for hepatocellular carcinoma. Gut. 2010 Dec;59(12):1687-93. doi: 10.1136/gut.2010.214916. Epub 2010 Sep 28. PMID 20876776
- BACKGROUNDLarsson P, Arvidsson D, Bjornstedt M, Isaksson B, Jersenius U, Motarjemi H, Jacobsson H. Adding 11C-acetate to 18F-FDG at PET Examination Has an Incremental Value in the Diagnosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther. 2012 Apr;21(1):6-12. doi: 10.4274/Mirt.87. Epub 2012 Apr 1. PMID 23487415