Clinical trial · Interventional
Biokinetics Study for F-18 FDG in Pediatric Molecular Imaging
Biokinetics Study for F-18 FDG for Dose Reduction in Pediatric Molecular Imaging
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): No subjects who met the study criteria agreed to participate in two years prior to the COVID-19 crisis.
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The radiation exposure resulting from medical imaging is a topic of some concern. Nuclear medicine provides potentially life-saving information regarding physiological processes, and is of particular value in children where the rapid and unequivocal diagnosis of pathological concerns is essential for the health of these patients. The overall objective of this investigation is to optimize pediatric patient absorbed dose by keeping it as low as possible while maintaining excellent diagnostic quality of nuclear medicine images. This is particularly important since children are at increased risk due to the enhanced radiosensitivity of their tissues and the longer time-period over which radiation effects may manifest. Current dosimetric estimations in children are based on either animal biokinetic or pharmacokinetic data from adults due to paucity of data that exists for children. This situation will be improved through the following specific aims: * Collect image-based pharmacokinetic (PK) data from patient volunteers in different age groups scheduled for routine nuclear medicine studies for F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), a radiopharmaceutical commonly used in pediatric nuclear medicine * Pool and analyze the data for different age groups for each radiopharmaceuticals and * Generate biokinetic models to be used in subsequent dosimetric models for the optimization of pediatric nuclear medicine procedures. Since inadequate pharmacokinetic data currently exist in these patients, the investigators will use the data acquired in this study to establish PK models applicable to different age categories. Data on the pharmacokinetics of agents used in pediatric nuclear medicine are almost completely lacking. Internationally adopted dose coefficients (mSv/MBq) for pediatric nuclear medicine make age-dependent adjustments only for patient size and anatomical differences, while time-dependent kinetics from adult PK models are assumed due to the lack of kinetic data for children. The data obtained from this study will make it possible for the first time to determine how the PK in pediatric patients differs from adults. This will be done for F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), a radiopharmaceutical commonly used for pediatric nuclear medicine imaging. The overall hope is that results will allow the molecular imaging community to implement pediatric dose-reduction approaches that substantially improve upon current guidelines pointing to future technological advances that could yield even greater dose-reduction while simultaneously improving diagnostic image quality.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childhood Neoplasm | Childhood Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Modification in acquisition protocol | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- F-18 FDG
- description
- Only patients scheduled for a whole body PET scan will be eligible. Subjects of all ages will be imaged after 4 h. The CT image from the routine scan will be used for the 2nd scan to avoid additional CT exposure. It is important to note that the patient volunteers will not receive any additional radiation exposure for inclusion in this study. They are only being ask to allow imaging at one additional time point.
- interventionNames
- Other: Modification in acquisition protocol
- Drug: F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Radioactivity (in mCi) in pertinent target organs at various time points
- timeFrame
- 6 hours
- description
- The target-organ radioactivity measurements will be used to estimate the time-integrated activity in the target organs, hopefully leading to a better estimate of absorbed dose to patients of different ages.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 9 Months
- Maximum age
- 16 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * All patients within the specified age ranges scheduled at Boston Children's Hospital for a nuclear medicine study utilizing F-18 FDG will be eligible to volunteer for inclusion in this study. It is also essential that inclusion does not compromise the potential of acquiring the clinically indicated image acquisition. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to be imaged at the additional time point without the need for sedation or anesthesia
References
Publications (6)
- BACKGROUNDFahey FH, Goodkind AB, Plyku D, Khamwan K, O'Reilly SE, Cao X, Frey EC, Li Y, Bolch WE, Sgouros G, Treves ST. Dose Estimation in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine. Semin Nucl Med. 2017 Mar;47(2):118-125. doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2016.10.006. Epub 2016 Nov 9. PMID 28237000
- BACKGROUNDTreves ST, Gelfand MJ, Fahey FH, Parisi MT. 2016 Update of the North American Consensus Guidelines for Pediatric Administered Radiopharmaceutical Activities. J Nucl Med. 2016 Dec;57(12):15N-18N. No abstract available. PMID 27909182
- BACKGROUNDO'Reilly SE, Plyku D, Sgouros G, Fahey FH, Ted Treves S, Frey EC, Bolch WE. A risk index for pediatric patients undergoing diagnostic imaging with (99m)Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid that accounts for body habitus. Phys Med Biol. 2016 Mar 21;61(6):2319-32. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/6/2319. Epub 2016 Mar 1. PMID 26930549
- BACKGROUNDGrant FD, Gelfand MJ, Drubach LA, Treves ST, Fahey FH. Radiation doses for pediatric nuclear medicine studies: comparing the North American consensus guidelines and the pediatric dosage card of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Apr;45(5):706-13. doi: 10.1007/s00247-014-3211-x. Epub 2014 Nov 1. PMID 25367355
- BACKGROUNDSgouros G, Frey EC, Bolch WE, Wayson MB, Abadia AF, Treves ST. An approach for balancing diagnostic image quality with cancer risk: application to pediatric diagnostic imaging of 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid. J Nucl Med. 2011 Dec;52(12):1923-9. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.111.092221. PMID 22144506
- RESULTKhamwan K, Plyku D, O'Reilly SE, Goodkind A, Cao X, Fahey FH, Treves ST, Bolch WE, Sgouros G. Pharmacokinetic modeling of [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for premature infants, and newborns through 5-year-olds. EJNMMI Res. 2016 Dec;6(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13550-016-0179-6. Epub 2016 Mar 17. PMID 26988861