Clinical trial · Observational
Pilot Study of Somatostatin Receptor Imaging in Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- 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)
Hypothesis: To estimate the proportion of locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer patients which show high somatostatin receptor density (SUVmax \>10) on Ga-68 DOTATATE imaging. Galium-68 DOTATATE: PET imaging will be performed with a PET/CT scanner. Galium-68 DOTATATE will be injected intravenously. Scanning will be performed approximately 60 minutes after the injection. The standardized uptake value (SUV) will be used in the interpretation of the Ga-68 DOTATATE scans. The values gathered will be used as an estimate of the somatostatin receptor density. A patient will be considered to have an overall high somatostatin receptor density if the average SUVmax of all the representative lesions is more than 10.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Number of NPC patients with high somatostatin receptor density
- timeFrame
- 60 minutes
- description
- High somatostatin receptor density is when average maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of all the representative lesions is more than 10 on Ga-68 DOTATATE imaging
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 21 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Locally advanced NPC or Metastatic NPC or locally recurrent NPC * \>21 years old * Histological confirmation of NPC Exclusion Criteria: * \<21 years old * Pregnancy or breast feeding
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDNei WL, Jain A, Wang FQ, Khor LK, Yeong JP, Han ST, Sommat K, Ang MK, Soong YL, Loke KSH. Somatostatin receptor imaging in nasopharyngeal cancer. Ann Nasopharynx Cancer 2018;2:2
- DERIVEDLechner M, Schartinger VH, Steele CD, Nei WL, Ooft ML, Schreiber LM, Pipinikas CP, Chung GT, Chan YY, Wu F, To KF, Tsang CM, Pearce W, Morelli D, Philpott M, Masterson L, Nibhani R, Wells G, Bell CG, Koller J, Delecluse S, Yip YL, Liu J, Forde CT, Forster MD, Jay A, Dudas J, Krapp A, Wan S, Uprimny C, Sprung S, Haybaeck J, Fenton TR, Chester K, Thirlwell C, Royle G, Marafioti T, Gupta R, Indrasari SR, Herdini C, Slim MAM, Indrawati I, Sutton L, Fles R, Tan B, Yeong J, Jain A, Han S, Wang H, Loke KSH, He W, Xu R, Jin H, Cheng Z, Howard D, Hwang PH, Le QT, Tay JK, West RB, Tsao SW, Meyer T, Riechelmann H, Oppermann U, Delecluse HJ, Willems SM, Chua MLK, Busson P, Lo KW, Wollmann G, Pillay N, Vanhaesebroeck B, Lund VJ. Somatostatin receptor 2 expression in nasopharyngeal cancer is induced by Epstein Barr virus infection: impact on prognosis, imaging and therapy. Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 5;12(1):117. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20308-8. PMID 33402692