Clinical trial · Observational
PET MRI as a Staging Tool for Head and Neck Cancer
NCT04750434CI-TRIAL-00081566completedClinicalTrials.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)
To explore the use of PET/MRI in the staging and pretreatment evaluation of patients with head and neck cancer and to compare this modality to standard PET/CT imaging.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head Cancer | Head and Neck Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
| Neck Cancer | Malignant Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
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No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
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[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- PET MRI as a Staging Tool for Head and Neck Cancer
- timeFrame
- 18 months
- description
- Outcomes from this study will include a comparison of PET/MRI with PET/CT directly in a series of patients where surgical pathology specimens are available for correlation.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Active head and neck cancer that require PET/CT regardless of the point of treatment * TNM staging I or II Exclusion Criteria: * Patients whose primary treatment option is chemotherapy or radiation therapy (not surgical) * Implanted pacemakers * Intracranial aneurysm clips * Cochlear implants * Certain prosthetic devices * Implanted drug infusion pumps * Neurostimulators * Bone-growth stimulators * Certain intrauterine contraceptive devices; or * Any other type of iron-based metal implants. * MRI should not also be used on persons with the presence of internal metallic objects such as bullets or shrapnel, as well as surgical clips, pins, plates, screws, metal sutures, or wire mesh. * Subject with breast tissue expanders.
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