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18F-sodium Fluoride (NaF) PET to Replace Bone Scintigraphy: Safety and Efficacy Assessment

Infectious Disease | Bone Cancer | Articular Disease

18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) was already investigated numerous times in the last 40 years as a PET alternative to standard 99m-technetium-derived bone scintigraphy. However, lack of universal tracer availability and higher costs contributed to the failure of 18F-NaF to systematically supplant bone scintigraphy as a standard of care.

Recently, an isotope shortage crisis occurred and evidenced the need to have non-reactor-derived alternatives for many nuclear medicine procedures, including bone scintigraphy. Since 18F-NaF is cyclotron-produced, it could become a necessary alternative to bone scintigraphy in case of another worldwide isotope shortage.

The study aims to evaluate the safety profile of 18F-NaF injection. Moreover, a patient registry will be compiled in order to perform sub-studies on 18F-NaF diagnostic performance on diverse bone and articular diseases.

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Conditions de participation

  • Sexe:

    ALL
  • Âges admissibles:

    0 and up

Critères de participation

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients for whom a 99mTc-biphosphonate bone scintigraphy is indicated;
* Pediatric patients for whom a 99mTc-biphosphonate bone scintigraphy is indicated for oncologic or infectious reasons
* Able to tolerate supine position
* Written consent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Healthy subjects
* Pregnancy
* Unable of maintaining supine position for more than 15 minutes
* Refusal to sign the consent form
* Known allergy or hypersensitivity to 18F-NaF or any of its constituants.

Lieu de l'étude

Université deSherbrooke
Université deSherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Canada

Contactez l'équipe d'étude

Primary Contact

Eric E Turcotte, MD

[email protected]
346-1110
Backup Contact

Stephanie Dubreuil

[email protected]
819-346-1110
CHUS
CHUS
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Canada

Contactez l'équipe d'étude

Primary Contact

Stéphanie Dubreuil

[email protected]
819-346-1110
Étude parrainée par
Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke
Participants recherchés
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ID de l'étude: NCT04842071