NCT05553899Recruiting
Utility of PET-MRI in Surveillance of Paediatric Brain Tumours
Utility of PET-MRI in Post-treatment Surveillance of Paediatric Brain Tumours: a Pilot Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a pilot project to explore the utility of PET-MRI in the post-treatment surveillance of high-grade gliomas or medulloblastomas in children in our institution.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 5 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Sept 2022
- Start date
- 28 Feb 2024
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Diseases
- Childhood cancers
- NCT number
- NCT05553899
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 5
- From 28 Feb 2024 to the primary completion date, Dec 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Standard contra-indication to MRI (eg. pacemaker, non-compatible metallic implants, altered renal function)
Other illness
- Diabetes or other causes of hyperglycaemia
Other
- Unable to comply with an MRI scan without a general anaesthetic
- Pregnancy
- Patient body habitus above scanner dimensions
Who the study is looking for
- Have a presumptive or histologically confirmed diagnosis of a malignant brain tumour requiring treatment
- Diagnostic uncertainty about tumour recurrence post-treatment based on conventional MR imaging in the opinion of the MDT
- Have a life expectancy of at least three months
- Able to comply with an MRI scan without a general anaesthetic
Age in the registry: 8 years to 18 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Children's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sheffield | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
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