Education and Training

68Ga DOTA-TATE PET/CT in Somatostatin Receptor Positive Tumors

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate 68Ga-DOTA TATE PET/CT for staging and monitoring response to chemotherapy in patients with carcinoid, neuroendocrine tumors, medullary thyroid cancer and other cancers expressing somatostatin receptors.

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • drug: 68Ga-DOTA TATE

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Greater than 18 years-old at the time of radiotracer administration

   - Provides written informed consent

   - Known diagnosis of NET or suspected SSTR positive tumors by 111In-Octreotide scan,
   18FDG-PET, or MRI of the abdomen when clinically indicated

   - Karnofsky score greater than 50 or ECOG Performance Status 0-2

   - Women of childbearing age must have a negative pregnancy test at screening/baseline

   - Able to remain still for duration of each imaging procedure (about one hour)

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Less than 18 years-old at the time of radiotracer administration

   - Pregnant or nursing

   - Serum creatinine >3.0 mg/dL

   - Hepatic enzyme levels more than 5 times upper limit of normal.

   - Use of any other investigational product or device within 30 days prior to dosing, or
   known requirement for any other investigational agent prior to completion of all
   scheduled study assessments.

   - Inability to lie still for the entire imaging time

   - Inability to complete the needed investigational and standard-of-care imaging
   examinations due to other reasons (severe claustrophobia, radiation phobia, etc.)

   - Any additional medical condition, serious intercurrent illness, or other extenuating
   circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may significantly interfere
   with study compliance.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years - N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Krithika Rupnarayan
650-736-0959
Not Recruiting