Clinical Evaluation of PET-CT for Staging of Colorectal Lung Metastases
- Conditions
- Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
- Registration Number
- NCT02942901
- Lead Sponsor
- Lung Clinic Heckeshorn
- Brief Summary
Surgery has been available for the treatment of pulmonary metastases in metastatic colorectal cancer and promising overall survival was observed in retrospective studies with selected patients. This study investigated whether the preoperative FDG- PET/CT scan influences survival in this patient group. Furthermore, we tried to identify other prognostic factors associated with overall survival and progression-free survival.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 80
- Patients over 18 years with pulmonary metastases eligible for pulmonary metastasectomy
- Second primary cancer within the last 2 years (exception basal cell carcinoma of the skin)
- Pregnancy,
- Drug addiction,
- Renal dialysis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Overall Survival 5 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number and sites of metastases detected by PET-CT 3 years
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Lung Clinic Heckeshorn at HELIOS Hospital Emil von Behring
🇩🇪Berlin, Germany
Lung Clinic Heckeshorn at HELIOS Hospital Emil von Behring🇩🇪Berlin, Germany