Adrenal gland scanning using PET/CT with a specific tracer (11C-metomidate) in patients with hypertension due to overproduction of aldosterone.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- hypertensionprimary aldosteronismadrenal venous sampling
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28757
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center GroningenHanzeplein 19700 RB GroningenThe Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 10
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age =/> 18 years;
2. Primary aldosteronism (PA) with successfully performed adrenal venous sampling (AVS).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Use of ketoconazole, metyrapone or cytostatic drugs during previous 6 months;
2. Pregnancy;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Degree of concordance between results of 11C-metomidate PET/CT and those of AVS with respect to differentiation between BAH and APA.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method