Determination of Hepatic Metabolism of Galactose and the Galactose Analog FDGal in Patients With Liver Disease and Healthy Subjects
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 16
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Lumped constant for recalculation of PET/CT data for FDGalactose to data for natural galactose
研究概览
简要总结
The elimination of the carbohydrate galactose is used in daily clinical work with liver patients as a quantitative measure of metabolic liver function, as the liver test "The Galactose Elimination Capacity", GEC. We are working to develop a PET/CT scanning procedure for providing 3D images of the hepatic galactose elimination and measurement of regional values. This may be used for example for planning resection or stereotactic radiotherapy of a patient with malignant tumor in the liver. Will the patient be able to tolerate removal of the necessary part of the liver? We will include 10 patients with liver cirrhosis and 6 healthy human subjects. Direct measurements of the hepatic galactose elimination (successive constant iv infusions of galactose in increasing doses with measurements of blood concentrations of galactose in blood from an artery and a liver vein, and measurements of liver blood flow by indocyanine green, Ficks principle) are compared with PET/CT measurements after iv injection of a 18F-labelled galactose analog, FDGal.
Based on previous studies in pigs, we perform detailed calculations of the hepatic galactose elimination kinetics by the two methods, including estimation of a factor ("lumped constant") for recalculating PET/CT data to data for natural galactose.
Besides possible practical clinical importance, the project elucidates basic problems concerning liver metabolism using PET.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •liver cirrhosis
排除标准
- •hepatic encephalopathy
- •pregnancy
结局指标
主要结局
Lumped constant for recalculation of PET/CT data for FDGalactose to data for natural galactose
时间窗: May 2011
次要结局
未报告次要终点
