Description of the Appearance of Brown Fat in Scanner

Completed

• Conditions: Description of Brown Fat

• Registration Number: NCT02891889
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate aspects of brown fat in scanner with injection via the PET-CT study.

Detailed Description

Brown fat is metabolically active adipose tissue. It can be responsible in PET-CT of a fixation of 18-FDG and a look of pseudo-infiltration of fat. These aspects can be sources of false positives. The objective here is to gain a better knowledge of the scanner in areas of brown fat.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-11
• Primary Completion: 2015-11
• Study Completion: 2015-11
• Study First Submitted: 2016-08-30
• Status Verified: 2016-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-09-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-09-07
• Study First Posted: 2016-09-08
• Last Update Posted: 2016-09-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• Consecutive patients since June 2014, who underwent a thoraco-abdominopelvic PET-CT examination with 18F-FDG in the University Hospital of Brest, in a clinical setting which warranted.
• Major Patients
• No opposition formalized

Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal of participation

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Density value	1 year	measured by CT and expressed in Hounsfield Units

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Standard Uptake Values (SUV) adipose tissue "white" and "brown".	1 year	SUV maximum and average

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHRU de Brest; 🇫🇷 Brest, France