Assessment of cardiac sarcoidosis by using PET tracer 18F-FMISO that accumulates in hypoxic tissues
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- cardiac sarcoidosis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000031988
- Lead Sponsor
- Hokkaido University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Eleven patients suspected or diagnosed as CS have been enrolled in this study since April 2018. All patients underwent FMISO PET and FDG-PET within 10 days. Nine patients were diagnosed as CS with a focal myocardial FDG uptake. Of these 9 patients, 7 patients showed focal FMISO uptake consistent with FDG uptake and 2 patients did not show FMISO uptake. For the remaining two patients who were not diagnosed as CS showed no significant FMISO accumulation in the myocardium.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 11
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Steroid therapy was initiated prior to the first scan.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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