Positron Emission Tomography in Determining Stage of Esophageal Cancer
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Official title
The Utility of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Staging of Patients With Potentially Operable Carcinoma of the Thoracic Esophagus
Brief summary
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RATIONALE: Imaging procedures such as positron emission tomography may improve the ability to determine the stage of esophageal cancer. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well fludeoxyglucose F 18 positron emission tomography determines tumor stage in patients with esophageal cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00004867
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 235 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- conventional surgery Procedure
- positron emission tomography Procedure
- radionuclide imaging Procedure
- fludeoxyglucose F 18 Radiation
- chemotherapy Drug
- Radiotherapy Radiation
Procedure · Radiation · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 1999 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Jul 2005 (Actual)
- Completion
- Jan 2009 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jan 24, 2017
1999 – 2009
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 35
- U.S. states
- 20
- U.S. cities
- 29
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294-3300 | — |
| Mobile Infirmary Medical Center | Mobile | Alabama | 36640-0460 | — |
| University of South Alabama Cancer Research Institute | Mobile | Alabama | 36688 | — |
| Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA | Los Angeles | California | 90095-1781 | — |
| Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of California Irvine Medical Center | Orange | California | 92868 | — |
| UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| Stanford Cancer Center at Stanford University Medical Center | Stanford | California | 94305-5407 | — |
| University of Colorado Cancer Center at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | Aurora | Colorado | 80010 | — |
| Morton Plant Hospital | Clearwater | Florida | 33756 | — |
| Indiana University Cancer Center | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| Greenebaum Cancer Center at University of Maryland Medical Center | Baltimore | Maryland | 21201 | — |
| Cancer Center at Greater Baltimore Medical Center | Baltimore | Maryland | 21204 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak | Royal Oak | Michigan | 48073 | — |
| Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital | Syracuse | New York | 13210 | — |
| Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center | Durham | North Carolina | 27710 | — |
| McDowell Cancer Center at Akron General Medical Center | Akron | Ohio | 44302 | — |
| Bethesda North Hospital | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45242 | — |
| Tri-Health Good Samaritan Hospital | Cincinnati | Ohio | 90027 | — |
| Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 43210-1240 | — |
| Providence Cancer Center at Providence Portland Medical Center | Portland | Oregon | 97213-2967 | — |
| Westmoreland Regional Hospital | Greensburg | Pennsylvania | 15601-2282 | — |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15212-4772 | — |
| Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute at Western Pennsylvania Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15224 | — |
| St. Clair Memorial Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15243-1899 | — |
| Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston | South Carolina | 29425 | — |
| University of Tennessee, Memphis | Memphis | Tennessee | 38163 | — |
| Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tennessee Valley Healthcare System - Nashville Campus | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212 | — |
| Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center at Vanderbilt Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232-6838 | — |
| Baylor University Medical Center | Dallas | Texas | 75246 | — |
| LDS Hospital | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84143 | — |
| Massey Cancer Center at Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | Virginia | 23298-0037 | — |
| Swedish Cancer Institute at Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | Washington | 98104 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 24, 2017 · Synced Oct 25, 2026
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