[F-18]Fluoro-DOPA PET Imaging of Brain Tumors in Children

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2013-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The first phase of the study will investigate if there is increased uptake of [F-18]FDOPA in pediatric brain tumors when compared to normal brain tissue.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
• Treatments: Radiopharmaceuticals

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Documented brain tumor at diagnosis or relapse, including high grade glioma, low grade glioma, medulloblastoma including PNET, optic pathway glioma, brainstem glioma, ependymoma.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

• Requirement for sedation

• Lack of informed consent