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NCT Number: NCT04537845

Retrospective Analysis of PET Brain Imaging in Chronic Cancer Pain

Cancer pain deteriorated in quality of life and related with numerous psychosocial problems. Over the one third of cancer patient suffered from moderate to severe cancer pain, even under adequate pain management.

The 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) images can provide quantitative results in clinical oncology. As a functional neuroimaging, the PET evidently provided anatomical activated regions, size, and spatial extent information. In this retrospective study, we use FDG-PET to investigate changes concerning the glucose metabolism in the brain with or without cancer pain.

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Key information

Conditions

Cancer Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

20 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

National Taiwan University Hosipital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • cancer patient

Exclusion criteria

  • no brain metastasis

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Find the location of brain metabolic changes, pain scale

    Time frame: 12 months

    This retrospective analysis only compare image and clinical record including pain scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

FDG PET Imaging Study of Brain Metabolic Change in Chronic Cancer Pain Patient: a Retrospective Analysis

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Sep 3, 2020
Registry last updated
Sep 21, 2022

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