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Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 clinical trials

Also written 18F-FDG and Fludeoxyglucose F18.

studies test it
43
open now
11
in phase 3
3
first study started
1997

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Approvals

The first approval found in each region, with its record

United States
Not in FDA's approval records
European Union
Not in EMA's list of EU-wide authorizations

From FDA's Drugs@FDA and Purple Book (through openFDA) and the European Medicines Agency, files of Sept 2026 and 27 Oct 2026. National approvals in Europe and other countries are not included. How this is worked out

How studies write it

Studies that test it under each name

Name

FDG
17
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
7
18FDG
7
Fluorine-18 2-Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-Glucose
5
18F-FDG injection
4

Brand

Fludeoxyglucose F18
4

Other names

18F-FDG
13
Fludeoxyglucose F-18
7
fludeoxyglucose F 18
6
Fludeoxyglucose (18F)
4
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
4
18-F FDG
1
2-Deoxy-2-(18F)Fluoro-D-Glucose
1

Studies by the year they started

43 studies that test it; most in 2021 (5)

Studies that test Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, by start year
YearStudies
19971
20061
20074
20082
20092
20101
20111
20122
20131
20143
20151
20161
20171
20182
20202
20215
20224
20231
20242
20254
20262

By phase

A phase 1/2 study counts in both.

Early Phase 1
6
Phase 1
10
Phase 2
11
Phase 3
3
Phase 4
1
No phase
13

What it is tested for

Each study’s main condition, where its own words name it, so a study counts once.

Who runs them

Industry 2 · Other 41

Stanford University (5) · Peking Union Medical College Hospital (3) · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (2) · University of Washington (2) · University Health Network, Toronto (2) · National Cancer Institute (NCI) (2) · Rigshospitalet, Denmark (2) · University of Pennsylvania (2)

Often tested with

Tested in the same studies.

Fluoroestradiol f-18 (2) · Florilglutamic acid f-18 (1) · Sodium fluoride f-18 (1) · 68 Ga-P16-093 (1) · Rubidium (1) · Sunitinib (1) · Cisplatin (1) · Docetaxel (1)

Related medicines

As reviewed, each with the page that says it.

Coming up

From the study records. Dates are the sponsors’ own estimates and often move.

Reaching primary completion within a year · 5, 1 in phase 3

Studies that test Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, phase 3 first.

Studies

Open first, then newest update. How each study uses Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 is read from its arms, and is right about nine times in ten. Ask us to read each study. These are the studies that list it as an intervention; a search of ClinicalTrials.gov also finds studies that mention it only in a description, such as earlier treatment.

Testing it · 43

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Given beside what is tested · 4 — Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 is usual care or a partner of the new treatment

Codes

What other systems call Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 · ClinicalTrials.gg INT008716

  • MeSH (NLM) D019788Fluorodeoxyglucose F18Confirmed ClinicalTrials.gov, NLM
  • UNII (FDA) 0Z5B2CJX4DFLUDEOXYGLUCOSE F-18Confirmed FDA, NLM
  • RxNorm 1362737One source FDA

“Confirmed” means two independent publishers link the code to this drug; “one source”, one does and its name agrees.