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CompletedNCT00351728Updated Jul 7, 2016

Combined PET/CT Imaging for the Early Detection of Ocular Melanoma Metastasis Compared to CT Scanning Alone

An observational study in Ocular Melanoma, Choroidal Melanoma and Uveal Melanoma, sponsored by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-07-07.

Sponsored by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
174
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Patients diagnosed with ocular melanoma consent to participate in the study. Combined PET/CT scans of the whole body are performed at baseline, three months later, and six months after that for a total of three combined scans in the first year. Subsequently, these combined scans will be performed at 6-monthly intervals for a total of two combined scans per year.

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Conditions studied

  • Ocular Melanoma
  • Choroidal Melanoma
  • Uveal Melanoma

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In context

Melanoma

3,006 studies on the registry are indexed under Melanoma; 520 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 174 is close to the median of 182 across 438 observational studies indexed under Melanoma.

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Lead sponsor

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 396 studies on the registry; 67 are open to participants now.

Of its 37 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (5%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

choroidal melanoma patients

Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients with a diagnosis of ocular melanoma (a pigmented malignant tumor) involving the choroid and/or ciliary body (the blood vessel layer in the back of the eye and/or the part of the eye behind the iris).
  2. Patients 18 years of age or older.
  3. Patients able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients who refuse to participate in the study.
  2. Patients who are unable to cooperate with or cannot undergo PET/CT scanning.
  3. Patients who will be moving out of the area of UCLA during the ten years of this study.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
174 participants (actual)
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Study locations

1 site
  • Jules Stein Eye Institute
    Los Angeles, California 90095-7000, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 7, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00351728
Lead sponsor
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 13, 2006
Start date
Jun 2006
Primary completion
Aug 2012
Completion
Aug 2012
Last update
Jul 7, 2016

Study contacts

Tara A McCannel, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA
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