A Phase 1 interventional study of PET/CT Scan and Iodine-124 in Thyroid Carcinoma and Metastatic Thyroid Carcinoma, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-10.
Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Phase 1, Interventional, and Diagnostic
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a new diagnostic imaging test, positron emission tomography (PET), with a different radioactive form of iodine called iodine-124. This form is able to accurately measure the amount of radioactive iodine uptake in the cancer. If the new test determines sufficient radioiodine uptake in the cancer, treatment will continue as usual. However, if the new test shows only low radioiodine uptake, a decision may be made that the benefit from radioiodine therapy is insufficient and that another form of therapy is preferred.
785 studies on the registry are indexed under Thyroid Neoplasms; 204 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 75 is above the median of 53 across 520 interventional studies indexed under Thyroid Neoplasms.
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Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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Measurable disease
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
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Patients will be administered 124I and undergo serial PET imaging consisting of up to 4 individual PET/CT scans. In order to perform a dual exponential fit, 4 scans are needed to obtain the necessary amount of data points required. Lesion dosimetry shall be performed based on the 124I PET scan data through tumor uptake and clearance pharmacokinetics. 10 patients, who sign consent for the sub-study, will be administered an additional tracer diagnostic activity of 124I (4 to 7 mCi). These patients will then undergo additional (up to a maximum of 4) PET scanning during radioiodine therapy at time points matched, if possible, to the days of the pre-therapy 124I dosimetry study.
Device: PET/CT Scan · Drug: Iodine-124
Up to four whole-body PET scans (approximately 24, 48, and 120 hours post 124I oral dose) will be performed on one of the GE Discovery 710 or 690 PET scanners.
Patients will receive 0.9 mg injections of rhTSH on two consecutive days. Twenty-four hours after the last injection of rhTSH each patient will receive approximately 5 mCi (range: 4-7 mCi) of 124I orally as a single dose. (If a holiday is present in the work week, 124I can be administered orally on Day 2, if needed).
number of individual lesions response
This will be accomplished using a logistic regression model using lesion as the unit of analysis and adjusting for possible correlation between lesions on the same patient using a random effect at the patient level. by RECIST 1.1
Time frame: 1 year
Started Aug 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Aug 2027, 108 months after the start.
Of 38 phase 1 interventional studies under Thyroid Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 57 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 25 and three quarters within 81. This study's planned 108 months is above that.
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