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Comparative Evaluation of 68Ga-FAPI and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and PET/MRI in Thyroid Eye Disease

16 settembre 2026 aggiornato da: Xiao Chen, Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University

Thyroid eye disease is an autoimmune disorder that can cause inflammation and fibrosis of the extraocular muscles and orbital tissues. Accurate assessment of disease activity is important for treatment planning, but commonly used clinical scores and conventional imaging each have limitations.

This prospective single-center cohort study will evaluate two molecular imaging approaches, gallium-68-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (68Ga-FAPI) PET/CT and PET/MR and gallium-68 DOTATATE somatostatin receptor PET/CT and PET/MR, in adults with thyroid eye disease and in a control group without thyroid-related or orbital disease. The study will compare visual and quantitative imaging findings, including maximum standardized uptake value and target-to-background ratio in the extraocular muscles, and examine their associations with clinical activity score and extraocular muscle thickness. The study aims to characterize the ability of these imaging methods, separately and in combination, to assess thyroid eye disease activity.

Panoramica dello studio

Stato

Reclutamento

Condizioni

Intervento / Trattamento

Descrizione dettagliata

This is a prospective, single-center cohort study planned to enroll approximately 50 adults aged 18 to 75 years. The thyroid eye disease cohort will include approximately 30 participants diagnosed according to European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy criteria. The control cohort will include approximately 20 participants without a history of thyroid-related or orbital disease who undergo clinically indicated FAPI or somatostatin receptor PET imaging for another reason; orbital PET/MR acquisition will be added to the existing examination without additional radiation exposure.

Participants in the thyroid eye disease cohort will undergo 68Ga-FAPI and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and PET/MR imaging within one week. For each tracer, imaging will begin approximately 50 minutes after intravenous administration of 3 to 5 mCi. PET/CT will include a CT acquisition for attenuation correction and anatomic localization followed by three-dimensional PET acquisition of the head for approximately 5 minutes per bed position. PET/MR will include simultaneous PET acquisition and routine MR sequences, including T1-weighted, T2-weighted, and FLAIR imaging. PET images will be reconstructed using an ordered-subset expectation maximization algorithm and fused with CT or MR images.

Nuclear medicine physicians will evaluate images without access to clinical data. Each eye will be visually classified as positive when any extraocular muscle demonstrates uptake greater than background and negative otherwise. For participant-level analysis, a participant will be considered positive when at least one eye is positive. Quantitative analysis will measure maximum standardized uptake value in the superior, medial, lateral, and inferior rectus muscles. A 1-cm region of interest in occipital soft tissue will be used as background. The target-to-background ratio will be calculated as extraocular muscle SUVmax divided by background SUVmax.

Clinical information collected from electronic medical records will include age, sex, disease duration, clinical diagnosis, treatment plan, and Clinical Activity Score. Imaging measures will be compared between groups and modalities and will be examined for associations with Clinical Activity Score and extraocular muscle thickness. Receiver operating characteristic analysis will be used to evaluate diagnostic accuracy.

Tipo di studio

Osservativo

Iscrizione (Stimato)

50

Contatti e Sedi

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Contatto studio

Luoghi di studio

  • Cina
    • Chongqing Municipality
      • Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality, Cina, 400010
        • Reclutamento
        • Daping Hospital
        • Contatto:

Criteri di partecipazione

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Criteri di ammissibilità

Età idonea allo studio

Da 18 anni a 75 anni (Adulto, Adulto più anziano)

Accetta volontari sani

No

Sessi ammissibili allo studio

Tutto

Metodo di campionamento

Campione non probabilistico

Popolazione di studio

Participants will be selected from adults evaluated in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the Army Medical Center of PLA between November 2025 and December 2027. The thyroid eye disease cohort will consist of patients meeting European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy diagnostic criteria. The control cohort will consist of patients without thyroid-related or orbital disease who undergo clinically indicated FAPI or somatostatin receptor PET imaging for another reason.

Descrizione

Inclusion Criteria:

  • For the thyroid eye disease cohort: diagnosis of thyroid eye disease according to European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy criteria.
  • For the thyroid eye disease cohort: scheduled to undergo 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT and PET/MR and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and PET/MR within one week.
  • For the control cohort: clinically recommended to undergo FAPI or somatostatin receptor PET imaging for another reason, with no history of thyroid-related disease or orbital disease; orbital PET/MR is added to the existing examination without additional radiation exposure.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous bilateral orbital surgery.
  • Treatment with glucocorticoids, monoclonal antibodies, or radiotherapy within the previous month.
  • Inability to remain supine.
  • Contraindication to MRI, including incompatible metallic implants or claustrophobia.
  • Planning pregnancy, currently pregnant, or breastfeeding.

Piano di studio

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Dettagli di progettazione

  • Modelli osservazionali: COHORT
  • Prospettive temporali: PROSPECTIVE

Coorti e interventi

Gruppo / Coorte
Intervento / Trattamento
Group 1 Thyroid Eye Disease Cohort

Adults diagnosed with thyroid eye disease according to European Group on Graves' Orbitopathy criteria. Participants undergo 68Ga-FAPI and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and PET/MR imaging within one week.
Test diagnostico: 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT and PET/MR Imaging

Participants receive 3 to 5 mCi of 68Ga-FAPI intravenously. PET/CT and PET/MR imaging of the head and orbits is performed approximately 50 minutes after injection, with PET acquisition of approximately 5 minutes per bed position. PET/MR includes routine T1-weighted, T2-weighted, and FLAIR sequences. The exact FAPI compound should be added if specified by the radiopharmacy documentation.

Required confirmation: the protocol does not identify the specific FAPI compound, such as FAPI-04.

Test diagnostico: 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and PET/MR Imaging

Participants receive 3 to 5 mCi of 68Ga-DOTATATE intravenously. PET/CT and PET/MR imaging of the head and orbits is performed approximately 50 minutes after injection, with PET acquisition of approximately 5 minutes per bed position. PET/MR includes routine T1-weighted, T2-weighted, and FLAIR sequences.
Group 2 Control Cohort

Adults without a history of thyroid-related or orbital disease who undergo clinically indicated FAPI or somatostatin receptor PET imaging for another reason. Orbital PET/MR acquisition is added to the existing examination without additional radiation exposure.
Test diagnostico: 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT and PET/MR Imaging

Participants receive 3 to 5 mCi of 68Ga-FAPI intravenously. PET/CT and PET/MR imaging of the head and orbits is performed approximately 50 minutes after injection, with PET acquisition of approximately 5 minutes per bed position. PET/MR includes routine T1-weighted, T2-weighted, and FLAIR sequences. The exact FAPI compound should be added if specified by the radiopharmacy documentation.

Required confirmation: the protocol does not identify the specific FAPI compound, such as FAPI-04.

Test diagnostico: 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and PET/MR Imaging

Participants receive 3 to 5 mCi of 68Ga-DOTATATE intravenously. PET/CT and PET/MR imaging of the head and orbits is performed approximately 50 minutes after injection, with PET acquisition of approximately 5 minutes per bed position. PET/MR includes routine T1-weighted, T2-weighted, and FLAIR sequences.

Cosa sta misurando lo studio?

Misure di risultato primarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Extraocular Muscle SUVmax on 68Ga-FAPI and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET Imaging
Lasso di tempo: At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period

Maximum standardized uptake value will be measured separately in the superior, medial, lateral, and inferior rectus muscles on PET/CT and PET/MR images for each tracer. Values will be summarized by tracer, imaging platform, eye, and participant group.
At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period
Extraocular Muscle Target-to-Background Ratio on 68Ga-FAPI and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET Imaging
Lasso di tempo: At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period

For each extraocular muscle, target-to-background ratio will be calculated as extraocular muscle SUVmax divided by background SUVmax measured using a 1-cm region of interest in occipital soft tissue. Values will be summarized by tracer, imaging platform, eye, and participant group.
At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period

Misure di risultato secondarie

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Diagnostic Accuracy for Thyroid Eye Disease Activity
Lasso di tempo: At completion of imaging and clinical activity assessment within the protocol-defined 1-week period

Receiver operating characteristic curves will be used to estimate the area under the curve for quantitative 68Ga-FAPI and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and PET/MR measures in relation to clinically defined thyroid eye disease activity.

Required confirmation: specify the reference standard and exact Clinical Activity Score threshold used to define active disease before submission.
At completion of imaging and clinical activity assessment within the protocol-defined 1-week period
Association Between PET Uptake Measures and Clinical Activity Score
Lasso di tempo: At completion of imaging and Clinical Activity Score assessment within the protocol-defined 1-week period

Pearson correlation coefficients will be used to assess associations of extraocular muscle SUVmax and target-to-background ratio with Clinical Activity Score.
At completion of imaging and Clinical Activity Score assessment within the protocol-defined 1-week period
Association Between PET Uptake Measures and Extraocular Muscle Thickness
Lasso di tempo: At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period

Pearson correlation coefficients will be used to assess associations of extraocular muscle SUVmax and target-to-background ratio with extraocular muscle thickness measured on anatomic imaging.

Required confirmation: specify the sequence, measurement plane, muscle-specific rule, and unit for extraocular muscle thickness.
At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period

Altre misure di risultato

Misura del risultato
Misura Descrizione
Lasso di tempo
Visual Positivity of Extraocular Muscle Uptake
Lasso di tempo: At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period

Each eye will be classified as positive when any extraocular muscle demonstrates 68Ga-FAPI or 68Ga-DOTATATE uptake greater than background and negative otherwise. At participant level, a participant will be classified as positive when at least one eye is positive. Positivity will be compared between imaging approaches using categorical analyses.
At each imaging examination performed within the protocol-defined 1-week imaging period

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Sponsor

Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University

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Inizio studio (Effettivo)

14 novembre 2025

Completamento primario (Stimato)

31 dicembre 2027

Completamento dello studio (Stimato)

31 dicembre 2027

Date di iscrizione allo studio

Primo inviato

16 settembre 2026

Primo inviato che soddisfa i criteri di controllo qualità

16 settembre 2026

Primo Inserito (Effettivo)

23 settembre 2026

Aggiornamenti dei record di studio

Ultimo aggiornamento pubblicato (Effettivo)

23 settembre 2026

Ultimo aggiornamento inviato che soddisfa i criteri QC

16 settembre 2026

Ultimo verificato

1 settembre 2026

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Altri numeri di identificazione dello studio

  • 2025480

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