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Clinical trialNCT02165683CompletedObservational

Use of Propranolol to Reduce FDG Uptake in Brown Adipose Tissue in Pediatric Cancer Patients PET Scans

SponsorLars WagnerEnrollment10Pediatric Cancer
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Summary

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This is a single-arm, open-label study to assess the safety and effectiveness of a single dose of oral propranolol in reducing18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in brown adipose tissue (BAT) in pediatric oncology patients. This study is designed to better understand if taking a single dose of an oral medication called propranolol can reduce the chance of brown fat showing up on a PET scan, and therefore make the scan more accurate and easy to interpret. All humans have some degree of normal brown fat (called brown adipose tissue), and this normal tissue can sometimes light up on a PET scan. That creates problems because it may be wrongly interpreted by the radiologist as tumor, or it may hide true areas of tumor underneath it. Participants will not be randomized and will receive a single dose of oral propranolol approximately 60 minutes prior to the injection of the FDG tracer. The dose of propranolol will be 20 mg for all participants.

Investigators

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  • Lars Wagner, MD

    University of Kentucky, Dept of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

    Principal Investigator

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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • University of Kentucky Danceblue Pediatric Hematology/oncology Clinic

    Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Jul 2014
Primary completion
24 Oct 2016
Completion
24 Oct 2016
Last update posted
28 Jun 2017
Registered enrollment
10
Registry id
NCT02165683

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.