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NCT01789151

99m-Technetium- Glucosamine in Arthritis

NO LONGER AVAILABLE Last updated 31 October 2016
What this trial tests

trial testing Technetium labelled glucosamine in Rheumatoid Arthritis. No longer available.

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Sydney
StatusNO LONGER AVAILABLE
Study typeEXPANDED_ACCESS
Sites1 location across Australia

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Sydney

Who can join

Adults 18 to 90, any sex, with Rheumatoid Arthritis or Ankylosing Spondylitis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Preliminary data following a pilot study from our institution confirms the ability of 99mTc-glucosamine (99mTc-ECDG) to differentiate between active, subclinical and quiescent disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma lung, and vasculitis. We propose to extend these findings and further evaluate this imaging modality for its clinical utility, limitations, and application. An unacceptably high level of morbidity exists amongst patients suffering from rheumatic disease. This is often the result of mild disease being missed or misdiagnosed, and therapy inordinately delayed or inappropriate. The currently used therapeutic agents themselves have associated side-effects adding to unfavourable clinical outcomes. There is therefore a need for a superior, less expensive and more easily accessible imaging modality to assess the degree of inflammation to guide the clinician. Glucosamine is absorbed and metabolised in a manner not too dissimilar to that of glucose, and it can be readily labelled to form 99mTc-ECDG. Scans can be acquired within 3 hours of intravenous administration of this agent, accurately depicting sites of active inflammation/disease. HYPOTHESIS Glucose is a vital cellular substrate that accumulates at inflamed tissues because of the greater metabolic needs of the cells during active disease. Glucosamine, being an analogue of glucose, is metabolised more quickly in inflamed than non-inflamed tissue and thus 99mTc-ECDG scintigraphy like 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG-PET) scintigraphy allows for detection of active inflammation. Unlike current bone scans this agent has the sensitivity to detect subclinical inflammatory disease that would in turn provide essential information to ensure accurate diagnosis and treatment.

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