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NCT05246540: Cervico-TEP et

Evaluation of PET/CT of Cephalic Arteries for the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis

Completed Last updated 29 January 2026
What this trial tests

trial testing Data collection in Giant Cell Arteritis in 70 participants. Completed in 1 December 2021.

Timeline
1 January 2020
Primary endpoint
1 December 2020
1 December 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment70
Start date1 January 2020
Primary completion1 December 2020
Estimated completion1 December 2021
Sites1 location across France

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Giant Cell Arteritis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in adults. The diagnosis of GCA is evoked by the association of clinical signs and biological anomalies (inflammatory syndrome) in patients over 50 years of age. On the other hand, starting a treatment implies being certain of the diagnosis which requires performing a temporal artery biopsy under local anesthesia. This examination is therefore an invasive procedure for patients whose sensitivity is not optimal. This is why imaging techniques (echo-Doppler or MRI of the temporal arteries) have been developed to look for signs of vasculitis without the need to perform a biopsy. However, these examinations lack sensitivity (=falsely concluding the absence of GCA) and specificity (=falsely concluding the presence of GCA). Recently, advances in imaging, and in particular positron emission tomography (PET), have made it possible to visualize the cephalic arteries, including the temporal artery. The aim of this study is therefore to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of PET of the cephalic arteries for the diagnosis of GCA and to compare them with those of echo-Doppler and MRI of the temporal arteries.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. PET/CT of cranial arteries for a sensitive diagnosis of giant cell arteritis.
    Thibault T, Durand-Bailloud B, Soudry-Faure A, Greigert H, et al · · 2023 · cited 24× · PMID 35866984 · DOI 10.1093/rheumatology/keac430
  2. Current developments in the diagnosis and treatment of giant cell arteritis.
    Szekeres D, Al Othman B. · · 2022 · cited 5× · PMID 36582285 · DOI 10.3389/fmed.2022.1066503

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