Ammonia N-13 Myocardial Blood Flow Absolute Quantification by PET in Patients With Known or Suspected CAD (Ammonia MAP)
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This study is being conducted to provide access to and collect test data for an established nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging test called Positron Emission Tomography (PET), using a specific radioactive drug called Ammonia N-13 (Ammonia), referred to simply as an Ammonia PET scan, which is used to visualize the blood flow through the blood vessels and into the heart muscle in order to identify areas of restricted blood flow within the heart. The scanner used in this study may be a stand-alone PET scanner or a PET/CT scanner, which combines the PET scanner and a Computed Tomography (CT) scanner into a single device. Unless otherwise stated in this consent form, the term PET will be used to refer to both stand-alone PET and PET/CT scanners. While physicians have used the Ammonia PET test for many years to visualize (image) the blood flow into the heart muscle (perfusion), it is now possible to also measure the flow of blood into the heart muscle. Research studies have demonstrated clinical value in reviewing the measured blood flow values in addition to reviewing the perfusion images of blood flow into the heart muscle. Therefore, this study will establish a database of a large number of Ammonia PET measured blood flow values to serve as a future reference.
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Detailed Description
This is a prospective, multicenter database that will be populated by sites utilizing N-13 Ammonia and sponsored by Ionetix. Each site with access to N-13 produced under an investigational new drug (IND) application will be eligible to participate. Once the site is activated, the site will enroll patients into the database that are scheduled for clinically indicated PET-MPI with N-13 (as determined by their treating physicians). PET-MPI perfusion, MBF, percent ischemia, pharmacologic stress agent, and gated left ventricular ejection fraction/function values will be collected when available, in an anonymous fashion and uploaded into the database. All patient health identifiers (PHI) will be removed prior to upload. No procedures additional to those clinically indicated will be performed for the purposes of this study.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
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Individuals with confirmed or suspected cardiovascular disease Individuals in this group will undergo myocardial perfusion imaging, utilizing Ammonia N-13 PET imaging agent. Each individual will receive two intravenous injections of Ammonia N-13 in accordance with site imaging protocol. |
Diagnostic Test: Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Study
Evaluation of myocardial perfusion via PET imaging agent
Drug: AMMONIA N-13 37.5 mCi in 1 mL INTRAVENOUS INJECTION [Ammonia N 13]
Cardiac PET imaging agent
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Establish the N-13 measured MBF (ml/g/min) value range [an estimated average of 2 hours]
Non-invasive measurements of myocardial blood flow (MBF) in milliliter/minute/gram using PET/CT or PET scanner will be compared to invasive cardiac angiography values (current gold standard). MBF values are obtained using image-derived time activity curves from the left ventricular blood and myocardial tissue regions. These values represent radiotracer exchange between the blood and the tissue over time. The rate of radiotracer uptake into the myocardial tissue provides an estimate of MBF. Processing software will then use the time-activity curves to calculate MBF at rest and at stress.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Adults ≥18 able to give informed consent.
Clinical indication for PET-MPI as determined by the subject's treating physician
Exclusion Criteria:
Any clinical contraindication for pharmacologic stress testing per ASNC/SNMMI/ACC myocardial perfusion imaging guidelines when stress perfusion imaging is required clinically.
Inability or unwilling to give informed consent
Pregnant subjects
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Doral Imaging Institute, LLC dba CIRA | Miami | Florida | United States | 33165 |
2 | Adler Institute for Advanced Imaging | Jenkintown | Pennsylvania | United States | 19046 |
3 | UPMC | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | United States | 15213 |
4 | Molecular Imaging Technologies | El Paso | Texas | United States | 79912 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Ionetix Corporation
Investigators
- Study Director: Joseph Oliverio, Ionetix Corporation
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- Pro00042364