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A study looking at a type of PET-CT scan for women with breast cancer (FRONTIER)

Overview

Cancer types:

Breast cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study was done to find out whether fluciclovine PET-CT scans can show up areas of breast cancer. It was for women who were due to have treatment for breast cancer at the Churchill hospital in Oxford.

The study was open for people to join between 2017 and 2018. The team published the results in 2022.

Recruitment start: 15 February 2017

Recruitment end: 30 November 2018

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Adrian Harris

Supported by

Blue Earth Diagnostics Ltd

Cancer Research UK

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Oncology Clinical Trials Office (OCTO)

Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit (OCTRU)

University of Oxford

Last reviewed: 11 Oct 2022

CRUK internal database number: 15473

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