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A study looking at a radioactive tracer that may help show lung cancer cells on a PET scan

Overview

Cancer types:

Lung cancer, Non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study was done to see how well a radioactive tracer was taken up by lung cancer cells. The tracer was called [18F] D4-FCH.

The study was for people who had recently been diagnosed with and were due to have treatment.

People could join between 2013 and 2015. The team published the results in 2020.

Recruitment start: 21 May 2013

Recruitment end: 1 October 2015

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 Eric Aboagye

Supported by

Cancer Research UK

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College London

Medical Research Council (MRC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 02 Apr 2026

CRUK internal database number: 10788

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