Characterisation of graft pancreatitis using FACBC

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  The assessment and characterisation of graft pancreatitis using FACBC PET CT

• IRAS ID

  212983

• Contact name

  Fergus Gleeson

• Contact email

  fergus.gleeson@oncology.ox.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Clinical Trials and Research Governance - Univeristy of Oxford

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 11 months, 18 days

• Research summary

  Over 50% of patients having a pancreas transplant develop pancreatitis, this Inflammation and injury to the pancreas organ following transplantation is one of the main reasons complications are seen after surgery. Using a PET scan and FACBC tracer we hope to understand how much injury and inflammation is present, which we hope will help us identify at risk patients and allows the provision of treatments against these early complications. This is a pilot study involving 20 patients at a single centre.

• REC name

  South Central - Oxford C Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/SC/0133

• Date of REC Opinion

  12 Apr 2017

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion