Additional Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan of Brain in Patients Undergoing PET Scan for Diseases Unrelated to Brain

NCT00729092 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2016-04-28

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Summary

Specific Aims:

• The primary objective is to delineate the brain structures that are involved in pain using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging.

Hypothesis:

Pain will result in increases in metabolism and neuronal activity in specific delineated areas of the brain.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Asokumar Buvanendran

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Asokumar Buvanendran, MD · Rush University Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2013-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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