Clinical Trial: 18F-FLT (PET/CT) in Prefibrotic/Early Primary Myelofibrosis and Essential Thrombocythemia

Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Not yet recruiting
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: A Study of 18F-FLT Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) Imaging in Cases of Prefibrotic/Early Primary Myelofibrosis (PMF) and Essential Thrombocythemia

Brief Summary:

The main purpose of this project is to study the uptake pattern of FLT-PET in cases, and it is value in assessing the malignant hematopoiesis in cases of Pre-PMF and ET, regarding diagnosis, staging and monitoring response to therapy. Identifying different patterns of uptake in patients with Pre-PMF and ET in various clinical settings.

Evaluating FLT-PET as a novel non-invasive technique in cases with Pre-PMF and ET, in comparison to the standard bone marrow biopsy about disease diagnosis, assessment of disease activity, detection of transformation, monitoring of treatment response and grading of fibrosis.Study the ability of FLT-PET to differentiate between Pre-PMF and ET.

the investigators also aim to examine the association of FLT-PET uptake patterns with different genetic makeup (JAK2 (Janus kinase 2), CALR (Calreticulin), MPL (myeloproliferative leukemia protein), or Triple negative disease) or allele burden in cases of Pre-PMF and ET.