Studies of Pancreatic Islet Mass by Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Uppsala University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01552811

AS Dnr2011/439

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigates the hypothesis that differences in beta-cell mass in patients with diabetes and healthy individuals can be monitored by the positron emission tomography (PET) tracer [11C]5-hydroxytryptophane.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients with type 1 diabetes
• Adult, healthy controls

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Impaired renal function

Trial design

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Type 1 diabetes

healthy controls