2-\[18F\]-fluoro-2-deoxyD-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) has proven to be a valuable clinical tool for the staging and surveillance of lymphoma.1-6 Occasionally, lymph nodes in the mesentery and retroperitoneum can be difficult to distinguish from normal bowel activity on PET scans despite three-plane and cine maximal image projection (MIP) imaging. This uncertainty limits the clinical usefulness of PET in some cases of lymphoma.7-8 In addition, bowel activity can also hinder interpretation of PET scans in other types of solid tumors including melanoma and colorectal cancer.6,9,10 Our goal is to determine how well diphenoxylate/atropine 5mg/0.05mg (Lomotil) decreases bowel activity and how this decrease impacts clinical decision-making, specifically for lymphoma staging and surveillance. This is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded study involving 60 patients undergoing PET scans for newly diagnosed or recurrent, untreated lymphoma.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
60
Orally 10ml of Lomotil
10 ml orally
Reduction of bowel activity
Time frame: 1hour
Reduction of stomach activity
Time frame: 1 hour
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