# FDG-PET/CT in Evaluation of Cytological Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules to Prevent Unnecessary Surgery (EfFECTS)

> **NCT02208544** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Radboud University Medical Center** · enrollment: 132 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Thyroid Nodule
- Thyroid Neoplasms

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Diagnostic Thyroid Surgery
- **DEVICE:** Ultrasound of the head and neck
- **RADIATION:** FDG-PET/CT

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02208544
- **Lead sponsor:** Radboud University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-07-16
- **Primary completion:** 2020-01-01
- **Final completion:** 2022-02-15
- **Target enrollment:** 132 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-04

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02208544

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02208544, "FDG-PET/CT in Evaluation of Cytological Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules to Prevent Unnecessary Surgery (EfFECTS)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02208544. Licensed CC0.

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