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Determining Therapeutic Iodine Uptake in Metastatic Thyroid Cancer Using Imaging

Trial Status: active

This phase I trial studies how well iodine I 124 (124I) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan works in diagnosing the amount of iodine I-131 (131I) radioactive iodine uptake in patients with thyroid cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). 131I is a standard of care treatment used to find and destroy thyroid cancer cells that have spread to other places in the body. 124I is a different radioactive form of iodine that may be able to accurately measure the amount of radioactive iodine uptake in thyroid cancer. A PET/CT scan may allow doctors to determine how much radiation each metastatic lesion will receive. 124I PET/CT scan may help to predict which patients may not respond to 131I treatments and avoid exposing those patients to unnecessary radiation and custom tailor the 131I dose to destroy the metastatic lesions in rest of the patients.