Cancer and Other Disease Risks in U.S. Nuclear Medicine Technologists

NCT02911155 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 99991614116-C-N141
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 229
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: The field of nuclear medicine has changed a lot in the past decades. Technology has gotten better, so patients are exposed to less radiation. But now workers are doing procedures more often and using lead aprons less. So they may be exposed to more radiation. This may put them at higher risk for cancers and other health problems that are related to radiation. Researchers want to collect data from technologists to learn more about the risks and appropriate doses of radiation. Objective: To learn more about the risks and appropriate doses of radiation for nuclear medicine technologists. Eligibility: Adults who were first certified in nuclear medicine technology in the United States after 1980. They must be living in the United States. They must not be participants in the USRT study. Design: Participants will be recruited online. Participants will complete an online survey. It will take about a half hour. This will have questions about their work with nuclear medicine procedures. There will be questions about the kinds of procedures and how often they do them. Participants will give a short work history. This will include the names of current and past employers. Participants will allow researchers to get records of their film badge dose readings. These will come from dosimetry providers. Dosimetry data will not be shared with participants. Researchers can t ensure the how accurate or complete the data are.

Conditions

Brain Cancer; Thyroid Cancer; Circulatory Disease; Breast Cancer

Keywords

Cohort Study; Radiation; Occupation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• U.S. nuclear medicine tecnologist

  Cancer and other disease risks associated with occupational nuclear medicine radiation exposures

  2016-2022

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Administer questionnaire

  2016-2018

• Obtain badge doses

  2016-2019

Study Arms (1)

US Nuclear Medicine Technologist

radiologic technologists certified in nuclear medicine

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

This is an occupational cohort of 35,593 U.S. nuclear medicine technologists certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist or the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board in 1980 or later.

* ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: * Technologists from the target population of approximately 25,000 individuals who were first certified in nuclear medicine technology in the U.S. after 1980, are currently alive and residing in the U.S., and are not participants of the USRT study.

Contact the study team to discuss eligibility requirements. They can help determine if this study is right for you.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI): lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Minnesota, School of Public Health Environmental Health Sciences

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Drozdovitch V, Brill AB, Callahan RJ, Clanton JA, DePietro A, Goldsmith SJ, Greenspan BS, Gross MD, Hays MT, Moore SC, Ponto JA, Shreeve WW, Melo DR, Linet MS, Simon SL. Use of radiopharmaceuticals in diagnostic nuclear medicine in the United States: 1960-2010. Health Phys. 2015 May;108(5):520-37. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000261.

  PMID: 25811150 BACKGROUND

• Kitahara CM, Linet MS, Drozdovitch V, Alexander BH, Preston DL, Simon SL, Freedman DM, Brill AB, Miller JS, Little MP, Rajaraman P, Doody MM. Cancer and circulatory disease risks in US radiologic technologists associated with performing procedures involving radionuclides. Occup Environ Med. 2015 Nov;72(11):770-6. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2015-102834. Epub 2015 Jul 28.

  PMID: 26220810 BACKGROUND

• Drozdovitch V, Brill AB, Mettler FA Jr, Beckner WM, Goldsmith SJ, Gross MD, Hays MT, Kirchner PT, Langan JK, Reba RC, Smith GT, Bouville A, Linet MS, Melo DR, Lee C, Simon SL. Nuclear medicine practices in the 1950s through the mid-1970s and occupational radiation doses to technologists from diagnostic radioisotope procedures. Health Phys. 2014 Oct;107(4):300-10. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000107.

  PMID: 25162420 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Brain Neoplasms; Thyroid Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Nervous System Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Neoplasms; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Endocrine System Diseases; Thyroid Diseases; Breast Diseases; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Study Officials

• Cari M Kitahara

  National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: NIH
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 21, 2016
• First Posted: September 22, 2016
• Study Start: September 21, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2020
• Study Completion: May 1, 2020
• Last Updated: May 5, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-05

Locations

US (1)