The National Oncologic PET Registry

Cancer Clinical Trial

— NOPR  

Official title:

The National Oncologic PET Registry

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00868582
• Other study ID #: NOPR
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Start date: May 2006
• Est. completion date: June 2021

Study information

• Verified date: August 2020
• Source: American College of Radiology Imaging Network
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as the Federal agency that administers the Medicare program, only pays for positron emission tomography (PET) scans in patients with cancer for certain reasons and for certain types of cancer. This study was developed to help CMS determine if they should pay for PET scans for additional reasons and additional types of cancer. In order to collect the information needed to decide which other types of cancer should be covered by Medicare, CMS will provide payment for the otherwise non-covered PET scans of patients who are properly registered with the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR). This information will then be analyzed to determine the effect PET scans had on the way physicians planned to treat their patients.

Description:

The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) was developed in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal to expand coverage for positron emission tomography with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) to include cancers and indications not presently eligible for Medicare reimbursement. Under this coverage with evidence development (CED) program, Medicare reimbursement for these cancers can be obtained if the patient's referring physician and the provider submit data to a clinical registry to assess the impact of PET on cancer patient management. The NOPR implemented this registry for CMS. The NOPR is sponsored by the World Molecular Imaging Society (formerly the Academy of Molecular Imaging), and managed by the American College of Radiology through the American College of Radiology Imaging Network.

The original goal of the National Oncologic PET Registry was to assess the effect of positron emission tomography with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) on referring physicians' plans of intended patient management for those cancers and indications not currently eligible for reimbursement from CMS. Data were collected from the referring physician before and after the PET study. If complete and timely data are reported to the NOPR within 30 days of the PET scan, the PET facility and interpreting physician (nuclear physician/radiologist) are eligible for reimbursement by CMS. Based in part on data obtained from the NOPR, CMS expanded coverage for FDG-PET in patients with cancer on April 3, 2009 and further expanded coverage on June 11, 2013. Specifically, on June 11, 2013, CMS issued a final decision memorandum ending the prospective data collection requirements under CED for all oncologic indications for FDG-PET. Overall accrual to the FDG-PET registry was nearly 288,000 scans.

On February 26, 2010, CMS announced its decision to cover the use NaF-18 PET to identify bone metastasis. Under this new policy, the use of NaF-18 PET would be covered only under an approved (CED) program. The NOPR obtained CMS approval to develop a registry for NaF-18 as an amendment to the then-existing NOPR for FDG-PET. The NaF-18 PET registry component of NOPR was activated for accrual on February 7, 2011. Estimated total accrual to the NaF-PET registry is 45,000 cases.

As with the registry for FDG-PET, the goal of the NaF-18 PET registry component is to assess the impact of this imaging examination on referring physicians' plans of intended management of patients with known or suspected osseous metastatic disease. Data are collected from the referring physician before and after the PET study, as well as from the interpreting physician. If complete and timely data are reported to the NOPR within 30 days of the PET scan, the PET facility and interpreting physician (nuclear physician/radiologist) are eligible for reimbursement by CMS.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 333000
• Est. completion date: June 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All Medicare beneficiaries who are referred for NaF-18 PET to identify bone metastasis are eligible to be included in the NOPR.

Exclusion Criteria:

• NaF-18 PET for other (non-oncologic) indications.

• NaF-18 PET performed as part of a clinical trial approved by CMS.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cancer

Intervention

Other:
• PET scanning in cancer
Collection of institutional practice PET imaging data

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	American College of Radiology Imaging Network	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
American College of Radiology Imaging Network	World Molecular Imaging Society (formerly Academy of Molecular Imaging)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (10)

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Hanna L, Duan F, Quinn B, Shields AF. 18F-fluoride PET used for treatment monitoring of systemic cancer therapy: results from the National Oncologic PET Registry. J Nucl Med. 2015 Feb;56(2):222-8. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.114.150391. Epu — View Citation

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Hanna L, Duan F, Shields AF, Coleman RE. Impact of 18F-fluoride PET in patients with known prostate cancer: initial results from the National Oncologic PET Registry. J Nucl Med. 2014 Apr;55(4):574-81. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.113.130005. — View Citation

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Hanna L, Duan F, Shields AF, Quinn B, Coleman RE. Impact of (18)F-Fluoride PET on Intended Management of Patients with Cancers Other Than Prostate Cancer: Results from the National Oncologic PET Registry. J Nucl Med. 2014 Jul;55(7): — View Citation

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Hanna L, Shields AF, Duan F, Gareen IF, Quinn B, Coleman RE. Impact of 18F-FDG PET used after initial treatment of cancer: comparison of the National Oncologic PET Registry 2006 and 2009 cohorts. J Nucl Med. 2012 May;53(5):831-7. do — View Citation

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Liu D, Shields AF, Gareen IF, Hanna L, Stine SH, Coleman RE. Impact of positron emission tomography/computed tomography and positron emission tomography (PET) alone on expected management of patients with cancer: initial results fro — View Citation

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Shields AF, Duan F, Gareen IF, Hanna L, Coleman RE. Impact of dedicated brain PET on intended patient management in participants of the national oncologic PET Registry. Mol Imaging Biol. 2011 Feb;13(1):161-5. doi: 10.1007/s11307-010 — View Citation

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Shields AF, Liu D, Gareen IF, Hanna L, Stine SH, Coleman RE. The impact of positron emission tomography (PET) on expected management during cancer treatment: findings of the National Oncologic PET Registry. Cancer. 2009 Jan 15;115(2 — View Citation

Hillner BE, Siegel BA, Shields AF, Liu D, Gareen IF, Hunt E, Coleman RE. Relationship between cancer type and impact of PET and PET/CT on intended management: findings of the national oncologic PET registry. J Nucl Med. 2008 Dec;49(12):1928-35. doi: 10.29 — View Citation

Hillner BE, Tosteson AN, Tosteson TD, Wang Q, Song Y, Hanna LG, Siegel BA. Intended versus inferred care after PET performed for initial staging in the National Oncologic PET Registry. J Nucl Med. 2013 Dec;54(12):2024-31. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.113.123430. E — View Citation

Hillner BE, Tosteson TD, Tosteson AN, Wang Q, Song Y, Onega T, Hanna LG, Siegel BA. Intended versus inferred management after PET for cancer restaging: analysis of Medicare claims linked to a coverage with evidence development registry. Med Care. 2013 Apr — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	To assess the effect of PET on referring physicians' plans of intended patient management of patients with cancer types eligible for inclusion in the National Oncologic PET Registry.		PET Scans as ordered by treating physician per CMS frequency guidelines