Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Lutathera in Patients With Grade 2 and Grade 3 Advanced GEP-NET

Last updated: August 4, 2025
Sponsor: Advanced Accelerator Applications
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

Digestive System Neoplasms

Abdominal Cancer

Carcinoid Syndrome And Carcinoid Tumours

Treatment

long-acting octreotide

Optional post-progression cross-over to Lutathera

High dose 60 mg octreotide long-acting repeatable

Clinical Study ID

NCT03972488
CAAA601A22301
2023-507443-10-00
2019-001562-15
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The aim of NETTER-2 was to determine if Lutathera in combination with long-acting octreotide prolongs progression free survival (PFS) in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (GEP-NET) patients with high proliferation rate tumors (G2 and G3), when given as a first line treatment compared to treatment with high dose (60 mg) long-acting octreotide. Somatostatin analog (SSA) naive patients were eligible, as well as patients previously treated with SSAs in the absence of progression.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Presence of metastasized or locally advanced, inoperable (curative intent)histologically proven, well differentiated Grade 2 or Grade 3 gastroenteropancreaticneuroendocrine (GEP-NET) tumor diagnosed within 6 months prior to screening.

  • Ki67 index ≥10 and ≤ 55%

  • Patients ≥ 15 years of age and a body weight of > 40 kg at screening

  • Expression of somatostatin receptors on all target lesions documented by CT/MRIscans, assessed by any of the following somatostatin receptor imaging (SRI)modalities within 3 months prior to randomization: [68Ga]-DOTA-TOC (e.g.Somakit-TOC®) PET/CT (or MRI when applicable based on target lesions) imaging, [68Ga]-DOTA-TATE PET/CT (or MRI when applicable based on target lesions) imaging (e.g. NETSPOT®), Somatostatin Receptor scintigraphy (SRS) with [111In]-pentetreotide (Octreoscan® SPECT/CT), SRS with [99mTc]-Tektrotyd, [64Cu]-DOTA-TATE PET/CT (or MRIwhen applicable based on target lesions) imaging.

  • The tumor uptake observed in the target lesions must be > normal liver uptake.

  • Karnofsky Performance Score (KPS) ≥ 60

  • Presence of at least 1 measurable site of disease

  • Patients who have provided a signed informed consent form to participate in thestudy, obtained prior to the start of any protocol related activities

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Creatinine clearance < 40 mL/min calculated by the Cockroft Gault method

  • Hb concentration < 5.0 mmol/L (<8.0 g/dL); WBC < 2x10E9/L (2000/mm3); platelets < 75x10E9/L (75x10E3/mm3)

  • Total bilirubin > 3 x ULN

  • Serum albumin < 3.0 g/dL unless prothrombin time is within the normal range

  • Pregnancy or lactation

  • Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable ofbecoming pregnant, are not allowed to participate in this study UNLESS they areusing highly effective methods of contraception throughout the study treatmentperiod (including cross-over and re-treatment, if applicable) and for 7 months afterstudy drug discontinuation

  • Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) at any time prior to randomization inthe study.

  • Documented RECIST progression to previous treatments for the current GEP-NET at anytime prior to randomization

  • Patients for whom in the opinion of the investigator other therapeutic options (egchemo-, targeted therapy) are considered more appropriate than therapy offered inthe study, based on patient and disease characteristics

  • Any previous therapy with Interferons, Everolimus (mTOR-inhibitors), chemotherapy orother systemic therapies for GEP-NET administered for more than 1 month or within 12weeks prior to randomization in the study.

  • Any previous radioembolization, chemoembolization and radiofrequency ablation forGEP-NET

  • Any surgery within 12 weeks prior to randomization in the study

  • Known brain metastases, unless these metastases have been treated and stabilized forat least 24 weeks, prior to screening in the study. Patients with a history of brainmetastases must have a head CT or MRI with contrast to document stable disease priorto randomization in the study.

  • Uncontrolled congestive heart failure (NYHA II, III, IV). Patients with history ofcongestive heart failure who do not violate this exclusion criterion will undergo anevaluation of their cardiac ejection fraction prior to randomization viaechocardiography. The results from an earlier assessment (not exceeding 30 daysprior to randomization) may substitute the evaluation at the discretion of theInvestigator, if no clinical worsening is noted. The patient's measured cardiacejection fraction in these patients must be ≥40% before randomization.

  • QTcF > 470 msec for females and QTcF > 450 msec for males or congenital long QTsyndrome

  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus as defined by hemoglobin A1c value > 7.5%

  • Hyperkaleamia > 6.0 mmol/L (CTCAE Grade 3) which is not corrected prior to studyenrolment

  • Any patient receiving treatment with short-acting octreotide, which cannot beinterrupted for 24 h before and 24 h after the administration of Lutathera, or anypatient receiving treatment with SSAs (e.g. octreotide long-acting), which cannot beinterrupted for at least 6 weeks before the administration of Lutathera.

  • Patients with any other significant medical, psychiatric, or surgical condition,currently uncontrolled by treatment, which may interfere with the completion of thestudy.

  • Prior external beam radiation therapy to more than 25% of the bone marrow.

  • Current spontaneous urinary incontinence

  • Other known co-existing malignancies except non-melanoma skin cancer and carcinomain situ of the uterine cervix, unless definitively treated and proven no evidence ofrecurrence for 5 years

  • Patient with known incompatibility to CT Scans with IV contrast due to allergicreaction or renal insufficiency. If such a patient can be imaged with MRI, then thepatient would not be excluded.

  • Hypersensitivity to any somatostatin analogues, the IMPs active substance or to anyof the excipients.

  • Patients who have participated in any therapeutic clinical study/received anyinvestigational agent within the last 30 days

Study Design

Total Participants: 226
Treatment Group(s): 9
Primary Treatment: long-acting octreotide
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
January 08, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
October 29, 2027

Study Description

The study consisted of a screening phase, a treatment phase, an optional cross-over phase for subjects assigned to the control arm, optional re-treatment phase for subjects assigned to the Lutathera arm, and a follow-up phase. This study compared treatment with Lutathera (7.4 GBq/200 mCi 4 × administrations every 8 weeks ± 1 week; cumulative dose: 29.6 GBq/800mCi) plus octreotide long-acting release (LAR) (30 mg every 8 weeks during Lutathera treatment and every 4 weeks after last Lutathera treatment) and high dose octreotide LAR (60 mg every 4 weeks).

Connect with a study center

  • Sociedade Beneficente de Senhoras Hospital Sirio-Libanes

    Sao Paulo,
    Brazil

    Site Not Available

  • London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario - Oncology

    London,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Sir Mortimer B. Davis/Jewish General Hospital

    Montreal,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec

    Quebec,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Toronto,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • BC Cancer Agency

    Vancouver,
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Chinese PLA General Hospital

    Beijing,
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Nanjing First Hospital

    Nanjing,
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University

    Shanghai,
    China

    Site Not Available

  • CHU Paris Nord-Val de Seine

    Clichy,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) - Hopital Edouard Herriot

    Lyon,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut du Cancer de Montpellier - Oncology

    Montpellier,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • CHU-Hôtel Dieu Service de Médecine Nucléaire

    Nantes,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Institut Gustave Roussy

    Villejuif,
    France

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

    Erlangen,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Universitätsklinikum Essen - Klinik für Nuklearmedizin

    Essen,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • Klinikum rechts der Isar Technische Universität München

    München,
    Germany

    Site Not Available

  • A.O.di Bologna Policl.S.Orsola

    Bologna,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • University of Genova - Oncology

    Genova,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo

    Meldola,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Fondazione Irccs Istituto Nazionale Tumori

    Milano,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Ieo, Irccs

    Milano,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • IRCCS fondazione Pascale - Oncology

    Napoli,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia - Oncology

    Reggio Emilia,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea - Università La Sapienza U.O.C. Mal App. Digerente e - Oncology

    Roma,
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Seongnam-Si,
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Asan Medical Center - Oncology

    Seoul,
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Seoul National University Hospital - Department of Internal Medicine

    Seoul,
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System - Medical Oncology

    Seoul,
    Korea, Republic of

    Site Not Available

  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum

    Rotterdam,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • UMC Utrecht - Oncology

    Utrecht,
    Netherlands

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebrón

    Barcelona,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón

    Madrid,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

    Madrid,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe

    Valencia,
    Spain

    Site Not Available

  • Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre

    Bristol,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Liverpool Cancer Research Uk Centre

    Liverpool,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Guys And St Thomas Hospital

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Kings College Hospital - Oncology

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Royal Free Hospital, London

    London,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Weston Park Hospital

    Sheffield,
    United Kingdom

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic Building - Phoenix Research Pharmacy Suite 3-400

    Scottsdale, Arizona 85259-5452
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers - Oncology

    Denver, Colorado 80218-1237
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Yale Cancer Center

    New Haven, Connecticut 06520
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • USF - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

    Tampa, Florida 33612
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics - Oncology

    Iowa City, Iowa 52242
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Kentucky UK Markey Cancer Center

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic - Oncology

    Rochester, Minnesota 55905
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Nebraska Cancer Centers

    Omaha, Nebraska 68130
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, Texas 77030
    United States

    Site Not Available

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