FAPI-CUP- Evaluating FAPI as a Novel Radiopharmaceutical for Cancer of Unknown Primary

Last updated: March 29, 2023
Sponsor: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT05263700
PMC71838
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This is a prospective single arm cohort study designed to evaluate the diagnostic ability of 68Ga-FAPI-PET/CT scan in determining likely tissue of origin in Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) patients not identified by standard of care. Patients with CUP will be either treatment naïve or starting second-line treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Participant has provided written informed consent
  2. Participants aged 18 years or over at screening
  3. Diagnosed with CUP based on a diagnostic work-up, including, but not limited to; adetailed clinical assessment; a CT scan of the chest/abdomen, and pelvis; pathologicalreview of tumour tissue; and other appropriate tests as per the Cancer Council OptimalCare Pathway guidelines
  4. Has not commenced current line of systemic treatment
  5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 - 2
  6. Life expectancy greater than 3 months
  7. Adequate hematologic and organ function to commence systemic treatment, defined by thefollowing laboratory results:
  8. Haemoglobin ≥ 90g/L
  9. Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.5 x 109/L
  10. Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L
  11. Creatinine clearance ≥ 30mL/min
  12. Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); patients with knownGilbert's disease may have a bilirubin ≥ 3.0 x ULN
  13. Aspartate transaminase (AST) or alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤2 x ULN (or ≤ 5 x ULNin the presence of liver metastases)
  14. Willing and able to comply with all study requirements, including all treatment andrequired assessments including follow-up procedures, in the investigator's judgment

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Uncontrolled medical or psychological conditions that may prevent commencement ofsystemic treatment.
  2. Major surgical procedure within 6 weeks prior to study registration or activeinfection requiring systemic treatment a. Placement of vascular access devices is not considered major surgery.
  3. Concurrent illness, including severe infection that may jeopardise the ability of theparticipant to undergo procedures outlined in this protocol with reasonable safety
  4. Prior cancer diagnosis with the exception of:
  5. Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease ≥ 3yearsand of low potential risk of recurrence
  6. Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinoma or non-invasivemelanoma
  7. Adequately treated non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (Tis, Ta and low grade T1tumours)
  8. Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease
  9. Cancer subjects with incidental histologic findings of prostate cancer that, inthe opinion of the Investigator, is not deemed to require active therapy (e.g.,incidental prostate cancer identified following cystoprostatectomy that istumour/node/metastasis stage ≤ pT2N0)
  10. Greater than one prior line of systemic treatment
  11. Known allergy or reaction to 18F or 68Ga tracer

Study Design

Total Participants: 150
Study Start date:
February 23, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
February 22, 2024

Study Description

Cancers of unknown primary (CUP) account for 3-5% of all malignancies. The prognosis of patients diagnosed with CUP is poor, with a median overall survival of 9-12 months. Despite improvements in conventional diagnostic processes, the tissue of origin (ToO) is identified in <30% of CUP patients. PET/CT is increasingly used to determine the ToO, with the most commonly used PET radiotracer being the glucose analogue fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). Although PET/CT can change CUP patient management and identify primary sites, FDG has limited sensitivity for detecting some cancers, such as CUP. It has been reported that fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is highly expressed in some tumours, including CUP. 68Ga-FAPI (experimental drug) is a radiotracer that can specifically bind to FAP, and may enable the primary cancer site to be viewed using PET imaging. It is hypothesised that the use of 68Ga-FAPI-PET/CT will increase likely ToO diagnosis from 30% with current standard of care to 60%.

Connect with a study center

  • Bendigo Health

    Bendigo, Victoria 3550
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

    Melbourne, Victoria 3000
    Australia

    Active - Recruiting

  • South West Healthcare

    Warrnambool, Victoria 3280
    Australia

    Site Not Available

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