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Solid MalignancyPhase 1NCT01697930

A Phase I Study: PET Imaging of Cancer Patients Using [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R)

A Phase 1 study testing [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) in people with Solid Malignancy and Lymphoma, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

This is a Phase I study. This study is the first time that a new experimental drug called 18FFluoroglutamine, or F-Glutamine, is being used in people. F-Glutamine is a drug designed to be used with PET scanners that can 'see' where F-Glutamine goes in the body, after its injected. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 21 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
Solid Malignancy, Lymphoma
What is being tested?
[18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R)
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
67 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 2012to Sep 2027
Phase
Phase 1
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 21 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with history of histologically-confirmed solid malignancy and/or lymphoma (histology confirmed by MSKCC Department of Pathology.) Disease measurable or evaluable as defined by RECIST 1.1 or other tumor response criteria from an MSKCC IRB-approved clinical research protocol. NOTE: Study patients do not need to be participating in an MSKCC approved clinical trial prior to study recruitment.
  • Age between 21-90
  • Negative serum pregnancy test for female patients of childbearing age and potential (as defined by MSKCC Standards \& Guidelines), from assays obtained <2 weeks prior to study enrollment. Patients will be advised against having unprotected sexual intercourse from the time of the negative serum pregnancy test until after completing their participation in the study.

Who cannot join

  • Inability or refusal to have at least one peripheral intravenous line for intravenous access (as applicable to the day of [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) injection and blood draws.)
  • Breast-feeding
  • Refusal or inability to tolerate the scanning procedure (e.g., due to claustrophobia)
  • Hepatic: from assays obtained <2 weeks prior to study enrollment For each patient, the upper limit of normal (ULN) value for a particular assay will be defined by the normal reference values of the laboratory that performed the assay.
  • Bilirubin > 1.5 x (ULN)
  • AST/ALT >2.5 x ULN
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  • Albumin < 3 g/dl
  • GGT > 2.5 x ULN IF Alkaline phosphatase > 2.5 x ULN.
  • Renal: Creatinine >1.5 x ULN or creatinine clearance < 60 mL/min, from assays obtained <2 weeks prior to study enrollment
  • Acute major illness (e.g., unstable cardiovascular condition, etc.)

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site

  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, New York, 10065

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About this study

This is a Phase I study. This study is the first time that a new experimental drug called 18FFluoroglutamine, or F-Glutamine, is being used in people. F-Glutamine is a drug designed to be used with PET scanners that can 'see' where F-Glutamine goes in the body, after its injected. PET scanners are one of the kinds of scanners you normally find in a hospital radiology department. The researchers have found that tumors in animals absorb F-Glutamine. The researchers believe that scans with F-Glutamine might be able to find tumors in patients.

This first in-human study is being done to see how long F-Glutamine lasts in the blood, when it is given to people in tiny amounts by an injection, and to see where F-Glutamine goes in the body. If the results of this trial are good, then the study doctors plan to use F-Glutamine in another trial to see if scans with F-Glutamine are better for finding tumors compared to the standard types of scans that doctors use.

Being tested
[18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R)
Keywords
PET Imaging, 18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutam (2S,4R), 12-168
Medical subject headings
Lymphoma

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R)Drug

    Thirty cancer patients will receive an injection of a 0.5 to 7.5mCi of [18F] 4-LFluoroglutamine (2S,4R) , followed by serial PET/CT scanning and blood draws, (at the direction of the investigator) over a period of 3.5 hours, on a single day. Each patient will be offered the opportunity to repeat the [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) injection and subsequent set of post-injection PET-CT scans, once, on a separate date. At the discretion of the investigator, scan 3 can be waived. Immediately prior to injection of the radiotracer, a blood sample will be obtained for measurement of serum glutamine level. The serum glutamine level will be assayed, if necessary, as part of an amino acid screen assay.

Study groups in NCT01697930
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
[18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R)ExperimentalThis pilot, first in-human microdose PET trial of the positron-emitting agent [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) will be an open-label study. The [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) agent will be administered by bolus intravenous injection. In all study patients, the pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and biodistribution of [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) will be evaluated by non-invasive blood- and PET-based assays, at multiple time points (see Table 1,) during one day. Eligible patients optionally can participate in the study twice, on a separate date, receiving a second radiotracer microdose of [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R), followed by non-invasive blood- and PET-based assays. At the discretion of the investigator, scan 3 can be waived.
Receives: Drug: [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. pharmacokinetic profiles

    The trial-design follows standard guidelines on collecting pharmacokinetic (PK) data for investigational radioactive drugs.1, 29-36 Animal [18F] 4-L-of [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R). Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) PK data provided a basis for the trial design. Sampling time-points were chosen (1) by anticipated exponential PK; with (2) allometry-based interspecies extrapolation of time-scales.37 As data is available from the first patients, suitability of the time-points will be re-examined. Blood samples will be centrifuged and the plasma pipetted, weighed and counted to determine the plasma time activity concentration curves (% injected dose/liter), as well as for metabolite analysis of the [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) compound (by radio-HPLC or other fit-for-purpose methodology).

    Measured: 2 years

Secondary outcomes (3)

  1. metabolism

    Blood samples will be centrifuged and the plasma pipetted, weighed and counted to determine the plasma time activity concentration curves (% injected dose/liter), as well as for metabolite analysis of the [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) compound (by radio-HPLC or other fit-for-purpose methodology).

    Measured: 2 years

  2. bio distribution

    These data will be obtained in the form of serial PET imaging to detect and quantify changes [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) biodistribution at multiple time-points, as well as serial venous blood-assays. Our PET scans are routinely corrected for attenuation and scatter and adjusted for system sensitivity and provide quantitative images of the tracer concentration within the imaging field of view, which is often reported in terms of standardized uptake values (SUV) (= μCi found/gm tissue / μCi injected/gm body mass).

    Measured: 2 years

  3. radiation dosimetry

    OLINDA 1.1 software, an FDA-approved radiation-dosimetry software package42, 43 will be used to obtain absorbed dose \& effective dose measurements. In brief, this entails its automated application of the MIRD formalism to the experimental time-integrated activity coefficients, with dose-factor values defined by standard isotope data and a hermaphroditic anthropomorphic model.34, 36, 38, 44 . OLINDA implements conventional biokinetic models of the urinary bladder and gastrointestinal tract to account for the dosimetric contribution of radioactive excreta.

    Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Oct 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2012
  3. Primary completionSep 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionSep 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
67 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01697930
Sponsor's protocol ID
12-168
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
26 Sep 2012
Last updated
5 Oct 2026
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Dunphy MPS, Harding JJ, Venneti S, Zhang H, Burnazi EM, Bromberg J, Omuro AM, Hsieh JJ, Mellinghoff IK, Staton K, Pressl C, Beattie BJ, Zanzonico PB, Gerecitano JF, Kelsen DP, Weber W, Lyashchenko SK, Kung HF, Lewis JS. In Vivo PET Assay of Tumor Glutamine Flux and Metabolism: In-Human Trial of 18F-(2S,4R)-4-Fluoroglutamine. Radiology. 2018 May;287(2):667-675. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2017162610. Epub 2018 Jan 31.

    PubMed 29388903

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1 study testing [18F] 4-L-Fluoroglutamine (2S,4R) in people with Solid Malignancy and Lymphoma, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

pharmacokinetic profiles (time frame: 2 years). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01697930, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Oct 2026.

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