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Neuroendocrine TumorsEarly Phase 1NCT01873248

Impact of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT on the Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors: The Referring Physician's Perspective

A Early Phase 1 study testing 68Ga-DOTATATE in people with Neuroendocrine Tumors, run by Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Somatostatin receptor imaging with 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT (DOTATATE) is increasingly used for managing patients with neuroendocrine tumors. The objective of this study was to determine referring physicians' perspectives on the impact of DOTATATE on the management of neuroendocrine tumors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Neuroendocrine Tumors
What is being tested?
68Ga-DOTATATE
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
100 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
26 Aug 2013to 16 Jun 2017
Phase
Early Phase 1
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Known diagnosis of NET, suspected SSTR positive tumors or suspected NET recurrence.
  • At least 18 years of age.
  • Patient or patient's legally acceptable representative cognitively provides written informed consent.
  • Able to provide informed consent.
  • Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at screening/baseline.

Who cannot join

  • Use of any other investigational product or device within 30 days prior to dosing, or known requirement for any other investigational agent prior to completion of all scheduled study assessments.
  • Patients with a body weight of 400 pounds or more or not able to enter the bore of the PET/CT scanner due to BMI, because of the compromise in image quality with CT, PET/CT and MRI that will result.
  • Inability to lie still for the entire imaging time.
  • Inability to complete the needed investigational and standard-of-care imaging examinations due to other reasons (severe claustrophobia, radiation phobia, etc.)
  • Recognized concurrent active infection.
  • Any additional medical condition, serious intercurrent illness, or other extenuating circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may significantly interfere with study compliance.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of California Los Angeles, Nuclear Medicine Clinic of the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology

    Los Angeles, California, 90095

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About this study

Somatostatin receptor imaging with 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT (DOTATATE) is increasingly used for managing patients with neuroendocrine tumors. The objective of this study was to determine referring physicians' perspectives on the impact of DOTATATE on the management of neuroendocrine tumors.

Read the detailed description

Somatostatin receptor imaging with 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT (DOTATATE) is increasingly used for managing patients with neuroendocrine tumors. The objective of this study was to determine referring physicians' perspectives on the impact of DOTATATE on the management of neuroendocrine tumors. Methods: A set of 2 questionnaires (pre-PET and post-PET) was sent to the referring physicians of 100 consecutive patients with known or suspected neuroendocrine tumors, who were evaluated with DOTATATE. Questionnaires on 88 patients were returned (response rate, 88%). Referring physicians categorized the DOTATATE findings on the basis of the written PET reports as negative, positive, or equivocal for disease. The likelihood for metastatic disease was scored as low, moderate, or high. The intended management before and changes as a consequence of the PET study were indicated. Results: The indications for PET/CT were initial and subsequent treatment strategy assessments in 14% and 86% of patients, respectively. Referring physicians reported that DOTATATE led to a change in suspicion for metastatic disease in 21 patients (24%; increased and decreased suspicion in 9 [10%] and 12 [14%] patients, respectively). Intended management changes were reported in 53 of 88 (60%) patients. Twenty patients (23%) scheduled to undergo chemotherapy were switched to treatments without chemotherapy, and 6 (7%) were switched from watch-and-wait to other treatment strategies. Conversely, 5 patients (6%) were switched from their initial treatment strategy to watch-and-wait. Conclusion: This survey of referring physicians demonstrates a substantial impact of DOTATATE on the intended management of patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

Being tested
68Ga-DOTATATE
Keywords
NET, neuroendocrine tumors, somastostatin receptor, PET, DOTATATE
Medical subject headings
Neuroendocrine Tumors

What participants receive

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

  • 68Ga-DOTATATEDrug

    Also called 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT scan

    68Ga-DOTATATE will be given in tracer doses and injected intravenously to image Neuroendocrine tumors by Positron Emission Tomography.

Study groups in NCT01873248
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
PET/CT with one-time administration of 68Ga-DOTATATEExperimentalStudy participants will receive a one-time administration of 68Ga-DOTATATE and undergo a PET/CT imaging study. Scans will be performed with oral and IV contrast. The physicians of patient's receiving a 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT will be asked to fill out 2 questionnaires with questions pertaining to the patient's medical management. One questionnaire will be sent before the scan, and one shortly after the scan was performed and the results reported to the referring physician.
Receives: Drug: 68Ga-DOTATATE

What is being measured

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

  1. Change in intended management of patients with NETs after PET/CT

    The study will collect questionnaire data from referring physicians on intended patient management before and after PET/CT.

    Measured: Before the first scan and after the second scan and results reported

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Jun 2013 (estimated)
  2. Study start26 Aug 2013
  3. Primary completion16 Jun 2017
  4. Study completion16 Jun 2017

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More details

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

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
100 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01873248
Sponsor's protocol ID
12-001920
Other IDs
68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT, NCI-2016-01796
Status last verified
Jul 2024
First submitted
3 Jun 2013
Last updated
19 Jul 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No
Expanded access
Available

Publications

  • Modlin IM, Moss SF, Chung DC, Jensen RT, Snyderwine E. Priorities for improving the management of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Sep 17;100(18):1282-9. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn275. Epub 2008 Sep 9.

    PubMed 18780869
  • Modlin IM, Oberg K, Chung DC, Jensen RT, de Herder WW, Thakker RV, Caplin M, Delle Fave G, Kaltsas GA, Krenning EP, Moss SF, Nilsson O, Rindi G, Salazar R, Ruszniewski P, Sundin A. Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours. Lancet Oncol. 2008 Jan;9(1):61-72. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(07)70410-2.

    PubMed 18177818
  • Yao JC, Hassan M, Phan A, Dagohoy C, Leary C, Mares JE, Abdalla EK, Fleming JB, Vauthey JN, Rashid A, Evans DB. One hundred years after "carcinoid": epidemiology of and prognostic factors for neuroendocrine tumors in 35,825 cases in the United States. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Jun 20;26(18):3063-72. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.4377.

    PubMed 18565894
  • Rensing BJ, Hermans WR, Strauss BH, Serruys PW. Regional differences in elastic recoil after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: a quantitative angiographic study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1991 May;17(6 Suppl B):34B-38B. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90936-4.

    PubMed 2016480
  • Virgolini I, Ambrosini V, Bomanji JB, Baum RP, Fanti S, Gabriel M, Papathanasiou ND, Pepe G, Oyen W, De Cristoforo C, Chiti A. Procedure guidelines for PET/CT tumour imaging with 68Ga-DOTA-conjugated peptides: 68Ga-DOTA-TOC, 68Ga-DOTA-NOC, 68Ga-DOTA-TATE. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Oct;37(10):2004-10. doi: 10.1007/s00259-010-1512-3.

    PubMed 20596866
  • Kowalski J, Henze M, Schuhmacher J, Macke HR, Hofmann M, Haberkorn U. Evaluation of positron emission tomography imaging using [68Ga]-DOTA-D Phe(1)-Tyr(3)-Octreotide in comparison to [111In]-DTPAOC SPECT. First results in patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Mol Imaging Biol. 2003 Jan-Feb;5(1):42-8. doi: 10.1016/s1536-1632(03)00038-6.

    PubMed 14499161
  • Hofmann M, Maecke H, Borner R, Weckesser E, Schoffski P, Oei L, Schumacher J, Henze M, Heppeler A, Meyer J, Knapp H. Biokinetics and imaging with the somatostatin receptor PET radioligand (68)Ga-DOTATOC: preliminary data. Eur J Nucl Med. 2001 Dec;28(12):1751-7. doi: 10.1007/s002590100639. Epub 2001 Oct 31.

    PubMed 11734911
  • Gabriel M, Decristoforo C, Kendler D, Dobrozemsky G, Heute D, Uprimny C, Kovacs P, Von Guggenberg E, Bale R, Virgolini IJ. 68Ga-DOTA-Tyr3-octreotide PET in neuroendocrine tumors: comparison with somatostatin receptor scintigraphy and CT. J Nucl Med. 2007 Apr;48(4):508-18. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.106.035667.

    PubMed 17401086
  • Putzer D, Gabriel M, Henninger B, Kendler D, Uprimny C, Dobrozemsky G, Decristoforo C, Bale RJ, Jaschke W, Virgolini IJ. Bone metastases in patients with neuroendocrine tumor: 68Ga-DOTA-Tyr3-octreotide PET in comparison to CT and bone scintigraphy. J Nucl Med. 2009 Aug;50(8):1214-21. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060236. Epub 2009 Jul 17.

    PubMed 19617343
  • Prasad V, Ambrosini V, Hommann M, Hoersch D, Fanti S, Baum RP. Detection of unknown primary neuroendocrine tumours (CUP-NET) using (68)Ga-DOTA-NOC receptor PET/CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Jan;37(1):67-77. doi: 10.1007/s00259-009-1205-y.

    PubMed 19618183
  • Ambrosini V, Tomassetti P, Franchi R, Fanti S. Imaging of NETs with PET radiopharmaceuticals. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2010 Feb;54(1):16-23.

    PubMed 20168283

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing 68Ga-DOTATATE in people with Neuroendocrine Tumors, run by Jonsson Comprehensive 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 5 inclusion and 6 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Jul 2024. 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?

Early Phase 1 (sometimes called Phase 0) studies give a very small amount of a treatment to a few people, mainly to see how the body handles it.

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

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Change in intended management of patients with NETs after PET/CT (time frame: Before the first scan and after the second scan and results reported). 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 NCT01873248, which also lists 11 linked publications.

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 19 Jul 2024.

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