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Secondary Malignant Neoplasm of Brain and Cerebral MeningesEarly Phase 1NCT03930173

18F-Fluciclovine PET to Distinguish Tumor Progression From Radiation Necrosis

A Early Phase 1 study testing 18F-fluciclovine and PET/CT of the brain in people with Secondary Malignant Neoplasm of Brain and Cerebral Meninges, run by Case 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.

Official record
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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT of the brain, is able to distinguish radiation necrosis from tumor progression in cases where MRI is inconclusive. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
18F-fluciclovine and PET/CT of the brain
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
18 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
2 Jul 2019to 1 Mar 2021
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

  • Subjects must have a confirmed diagnosis of brain metastases.
  • Subjects must have received prior intracranial SRS at least once for brain metastases. Prior WBRT is allowed.
  • Subjects must have had a clinical tumor protocol MRI of the brain including a DSC-MR perfusion sequence, which is equivocal for radiation necrosis versus tumor progression within 30 days of treatment scan. "Equivocal" will be defined as being inconclusive for radiation necrosis versus tumor progression as determined by the study neuroradiologist.
  • Physician assessed life expectancy of ≥ 6 months.
  • Subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
  • For women of childbearing potential, a negative serum pregnancy test within 14 days of registration is required.

Who cannot join

  • Subjects who have experienced a prior anaphylaxis reaction to 18Ffluciclovine are not eligible.
  • Females pregnant at the expected time of 18F-fluciclovine administration are not eligible due to potential harm to the fetus from exposure to radiation. Women who could be pregnant require a negative pregnancy test to be eligible.
  • Women who are breast feeding at the expected time of 18F-fluciclovine administration are not eligible due to potential harm to the infant from exposure to radiation.
  • Subjects contraindicated for MRI.
  • Subjects unable or unwilling to comply with study requirements are not eligible.
  • Major medical illness or psychiatric impairments, which in the investigator's opinion, will prevent completion of protocol therapy and/or preclude informed consent.
  • Brain metastases from primary lymphoma, germ cell tumor, or small cell carcinoma.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

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About this study

Official title: A Prospective Pilot to Evaluate the Diagnostic Assessment of 18F-Fluciclovine Positron Emission Tomography to Distinguish Tumor Progression From Radiation Necrosis Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT of the brain, is able to distinguish radiation necrosis from tumor progression in cases where MRI is inconclusive.

18F-fluciclovine is an FDA approved radioactive diagnostic agent and is injected into the participant and then taken up by cancer cells, which can then be visualized with a PET/CT scan. 18F-fluciclovine is FDA approved for the detection of recurrent prostate cancer, but is still investigational for the purposes of this study.

Read the detailed description

The primary objective of this study is to estimate the accuracy of 18F-fluciclovine PET in distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumor progression. Accuracy will be assessed via receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, as well as by calculating sensitivity and specificity.

Secondary objectives of this study are to assess which factors may influence accuracy of 18Ffluciclovine PET in distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumor progression and to compare the accuracy of each of the qualitative and quantitative metrics.

Being tested
18F-fluciclovine, PET/CT of the brain
Medical subject headings
Brain Neoplasms

What participants receive

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

  • 18F-fluciclovineDrug

    A single dose of 18F-fluciclovine will be administered intravenously for PET/CT imaging. The standard 10 mCi dose will be used for this study.

  • PET/CT of the brainDevice

    Each subject will undergo 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT of the brain which will be performed ≤ 30 days from equivocal MRI brain

Study groups in NCT03930173
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
18F-fluciclovine PET/CT of the brainExperimentalArm includes participants with a known diagnosis of brain metastases who have undergone prior intracranial SRS and whose MRI brain scan is equivocal for radiation necrosis versus tumor progression. Participants will undergo 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT of the brain. Qualitative and quantitative metrics will be documented at the time of image acquisition. Qualitative image assessment will be performed independently by 3 separate physicians.
Receives: Drug: 18F-fluciclovine; Device: PET/CT of the brain

What is being measured

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

  1. Accuracy of 18F-fluciclovine PET as measured by area under the ROC curve (AUC)

    The accuracy of 18F-fluciclovine PET in distinguishing radiation necrosis from tumor progression will be reported. Accuracy will be assessed via receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.

    Measured: Up to 1 year from start of study

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. 18F-fluciclovine uptake in lesions, compared to normal brain tissue.

    18F-fluciclovine uptake in lesions will be reported in comparison to normal brain tissue.

    Measured: Up to 1 year from start of study

  2. Sensitivity and specificity of 18F-fluciclovine PET

    Sensitivity and specificity of 18F-fluciclovine PET diagnostic procedure

    Measured: Up to 1 year from start of study

Timeline

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

  1. First posted29 Apr 2019
  2. Study start2 Jul 2019
  3. Primary completion1 Mar 2021
  4. Study completion1 Mar 2021

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
Early Phase 1
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
18 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03930173
Sponsor's protocol ID
CASE2319
Status last verified
May 2021
First submitted
25 Apr 2019
Last updated
5 May 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
Yes
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Kotecha R, Aboian M, Nabavizadeh SA, Parent EE, Trifiletti DM, Chao ST. Letter regarding "Contribution of PET imaging to radiotherapy planning and monitoring in glioma patients-a report of the PET/RANO group": 18F-fluciclovine and target volume delineation. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Aug 2;23(8):1408-1409. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab097. No abstract available.

    PubMed 34081125

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Early Phase 1 study testing 18F-fluciclovine and PET/CT of the brain in people with Secondary Malignant Neoplasm of Brain and Cerebral Meninges, run by Case 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 6 inclusion and 7 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 5 May 2021. 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?

Accuracy of 18F-fluciclovine PET as measured by area under the ROC curve (AUC) (time frame: Up to 1 year from start of study). 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 NCT03930173, 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 May 2021.

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