Solid Malignancy Located in the Head and NeckPhase 2MITRASNCT04758650
Study of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in Oncological Lesions, Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis, Syndrome With Abnormal Immune Activation and sarcoïdosis
A Phase 2 study testing 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in people with Solid Malignancy Located in the Head and Neck and Cancer, run by Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel at 1 site in Belgium.
Trial summary
Phase II study to evaluate the clinical potential of 68GaNOTA-anti-MMR-VHH2 for in vivo imaging of Macrophage Mannose Receptor (MMR)-expressing Macrophages by means of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in patients with oncological lesions in need of non-surgical therapy, patients with cardiovascular atherosclerosis… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Solid Malignancy Located in the Head and Neck, Cancer, Carotid Stenosis
- What is being tested?
- 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2
- Type of treatment
- Injection or infusion
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 29 participants
- Where
- 1 siteBelgium
- Study dates
- 26 Jan 2021to 8 Jan 2025
- Phase
- Phase 2
- 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
COHORT SPECIFIC INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- COHORT 1:
- Patients who have given informed consent
- Patients at least 18 years old
- Patients with : A) biopsy-proven solid malignancy located in the head and neck, independent of tumour stage or pathological subtype, or B) suspected malignancy in the head and neck, planned for biopsy
- In order to minimize partial volume effect, the diameter of at least 1 tumour lesion should be ≥ 10 mm in short axis for invaded adenopathies and ≥ 10 mm in long axis for all other types of lesions.
- Patients who already participated in the trial and who are diagnosed with progressive or recurrent disease can be re-included if all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria apply.
- COHORT 2:
- Patients who have given informed consent
- Patients at least 18 years old
- Patient with a biopsy proven local, locally advanced or metastatic malignancy with a solid component that is at least ≥ 10 mm in short axis for invaded adenopathies and ≥ 10 mm in long axis for all other types of lesions.
- The patient is planned for immune checkpoint inhibition treatment, either or not combined with other systemic therapies.
- Patients who already participated in the trial and who are diagnosed with progressive or recurrent disease can be re-included if all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria apply
- COHORT 3:
- Patients who have given informed consent
- Patients at least 18 years old
- Patients planned for the surgical removal of an atherosclerotic plaque of the carotid artery, consisting of endarterectomy.
- COHORT 4:
- Patients who have given informed consent
- Patients at least 18 years old
- Patient with a biopsy-proven Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- At time of inclusion, the patient presents with at least 1 lymphoma lesion of which the diameter should be ≥ 10 mm in short axis for invaded adenopathies and ≥ 10 mm in long axis for all other types of lesions.
- Diagnostic tissue sample is available for immunohistochemistry analysis, that was obtained < 3 months prior to patient inclusion.
- 18F-FDG-PET/CT has been performed < 3 months prior to patient inclusion
- The patients are eligible for systemic treatment, radiotherapy or a combination of both.
- COHORT 5:
- Patients who have given informed consent
- Patients at least 18 years old
- Patients with suspicion of HLH, based on either a previous bone marrow sample showing hemofagocytis or based on the presence of at least 3 risk criteria as follows :
- Fever ≥ 38,5°C
- Splenomegaly
- Bicytopenia, with at least 2 of the 3 following parameters:
- Hb < 9 g/dl and/or
- Platelets < 100 000/ml and/or
- Neutrophils < 1000/ml
- Hypertriglyceridemia (fasting > 265 mg/dl)µ
- Ferritin > 500 ng/ml
- COHORT 6:
- Patients who have given informed consent
- Patients at least 18 years old
- Patients with :
- Endomyocardial biopsy-proven cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) or B) suspected cardiac sarcoidosis based on the 2014 Hearth Rythm Society Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Arrhytmias Associated with Cardiac Sarcoidosis. At least one of the following criteria should be met :
- Steroid +/- Immunosuppressant responsive cardiomyopathy or heart block
- Unexplained reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <40%
- Unexplained sustained (spontaneous or induced) ventricular tachycardia (VT)
- Mobitz type II 2nd-degree heart block or 3rd-degree heart block
- Patchy uptake on dedicated cardiac PET (in a pattern consistent with CS)
- Late Gadolinium Enhancement on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (in a pattern consistent with CS)
- Positive gallium uptake (in a pattern consistent with CS)
- Histological Diagnosis from Myocardial Tissue
- Patients already included in cohort 7 with progression to cardiac sarcoidosis *COHORT 7:
- Patients who have given informed consent
- Patients at least 18 years old
- Patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis
GENERAL EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 3 or higher.
- Pregnant patients.
- Breast feeding patients.
- Patients with any serious active infection.
- Patients who have any other life-threatening illness or organ system dysfunction, which in the opinion of the investigator would either compromise patient safety or interfere with the evaluation of the safety of the test radiopharmaceutical.
- Patients who cannot communicate reliably with the investigator.
- Patients who are unlikely to cooperate with the requirements of the study.
- Patients who are unwilling and/or unable to give informed consent.
- Patients at increased risk of death from a pre-existing concurrent illness.
- When a patient exhibits symptoms correlated with SARS-CoV-2, the patient should be tested using the standard of care testing protocol, prior to inclusion. When the test results indicate an active SARS-CoV-2-infection, the patient is excluded for this trial.
COHORT SPECIFIC EXCLUSION CRITERIA
- COHORT 2
- Patients with a biopsy-proven Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Patients diagnosed with any malignancy of the head and neck. These patients can be included into Cohort I.
- COHORT 7 - Patients eligible for cohort 6
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Phase II Study to Evaluate the Clinical Potential of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 for in Vivo Imaging of MMR-expressing Macrophages by Means of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Oncological Lesions,Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis,Syndrome With Abnormal Immune Activation and sarcoïdosis
Phase II study to evaluate the clinical potential of 68GaNOTA-anti-MMR-VHH2 for in vivo imaging of Macrophage Mannose Receptor (MMR)-expressing Macrophages by means of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in patients with oncological lesions in need of non-surgical therapy, patients with cardiovascular atherosclerosis, syndrome with abnormal immune activation and sarcoïdosis.
- Conditions
- Solid Malignancy Located in the Head and Neck, Cancer, Carotid Stenosis, Atherosclerosis of Artery, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult, Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Being tested
- 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2
- Medical subject headings
- Neoplasms, Carotid Stenosis, Hodgkin Disease, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Sarcoidosis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2Drug
Also called MMR-PET/CT
All subjects will receive at least one single intravenous injection of the IMP followed by a total body PET/CT prior to receiving standard-of-care therapy.
For patients in cohorts 1 and 2 : an optional injection of the IMP during or after therapy can be administered if a patient is treated with non-surgical modalities. Patients in cohorts 6 and 7 who receive standard-of-care treatment can receive an optional injection of the IMP.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer, lymphoma, carotid plaque, patients suspected for HLH, sarcoidosis | Experimental | Cohort 1: Patients diagnosed with pathology malignancies of the head and neck
Cohort 2: Patients diagnosed with any malignancy with a solid component
Cohort 3: Patients diagnosed with carotid plaque, planned for SOC carotid endarterectomy
Cohort 4: Patients with a biopsy-proven Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Cohort 5: Patients suspected for HLH, planned for (SOC) bone marrow in case it is not done before
Cohort 6 : Patients with endomyocardial biopsy proven or suspected cardiac sarcoïdosis
Cohort 7 : Patients with biopsy-proven sarcoïdosis Receives: Drug: 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Correlation of IMP uptake before start of treatment in malignant lesions of the head and neck with either treatment response during or after radiotherapy or systemic treatment, or with immunohistological MMR-staining in patients with surgical treatment
Uptake will be measured in cancer lesions on PET/CT 1. Treatment response will be evaluated by assessing time to treatment failure and by assessment of status of patients for treatment failure (Y/N) at 6 and 12 months after start of treatment or immunological MMR staining
Measured: up to 5 years
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 before start of treatment in solid cancer lesions with time to treatment failure after systemic treatment with immune checkpoint inhibition, either or not combined with other systemic therapies. (cohort 2)
Uptake will be measured in cancer lesions on PET/CT 1. Treatment response will be evaluated by assessing time to treatment failure and by assessment of status of patients for treatment failure (Y/N) at 6 months and 12 months after start of treatment
Measured: up to 5 years
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in atherosclerotic carotid plaques before surgery with the immunohistological MMR-staining of the excised atherosclerotic carotid plaque.(cohort 3)
Uptake in excised atherosclerotic plaque on PET/CT 1. Immunohistological MMR staining of excised atherosclerotic plaque, scored visually by interpreter
Measured: Resection of lesion up to 21 days after PET/CT
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in lymphoma-related lesions before start of treatment in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients (cohort 4).
Uptake will be measured in lymphoma-related lesions on MMR-PET/CT 1
Measured: up to 5 years
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in central bone on PET/CT with the presence of hemophagocytosis in bone marrow samples, and the presence of clinical risk factors (cohort 5).
Uptake in bone marrow on MMR-PET/CT 1. Bone marrow aspirate or trephine biopsy, scored individually by interpreter. Results of additional blood sample analysis to determine clinical risk factor
Measured: up to 5 years
To investigate the uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in cardiac sarcoidosis on PET/CT in patients with endomyocardial biopsy proven or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis (cohort 6)
Uptake in lesions with known or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis on MMR-PET/CT on PET/CT1
Measured: up to 5 years
To investigate the uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in sarcoidosis on PET/CT in patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis (cohort 7)
Uptake in lesions involved with sarcoidosis on MMR-PET/CT
Measured: up to 5 years
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Feb 2021
- Study start26 Jan 2021
- Primary completion8 Jan 2025
- Study completion8 Jan 2025
Why it stopped: Delay in recruitment
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Solid Malignancy Located in the Head and NeckStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Universitair Ziekenhuis BrusselThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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 2
- Primary purpose
- Diagnosis
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- The trial consists of 7 different patient cohorts that are each investigated using a new diagnostic imaging radiopharmaceutical
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 29 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Tony Lahoutte, MD, Principal investigator, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04758650
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- UZBRU_VHH2_2
- Other IDs
- 2020-002483-31
- Acronym
- MITRAS
- Status last verified
- May 2026
- First submitted
- 12 Feb 2021
- Last updated
- 1 Jun 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Jun 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Phase II Study to Evaluate the Clinical Potential of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 for in Vivo Imaging of MMR-expressing Macrophages by Means of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Oncological Lesions,Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis,Syndrome With Abnormal Immune Activation and sarcoïdosis
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04758650
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MITRAS / UZBRU_VHH2_2
- Conditions
- Solid Malignancy Located in the Head and Neck, Cancer, Carotid Stenosis, Atherosclerosis of Artery, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Adult, Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Delay in recruitment
- Enrolment
- 29 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis BrusselUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 26 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 8 Jan 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 8 Jan 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 Feb 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Phase II study to evaluate the clinical potential of 68GaNOTA-anti-MMR-VHH2 for in vivo imaging of Macrophage Mannose Receptor (MMR)-expressing Macrophages by means of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in patients with oncological lesions in need of non-surgical therapy, patients with cardiovascular atherosclerosis, syndrome with abnormal immune activation and sarcoïdosis.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Diagnosis
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- The trial consists of 7 different patient cohorts that are each investigated using a new diagnostic imaging radiopharmaceutical
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer, lymphoma, carotid plaque, patients suspected for HLH, sarcoidosis | Experimental | Drug: 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2Cohort 1: Patients diagnosed with pathology malignancies of the head and neck Cohort 2: Patients diagnosed with any malignancy with a solid component Cohort 3: Patients diagnosed with carotid plaque, planned for SOC carotid endarterectomy Cohort 4: Patients with a biopsy-proven Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphoma Cohort 5: Patients suspected for HLH, planned for (SOC) bone marrow in case it is not done before Cohort 6 : Patients with endomyocardial biopsy proven or suspected cardiac sarcoïdosis Cohort 7 : Patients with biopsy-proven sarcoïdosis |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2Also: MMR-PET/CTAll subjects will receive at least one single intravenous injection of the IMP followed by a total body PET/CT prior to receiving standard-of-care therapy. For patients in cohorts 1 and 2 : an optional injection of the IMP during or after therapy can be administered if a patient is treated with non-surgical modalities. Patients in cohorts 6 and 7 who receive standard-of-care treatment can receive an optional injection of the IMP. | Drug | Cancer, lymphoma, carotid plaque, patients suspected for HLH, sarcoidosis |
Primary outcome
Correlation of IMP uptake before start of treatment in malignant lesions of the head and neck with either treatment response during or after radiotherapy or systemic treatment, or with immunohistological MMR-staining in patients with surgical treatment
Time frame: up to 5 years
Uptake will be measured in cancer lesions on PET/CT 1. Treatment response will be evaluated by assessing time to treatment failure and by assessment of status of patients for treatment failure (Y/N) at 6 and 12 months after start of treatment or immunological MMR staining
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 before start of treatment in solid cancer lesions with time to treatment failure after systemic treatment with immune checkpoint inhibition, either or not combined with other systemic therapies. (cohort 2)
Time frame: up to 5 years
Uptake will be measured in cancer lesions on PET/CT 1. Treatment response will be evaluated by assessing time to treatment failure and by assessment of status of patients for treatment failure (Y/N) at 6 months and 12 months after start of treatment
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in atherosclerotic carotid plaques before surgery with the immunohistological MMR-staining of the excised atherosclerotic carotid plaque.(cohort 3)
Time frame: Resection of lesion up to 21 days after PET/CT
Uptake in excised atherosclerotic plaque on PET/CT 1. Immunohistological MMR staining of excised atherosclerotic plaque, scored visually by interpreter
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in lymphoma-related lesions before start of treatment in Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients (cohort 4).
Time frame: up to 5 years
Uptake will be measured in lymphoma-related lesions on MMR-PET/CT 1
Correlation of uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in central bone on PET/CT with the presence of hemophagocytosis in bone marrow samples, and the presence of clinical risk factors (cohort 5).
Time frame: up to 5 years
Uptake in bone marrow on MMR-PET/CT 1. Bone marrow aspirate or trephine biopsy, scored individually by interpreter. Results of additional blood sample analysis to determine clinical risk factor
To investigate the uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in cardiac sarcoidosis on PET/CT in patients with endomyocardial biopsy proven or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis (cohort 6)
Time frame: up to 5 years
Uptake in lesions with known or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis on MMR-PET/CT on PET/CT1
To investigate the uptake of 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in sarcoidosis on PET/CT in patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis (cohort 7)
Time frame: up to 5 years
Uptake in lesions involved with sarcoidosis on MMR-PET/CT
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: Delay in recruitment). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Jun 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Tony Lahoutte, MD principal investigator
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing 68GaNOTA-Anti-MMR-VHH2 in people with Solid Malignancy Located in the Head and Neck and Cancer, run by Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel at 1 site in Belgium.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Jun 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 Belgium. 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 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
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 was stopped early (reason given: Delay in recruitment). Results are not available in the source record.
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?
Correlation of IMP uptake before start of treatment in malignant lesions of the head and neck with either treatment response during or after radiotherapy or systemic treatment, or with immunohistological MMR-staining in patients with surgical treatment (time frame: up to 5 years). The study lists 7 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 1 Jun 2026.