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Sarcoma,Soft TissueNCT05522257

PSMA Expression and PSMA PET Imaging in Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Urothelial Cell Carcinomas

A study testing [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan in people with Sarcoma,Soft Tissue and Urothelial Carcinoma, run by Leiden University Medical Center at 1 site in Netherlands.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

This pilot study aims to investigate the PSMA expression in the biopsy material of advanced soft tissue sarcomas and advanced urothelial cell carcinomas, and in case of high PSMA expression (as defined by previous literature), to investigate whether this correlates with high tracer uptake on PSMA-targeted PET. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Sarcoma,Soft Tissue, Urothelial Carcinoma
What is being tested?
[18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
25 participants
Where
1 siteNetherlands
Study dates
1 Aug 2022to 22 Jul 2024
Phase
Interventional
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

  • Age >/= 18 years at the time of informed consent.
  • Diagnosis of advanced (locally irresectable or metastasized) soft tissue sarcoma (cohort 1) or advanced (muscle invasive or metastasized) urothelial cell carcinoma (cohort 2).
  • Voluntary agreement to provide written informed consent and the willingness and ability to comply with all aspects of the protocol.
  • Recent (< 8 weeks) standard imaging (with CT or [18F]-FDG PET/CT) with measurable disease (lesion diameter > 1 cm).
  • Biopsy available of primary tumour and/or metastasis
  • WHO performance status of 0-2
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  • Either:
  • No previous systemic therapy for advanced soft tissue sarcoma or advanced urothelial cell carcinoma, or;
  • Previous systemic therapy for advanced soft tissue sarcoma or advanced urothelial cell carcinoma with progression of disease during systemic therapy or progression of disease after discontinuation of systemic therapy, or;
  • Previous systemic therapy for advanced soft tissue sarcoma or advanced urothelial cell carcinoma with partial response or stable disease, where the last dose of systemic therapy was given > 8 weeks before.

Who cannot join

  • Women who are pregnant and/or lactating.
  • Medical or psychiatric conditions that compromise the patient's ability to give informed consent.
  • Known hypersensitivity to drugs comparative to [18F]-JK-PSMA-7, any of their excipients or to any component of [18F]-JK-PSMA-7.
  • Inability to undergo PET/CT scanning, e.g. claustrophobia, weight limits or inability to tolerate lying down for the duration of a PET/CT scan (~30 minutes).

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Netherlands1 site
  • Leiden University Medical Centre

    Leiden, 2333 ZA

Other trials in Netherlands

About this study

Official title: Expression of Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) in Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Urothelial Cell Carcinomas: Implications for Tumour-specific Molecular Imaging and Treatment?

This pilot study aims to investigate the PSMA expression in the biopsy material of advanced soft tissue sarcomas and advanced urothelial cell carcinomas, and in case of high PSMA expression (as defined by previous literature), to investigate whether this correlates with high tracer uptake on PSMA-targeted PET. This way, (a subset of) patients can be selected that could benefit from radionuclide targeted therapy in the future.

Read the detailed description

Background:

Patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma and metastatic urothelial cell carcinoma have a poor prognosis, with a five-year survival rate of 16% and 6%, respectively. This is due to limited treatment options and low response rates to systemic chemotherapy of approximately 25% in soft tissue sarcomas and 40-50% in urothelial cell carcinomas. In these patient groups there is a high need for new effective treatment options that can decrease burden of disease and increase survival benefit.

Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane metallopeptidase that is overexpressed in prostate cancer cells. For diagnostic purposes, PET/CT scans that target PSMA have found their way into the clinical routine of prostate cancer patients. However, currently we know that despite the name, PSMA is not prostate cancer specific. It is also found in the tumour-associated blood vessels of a wide variety of other tumours, including soft tissue sarcomas and urothelial cell carcinomas. In many different sarcoma types, PSMA expression is seen in the neovasculature with the highest detection rate of 46-60% in high grade and undifferentiated sarcomas (e.g. pleomorphic sarcoma types). The PSMA expression rate in the neovasculature of urothelial cell carcinomas still varies in literature, however, the most recently published article showed that PSMA expression was found in 93% of urothelial cell carcinoma tissues. Additionally, PSMA expression was seen in the tumour cells itself in 79% of the tissues. Because of the unique expression pattern which seems to be limited to tumour cells and tumour-associated endothelial cells, PSMA may represent an interesting target for molecular imaging using PSMA-targeting PET scans, and eventually for radionuclide targeted therapy, when coupled to an alpha- or beta-emitter. [225Act]-PSMA and [177Lu]-PSMA therapy have shown promising results in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer patients and might offer perspective and increase quality of life in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma and urothelial cell carcinoma, as well.

Objective of the study:

This pilot study aims to investigate the PSMA expression in the biopsy material of advanced soft tissue sarcomas and advanced urothelial cell carcinomas, and in case of high PSMA expression (as defined by previous literature), to investigate whether this correlates with high tracer uptake on PSMA-targeted PET. This way, (a subset of) patients can be selected that could benefit from radionuclide targeted therapy in the future.

Study design:

This pilot study is a single centre, open-label, non-randomized, non-blinded phase II study with two patient cohorts.

Study population:

The study population comprises sixty adult patients with diagnosis of advanced (locally irresectable or metastasized) soft tissue sarcoma (cohort 1) and sixty adult patients with diagnosis of advanced (muscle invasive or metastasized) urothelial cell carcinoma (cohort 2). The expected duration of recruitment is 1 year and 9 months.

Intervention:

In all included patients, biopsy material is obtained as part of routine clinical practice. For this study, immunohistochemical PSMA staining will be performed on these biopsy materials. If the biopsy material shows high PSMA expression (as defined by previous literature), a [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan will be made to assess the level of tracer uptake in the malignant lesion(s). We expect to make a [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan in 15 out of 60 patients in each cohort.

Being tested
[18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan
Keywords
Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Urothelial Carcinoma, Urothelial Neoplasm, Transitional Cell Carcinoma, PSMA, PSMA PET/CT, JK-PSMA-7
Medical subject headings
Sarcoma, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell

What participants receive

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

  • [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scanDiagnostic test

    A [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan will be made to assess the level of tracer uptake in the malignant lesion(s). We expect to make a [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan in 15 out of 60 patients per cohort.

Study groups in NCT05522257
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Advanced soft tissue sarcoma (n=60) and advanced urothelial cell carcinoma (n=60)OtherThe study population comprises sixty adult patients with diagnosis of advanced (locally irresectable or metastasized) soft tissue sarcoma (cohort 1) and sixty adult patients with diagnosis of advanced (muscle invasive or metastasized) urothelial cell carcinoma (cohort 2).
Receives: Diagnostic Test: [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan

What is being measured

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

  1. Quantify PSMA-tracer accumulation and determine whether SUV > 8

    To quantify the accumulation of [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 on PET/CT imaging by using the standardized uptake values (SUV) and to determine the number of patients in which the SUVmax in advanced soft tissue sarcoma (cohort 1) and advanced urothelial cell carcinoma (cohort 2) is higher than 8. In these patients, PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy might be beneficial in the future.

    Measured: 6 months

Secondary outcomes (5)
  1. Correlation between PSMA expression and PSMA-tracer uptake

    Assessing if higher levels of PSMA expression in biopsy material result in higher levels of PSMA-tracer uptake on a [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan.

    Measured: 6 months

  2. Correlation PSMA expression and tumour grade, tumour stage and tumour subtype

    The correlation between PSMA expression in biopsy material and tumour grade, tumour stage (TNM system) and histological subtype, as concluded by the pathologist.

    Measured: 6 months

  3. Histological differences between primary tumours and metastases

    The immunohistochemical PSMA expression pattern in primary tumours vs. metastases

    Measured: 6 months

  4. Differences on [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT between primary tumours and metastases

    Quantified PSMA-tracer uptake (SUVmax) in primary tumours vs. metastases

    Measured: 6 months

  5. Agreement between [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT and standard imaging

    The number of detected lesions on [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT vs. standard imaging (CT or [18F]-FDG PET/CT)

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

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

  1. First posted31 Aug 2022
  2. Study start1 Aug 2022
  3. Primary completion22 Jul 2024
  4. Study completion22 Jul 2024

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 N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
This pilot study is a single centre, open-label, phase II study in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (cohort 1) and advanced urothelial cell carcinoma (cohort 2). It is a non-randomized, non-blinded, prospective pilot study to assess the level of PSMA expression and the feasibility of PSMA-targeted theranostics in these patient groups. In all patients that are included in this pilot study, immunohistochemical PSMA staining will be performed on their biopsy material. In case of high PSMA expression, as defined by previous literature, a \[18F\]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan will be made to assess the level of tracer uptake in the malignant lesion(s). The expected duration of recruitment is 1 year and 9 months. An early stopping rule of 5 negative PSMA PET/CT scans is implemented in this study, for each cohort.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
25 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05522257
Sponsor's protocol ID
NL78279.058.21
Status last verified
Dec 2024
First submitted
16 Aug 2022
Last updated
9 Dec 2024
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: Patient data includes medical history and imaging data, which cannot be completely anonymized.

Publications

  • Kleiburg F, van der Hulle T, Gelderblom H, Slingerland M, Speetjens FM, Hawinkels LJAC, Dibbets-Schneider P, van Velden FHP, Pool M, Lam SW, Bovee JVMG, Heijmen L, de Geus-Oei LF. PSMA expression and PSMA PET/CT imaging in metastatic soft tissue sarcoma patients, results of a prospective study. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2025 Aug;52(10):3690-3699. doi: 10.1007/s00259-025-07224-z. Epub 2025 Mar 27.

    PubMed 40146266

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing [18F]-JK-PSMA-7 PET/CT scan in people with Sarcoma,Soft Tissue and Urothelial Carcinoma, run by Leiden University Medical Center at 1 site in Netherlands.

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 10 inclusion and 4 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 9 Dec 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 Netherlands. 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.

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?

Quantify PSMA-tracer accumulation and determine whether SUV > 8 (time frame: 6 months). 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 NCT05522257, 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 9 Dec 2024.

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