Bladder CancerPhase 1NCT05562791
A Study of 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT Scans in People With Bladder Cancer or Skin Cancer
A Phase 1 study testing [68Ga]PSMA and PET/CT imaging in people with Bladder Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 7 sites in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to see whether 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT scans are an effective way to detect sites of cancer in people with metastatic bladder cancer or skin cancer. The study researchers want to learn if a 68Gallium PSMA PET/CT scan will work better, the same, or not as well as the PET/CT scans doctors… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Bladder Cancer
- What is being tested?
- [68Ga]PSMA and PET/CT imaging
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 20 participants
- Where
- 7 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- 28 Sep 2022to 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic urothelial carcinoma with extrapelvic nodal and/or visceral sites of disease (including lung, liver, bone, or soft tissue)
- At least 1 lesion assessable by FDG PET/CT according to RECIST and PERCIST guidelines where applicable, that are determined suspicious for metastasis by an MSKCC attending radiologist or nuclear medicine physician.
- Karnofsky performance status ≥50% (or ECOG/WHO ≤2)
- Participant is ≥18 years of age
- Patient must be able to understand and is willing to sign a written informed consent document
- Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic melanoma
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- At least 1 metastatic lesion assessable by CT or FDG PET/CT according to RECIST that is determined to be suspicious for metastasis by an MSKCC attending radiologist or nuclear medicine physician
- ECOG <= 2
- Participant is >= 18 years of age
- Patient must be able to understand and is willing to sign a written informed consent document
Who cannot join
- Patients with pelvic node-only metastatic disease. If the patient has lymph node only disease, at least one PET-assessable node must be located outside of the pelvis
- Patients with bone only disease
- Unable to lie flat, still, or to tolerate a PET scan
- Patient undergoing active treatment for non-urothelial malignancy, other than skin basal cell or cutaneous superficial squamous cell carcinoma that has not metastasized.
- Patients on a therapeutic clinical trial where PSMA imaging would interfere with the conduct of the trial
- Patients undergoing active surveillance with a known history of non-urothelial malignancies
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- Women who are pregnant. All women of childbearing potential must have a documented negative pregnancy test.
- Unable to lie flat, still, or tolerate PET scan.
- Patient is on another therapeutic trial where PSMA imaging would interfere with the conduct of the trial.
- Women who are pregnant. All women of childbearing potential must have a documented negative pregnancy test.
Trial locations and contacts
7 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Alexander Shoushtari, MD contact
7 sites in 1 country
United States7 sites, 7 recruiting
- Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only)
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 10065
Gopakumar Iyer, MD, 646-888-4737
- Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk - Commack (All Protocol Activities)
Commack, New York, 11725
Gopakumar Iyer, MD, 646-888-4737
- Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering West Harrison (All Protocol Activities)
Harrison, New York, 10604
Gopakumar Iyer, MD, 646-888-4737
- Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities)
Middletown, New Jersey, 07748
Gopakumar Iyer, MD, 646-888-4737
- Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities)
Montvale, New Jersey, 07645
Gopakumar Iyer, MD, 646-888-4737
- Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
New York, New York, 10065
Gopakumar Iyer, MD, 646-888-4737
Alexander Shoushtar, MD, 646-888-4161
- Recruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (All Protocol Activities)
Uniondale, New York, 11553
Gopakumar Iyer, MD, 646-888-4737
About this study
Official title: Pilot Study of 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT in Patients With Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma or Melanoma
The purpose of this study is to see whether 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT scans are an effective way to detect sites of cancer in people with metastatic bladder cancer or skin cancer. The study researchers want to learn if a 68Gallium PSMA PET/CT scan will work better, the same, or not as well as the PET/CT scans doctors usually use for imaging bladder cancer or skin cancer (FDG-PET/CT scan).
- Conditions
- Bladder Cancer
- Being tested
- [68Ga]PSMA, PET/CT imaging
- Keywords
- Metastatic, Urothelial carcinoma, 68Gallium, PSMA-PET/CT, 22-157
- Medical subject headings
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Neoplasm Metastasis, Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
[68Ga]PSMADrug
68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT imaging within 10 days after standard of care FDG-PET/CT.
PET/CT imagingDiagnostic test
68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT imaging within 10 days after standard of care FDG-PET/CT.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma lesions | Experimental | Patients will initially undergo a standard of care FDG PET with diagnostic CT scan followed by an investigational 68Ga PSMA PET/CT scan. Receives: Drug: [68Ga]PSMA; Diagnostic Test: PET/CT imaging |
| Patients with melanoma lesions | Experimental | Patients with melanoma who have 1 or more radiographically assessable metastatic lesions on standard of care imaging will undergo a 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT and standard of care imaging (either FDG PET or CT scan). Receives: Drug: [68Ga]PSMA; Diagnostic Test: PET/CT imaging |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Define the proportion of patients with 1 or more lesions detectable by 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT for Urothelial Carcinoma
If 6 of 10 patients have at least one lesion identified both on standard of care FDG PET/CT and also detected on 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT, this imaging modality will be worthy of further exploration in metastatic UC.
Measured: 1 year
Define the proportion of patients with 1 or more lesions detectable by 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT for Melanoma
If 6 of 10 patients have at least one lesion identified both on standard of care FDG PET/CT and also detected on 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT, this imaging modality will be worthy of further exploration in metastatic Melanoma.
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Oct 2022
- Study start28 Sep 2022
- Primary completionSep 2027 (estimated)
- Study completionSep 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Bladder CancerStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterThe 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 1
- Primary purpose
- Diagnosis
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- This is a prospective, single-arm pilot study of 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT imaging in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma or Melanoma.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 20 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Gopakumar Iyer, Principal investigator, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05562791
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 22-157
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 28 Sep 2022
- Last updated
- 22 Apr 2026
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 22 Apr 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Pilot Study of 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT in Patients With Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma or Melanoma
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05562791
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 22-157
- Conditions
- Bladder Cancer
- Keywords
- Metastatic, Urothelial carcinoma, 68Gallium, PSMA-PET/CT, 22-157
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 20 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 28 Sep 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Sep 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 3 Oct 2022 (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.
The purpose of this study is to see whether 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT scans are an effective way to detect sites of cancer in people with metastatic bladder cancer or skin cancer. The study researchers want to learn if a 68Gallium PSMA PET/CT scan will work better, the same, or not as well as the PET/CT scans doctors usually use for imaging bladder cancer or skin cancer (FDG-PET/CT scan).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Diagnosis
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- This is a prospective, single-arm pilot study of 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT imaging in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma or Melanoma.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma lesions | Experimental | Drug: [68Ga]PSMA, Diagnostic Test: PET/CT imagingPatients will initially undergo a standard of care FDG PET with diagnostic CT scan followed by an investigational 68Ga PSMA PET/CT scan. |
| Patients with melanoma lesions | Experimental | Drug: [68Ga]PSMA, Diagnostic Test: PET/CT imagingPatients with melanoma who have 1 or more radiographically assessable metastatic lesions on standard of care imaging will undergo a 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT and standard of care imaging (either FDG PET or CT scan). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic urothelial carcinoma with extrapelvic nodal and/or visceral sites of disease (including lung, liver, bone, or soft tissue)
- At least 1 lesion assessable by FDG PET/CT according to RECIST and PERCIST guidelines where applicable, that are determined suspicious for metastasis by an MSKCC attending radiologist or nuclear medicine physician.
- Karnofsky performance status ≥50% (or ECOG/WHO ≤2)
- Participant is ≥18 years of age
- Patient must be able to understand and is willing to sign a written informed consent document
Key exclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Patients with pelvic node-only metastatic disease. If the patient has lymph node only disease, at least one PET-assessable node must be located outside of the pelvis
- Patients with bone only disease
- Unable to lie flat, still, or to tolerate a PET scan
- Patient undergoing active treatment for non-urothelial malignancy, other than skin basal cell or cutaneous superficial squamous cell carcinoma that has not metastasized.
- Patients on a therapeutic clinical trial where PSMA imaging would interfere with the conduct of the trial
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 |
|---|---|---|
| [68Ga]PSMA68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT imaging within 10 days after standard of care FDG-PET/CT. | Drug | Patients with melanoma lesions, Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma lesions |
| PET/CT imaging68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT imaging within 10 days after standard of care FDG-PET/CT. | Diagnostic test | Patients with melanoma lesions, Patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma lesions |
Primary outcome
Define the proportion of patients with 1 or more lesions detectable by 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT for Urothelial Carcinoma
Time frame: 1 year
If 6 of 10 patients have at least one lesion identified both on standard of care FDG PET/CT and also detected on 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT, this imaging modality will be worthy of further exploration in metastatic UC.
Define the proportion of patients with 1 or more lesions detectable by 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT for Melanoma
Time frame: 1 year
If 6 of 10 patients have at least one lesion identified both on standard of care FDG PET/CT and also detected on 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT, this imaging modality will be worthy of further exploration in metastatic Melanoma.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 22 Apr 2026.
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made beginning 12 months after publication and for up to 36 months post publication. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.
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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.
Alexander Shoushtari, MD contact
Gopakumar Iyer principal investigator
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
7 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 1 study testing [68Ga]PSMA and PET/CT imaging in people with Bladder Cancer, run by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at 7 sites 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 10 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 7 sites 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?
Contact Gopakumar Iyer, MD (646-888-4737, iyerg@mskcc.org), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Define the proportion of patients with 1 or more lesions detectable by 68Gallium PSMA-PET/CT for Urothelial Carcinoma (time frame: 1 year). The study lists 2 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 22 Apr 2026; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.