Clinical trial NCT06972628: Treatment of Patients With Progressive mCRPC With 177Lu-PSMA-617
Official title: 177Lu-PSMA-617 (Pluvicto) for the Treatment of Patients With Progressive PSMA-Positive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) and Super Scan Bone Scan
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer Patients With Bone Metastasis
Prostate Cancer (CRPC)
Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer Metastatic
Keywords: Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)
super scan bone scan
Prostate Cancer patients with bone metastasis
prostate cancer (CRPC)
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer metastatic
Lead sponsor: Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-15
Enrollment: 30
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: This study uses an FDA-approved drug (PLUVICTO). Therefore, it is not subject to phase categorization.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and tolerability of Lutetium-177-PSMA-617 (PLUVICTO) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and extensive bone metastases, which appear as a "super scan" pattern on a bone scan.

Pluvicto is FDA-approved, but patients with super scan bone scans were previously excluded from the VISION clinical trial, leaving a knowledge gap.

The study will enroll up to 30 men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, with an initial dosing approach that differs from the standard dose.

The safety and tolerability of PLUVICTO will be evaluated in this study, with a focus on identifying the optimal dose for this population.

This study addresses an important gap in understanding how Pluvicto performs in mCRPC patients with super scan findings.

Detailed description: This clinical study investigates the safety and effectiveness of the FDA-approved drug Pluvicto (Lu-177-PSMA617).

It focuses on a unique group of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who present with a "super scan" on bone scintigraphy-a pattern indicating widespread cancer in the bones.

These patients were excluded from prior trials like the VISION study, leaving a critical gap in clinical understanding.

The trial aims to identify the optimal safe dose of Pluvicto using a modified 3+3 dose-escalation method, beginning at a low dose that increases, and eventually reaching up to 200 mCi.

Participants will receive a total of six doses, spaced every 6 ± 1 weeks. Primary objectives include determining the maximum tolerated dose and monitoring safety using CTCAE version 5.0 criteria.

Efficacy will be evaluated through PSA level reductions based on PCWG3 guidelines.

Secondary endpoints include quality of life, radiologic response (RECIST v1.1), and overall survival.

Exploratory endpoints involve PSMA PET/CT imaging to measure treatment response through SUVmean and lesion changes.

The study includes up to 30 participants and will include expanded enrollment once the optimal dose is determined.

Routine lab tests (CBC, CMP, PSA, testosterone) and patient-reported side effects will be monitored throughout the study.

Long-term follow-up for survival and safety will continue every six months for up to five years.

Imaging (CT/MRI, bone scans, and optional PET/CT) will be performed at baseline, mid-treatment, end of treatment, and every three months post-treatment.

A complete or partial response, stable disease, or progression will be defined using both RECIST and PCWG3 guidelines.

Monthly PSA checks will continue for up to 24 months or until disease progression.

PLUVICTO is administered via IV infusion over 2-5 minutes during each session. Participants may discontinue due to progression, intolerable side effects, non-compliance, or other clinical decisions.

This study is essential in determining how to safely extend Pluvicto therapy to a previously unstudied and high-risk patient group.

Its results may expand access to this radioligand therapy and guide future treatment decisions in prostate cancer care.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Ability to understand and sign an informed consent form (ICF).
2. Willingness and ability to comply with study requirements.
3. Age ≥18 years.
4. Presence of skeletal metastases with a superscan pattern on a 99mTc-MDP/HDP bone scan, defined by significantly increased skeletal radioisotope uptake relative to soft tissues and faint or absent renal activity.
5. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2.
6. Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL.
7. Platelet count ≥90 × 10⁹/L.
8. White blood cell count ≥2.0 × 10⁹/L, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>1.5 × 10⁹/L.

   o These hematologic criteria must be met without recent transfusions (within 28 days prior to the first study treatment) or growth factor support (within 21 days).
9. Serum/plasma creatinine ≤1.5 × upper limit of normal (ULN).
10. Histological, pathological, or cytological confirmation of prostate cancer.
11. Positive PSMA PET/CT scan showing at least one PSMA-positive metastatic lesion.
12. Castrate-level serum/plasma testosterone (\<50 ng/dL or \<1.7 nmol/L).
13. Prior treatment with at least one androgen receptor-axis-targeted therapy (ARAT).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior treatment with radiopharmaceuticals (e.g., Strontium-89, Samarium-153, Rhenium- 186, Rhenium-188, Radium-223, hemi-body irradiation) within six months before start of treatment under this protocol.
2. Prior PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy.
3. Systemic anti-cancer therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, immunotherapy, monoclonal antibodies) within four weeks before screening visit.
4. Known hypersensitivity to PLUVICTO or its components.
5. Concurrent treatment with other cytotoxic chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radioligand therapy, or investigational therapy.
6. Renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate \<60 mL/min), hemoglobin \<9 g/dL, ANC \<1.5 × 10⁹/L, or platelets \< 90 × 10⁹/L.
7. History of CNS metastases unless treated and stable for 6 months, with no ongoing corticosteroid use.
8. Symptomatic or impending spinal cord compression.
9. Other malignancies impacting life expectancy or interfering with study assessments. Exceptions include non-melanoma skin cancer or superficial bladder cancer that has been adequately treated.
10. Major surgery within 30 days prior to enrollment.
11. Plans to conceive or father a child during treatment and up to six months post-treatment.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Radiographic progression-free survival
timeFrame: From date of enrollment until the date of first documented radiographic disease progression or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 24 months.
measure: Overall Survival
timeFrame: From date of enrollment until the date of death from any cause, assessed up to 24 months.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Houston
country: United States
facility: Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: Excel Diagnostics & Nuclear Oncology Center
name: Ebrahim S. Delpassand, M.D. Chairman & Medical Director, MD., Nuclear Medicine
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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