Clinical trial NCT04318561: Gallium-68 Labeled LM3 PET/CT in Neuroendocrine Tumors
Official title: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded Study to Evaluate the Safety, Biodistribution, Dosimetry and Lesion Detection Ability of Gallium-68 Labeled LM3 for the Diagnostic Imaging of Metastatic, Well-differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors Using PET/CT
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
PHASE2
Conditions: Neuroendocrine Tumors
Lead sponsor: Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-03-24
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 70
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: DIAGNOSTIC

Brief summary: LM3 is a novel somatostatin receptor antagonist, while Gallium-68 DOTATATE is a typical somatostatin receptor agonist, This study is to evaluate the safety, biodistribution, dosimetry, and lesion detection ability of Gallium-68 labeled somatostatin receptor antagonist LM3 for the diagnostic imaging of metastatic, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors using positron emission tomography / computed tomography (PET/CT).

The results will be compared between antagonist Gallium-68 labeled LM3 and agonist Gallium-labeled DOTATATE in the same group of patients.

It will also be compared between the two different antagonists, Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3 and Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3, in two parallel-designed arms.

Detailed description: Patients with histologically confirmed metastatic, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors will be recruited in this study.

All patients will be randomized into two groups: Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3 group and Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3 group.

The study will be divided into the following 2 parts:

Part ONE, which will enroll 16 patients (8 in each group), focuses on the safety evaluation, biodistribution, and dosimetry. In Part A, patients will undergo serial whole-body PET/CT scans at multiple time points (5m, 10m, 20m, 40m, 1h, 2h) after administering 40ug/150-200MBq Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3 or Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3 (according to their group).

Part TWO, which will enroll 24 patients (12 in each group) and follows Part A study, focuses on lesion detection ability. In Part B, patients will undergo one whole-body PET/CT scan at 1 hour after administering 40ug/150-200MBq Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3 or Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3 (according to their group).

All patients need to do a Gallium-68 DOTATATE PET/CT scan (40ug/150-200MBq, 1h post-injection) for comparison on the next day.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Written informed consent.
* Patients of either gender, aged ≥ 18 years.
* Histologically confirmed diagnosis of Metastatic, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor.
* A diagnostic computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the tumor region within the previous 6 months prior to dosing day is available.
* At least 1 measurable lesion based on RECIST v1.1.
* Blood test results as follows (White blood cell: ≥ 3\*10\^9/L, Hemoglobin: ≥ 8.0 g/dL, Platelets: ≥ 50x10\^9/L, Alanine aminotransferase / Aspartate aminotransferase / Alkaline phosphatase: ≤ 5 times upper limit od normal (ULN), Bilirubin: ≤ 3 times ULN)
* Serum creatinine: within normal limits or \< 120 μmol/L for patients aged 60 years or older.
* Calculated Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≥ 45 mL/min.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Known hypersensitivity to Gallium-68, to NODAGA, to DOTA, to LM3, to TATE or to any of the excipients of Gallium-68 DOTA-LM3, Gallium-68 NODAGA-LM3 or Gallium-68 DOTATATE.
* Presence of active infection at screening or history of serious infection within the previous 6 weeks.
* Therapeutic use of any somatostatin analog, including long-acting Sandostatin (within 28 days) and short-acting Sandostatin (within 2 days) prior to study imaging. If a patient is on long-acting Sandostatina, then a wash-out phase of 28 days is required before the injection of the study drug. If a patient is on short-acting Sandostatin, then a wash-out phase of 2 days is required before the injection of the study drug.
* Any neuroendocrine tumor-specific treatment between antagonist and agonist scans.
* Prior or planned administration of a radiopharmaceutical within 8 half-lives of the radionuclide used on such radiopharmaceutical including at any time during the current study.
* Pregnant or breast-feeding women.
* Current history of any malignancy other than neuroendocrine tumor; patients with a secondary tumor in remission of \> 5 years can be included.
* Any mental condition rendering the patient unable to understand the nature, scope and possible consequences of the study, and/or evidence of an uncooperative attitude.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Blood pressure[Safety and tolerability]
timeFrame: Within 1 hour prior to the administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
measure: Heart rate[Safety and tolerability]
timeFrame: Within 1 hour prior to the administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
measure: Pulse oximetry[Safety and tolerability]
timeFrame: Within 1 hour prior to the administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
measure: Electrocardiogram QT interval[Safety and tolerability]
timeFrame: Within 1 hour prior to the administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
measure: Incidence of adverse effect[Safety and tolerability]
timeFrame: From right after tracer injection to 24-hours post-injection
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Cmax (maximum concentration achieved in units of Bq/ml)
timeFrame: From right after tracer injection to 2-hours post-injection
measure: Tmax (time to achieve Cmax)
timeFrame: From right after tracer injection to 2-hours post-injection
measure: Standard uptake value (SUV)
timeFrame: From right after tracer injection to 2-hours post-injection
measure: Lesion numbers
timeFrame: From right after tracer injection to 2-hours post-injection
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Beijing
country: China
facility: Peking Union Medical College Hospital
state: Beijing
Study officials:
affiliation: Peking Uion Medical College Hospital
name: Wenjia Zhu, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Zhu W, Jia R, Yang Q, Cheng Y, Zhao H, Bai C, Xu J, Yao S, Huo L. A prospective randomized, double-blind study to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors: compared with 68Ga-DOTATATE. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2022 Apr;49(5):1613-1622. doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05512-y. Epub 2021 Dec 7.