[18F]FTT Positron Emission Tomography for the Measurement of PARP Tumor Expression in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 1, Phase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Washington

About this trial

This clinical trial studies how well fluorine F 18 fluorthanatrace (\[18F\]FTT) positron emission tomography (PET) works in imaging patients with breast cancer that has spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) who are receiving standard of care (SOC) poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors with or without immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) to be able to detect clinical response to PARP inhibitor ± ICI treatment. \[18F\]FTT is a radiotracer that targets and binds to PARP1 which can potentially be used for the imaging of PARP1 expression using PET. Once administered, \[18F\]FTT targets and binds to PARP1. Upon PET, PARP1-expressing tumor cells can be visualized. PET is an established imaging technique that utilizes small amounts of radioactivity attached to very minimal amounts of tracer, in the case, \[18F\]FTT. Because some cancers take up \[18F\]FTT it can be seen with PET. PARP inhibitors work as a targeted therapy by blocking an enzyme involved in repairing cell damage. It may cause tumor cells to die. ICI may help the body's immune system attack the cancer and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Combining \[18F\]FTT with a PET scan may help detect tumor cells better in patients with metastatic breast cancer who are receiving standard of care PARP inhibitors with our without ICI treatment.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients must have histologically confirmed invasive breast cancer with metastatic disease

Patients must be candidates for treatment with PARP inhibitor as a single agent or for PARP inhibitor in combination with an ICI per treating physician discretion

Patients must have evaluable disease or at least one measurable lesion that can be assessed at baseline by CT (or magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1

Age >= 18 years

Disqualifiers

Patients with prior myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukemia due to rare risk associated with PARP inhibitor therapy

Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Patient with a known hypersensitivity to the proposed PARP inhibitor product

Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Best Practice

    Other intervention

    Receive of standard care

  • Biopsy of Breast

    Procedure/Surgery

    Undergo breast biopsy

  • Computed Tomography

    Procedure/Surgery

    Undergo FDG PET/CT

  • Electronic Health Record Review

    Other intervention

    Ancillary studies

  • Fludeoxyglucose F-18

    Other intervention

    Given FDG

  • Fluorine F 18 Fluorthanatrace

    Radiation

    Given IV

  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor

    Drug

    Receive ICI treatment

  • Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor

    Drug

    Receive PARP inhibitor treatment

  • Positron Emission Tomography

    Procedure/Surgery

    Undergo \[18F\]FTT PET

  • Positron Emission Tomography

    Procedure/Surgery

    Undergo FDG PET/CT

Treatment groups

22 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Arm I ([18F]FTT PET, FDG PET/CT, PARP inhibitor, ICI)Experimental treatment 9 interventions
Group B: Arm II ([18F]FTT PET, FDG PET/CT, PARP inhibitor, ICI)Active comparator 9 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Overall response rate (ORR)

Will be assessed using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 criteria on poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor ± immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment. Will use a boxplot to illustrate the difference of standard uptake value (SUV)max and SUVmean between responders and non-responders.

Time frame
Baseline up to 6 months

Secondary outcomes

1

ORR

Will be assessed using RECIST 1.1 criteria on PARP inhibitor ± ICI treatment. Will use the nonparametric method Wilcoxon Rank Sum test to evaluate the difference of the changes of SUVmax and/or SUVmean between responders and non-responders.

Time frame
Baseline up to 6 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Washington

Lead sponsor

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Collaborator