About this trial
This clinical trial studies mechanisms of resistance to 177-lutetium prostate specific membrane antigen (177Lu-PSMA) radioligand therapy using image-guided biopsies in patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer that had spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Diagnostic procedures, such as image guided biopsies, may help in learning how well 177Lu-PSMA works to kill tumor cells and allow doctors to plan better treatment.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Volunteer patient
Histologically confirmed prostate cancer
Eligible for 177Lu-PSMA-617 under expanded access protocol (IRB# 21-5010) or as part of an approved trial
Based on positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) images: Evidence of lymph node or soft tissue metastatic disease amenable to image-guided biopsy
Disqualifiers
Patients with significant congenital or acquired bleeding disorders (e.g. von Wildebrand's disease, acquired bleeding factor inhibitors) are not eligible
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Image Guided Biopsy
Procedure/SurgeryUndergo image-guided biopsy
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Proportion of patients with a successful evaluable biopsy with molecular and cellular alterations after radioligand therapy (RLT)
Secondary outcomes
Proportion of patients with gene mutations that might confer resistance to RLT
Sponsors and contacts
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