Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Abenacianine (VGT-309) to Identify Cancer in Subjects Undergoing Surgery for Cancer in the Lung

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorVergent Bioscience, Inc.

About this trial

This is a Phase 3, multi-center, randomized and intrasubject controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of abenacianine for injection, a tumor-targeted, activatable fluorescent imaging agent, to identify cancer using NIR imaging in participants undergoing surgery for cancer in the lung. Approximately 132 partiipants will be enrolled to ensure a minimum of 115 evaluable participants receiving abenacianine and undergoing NIR imaging and a control group of 12 participants who will receive abenacianine but no NIR imaging.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Be willing and able to sign the informed consent and comply with study procedures.

Be at least 18 years of age.

Be scheduled for or planning to have a surgical resection of a lung lesion or mass with diagnostic and/or curative intent.

Meet all requirements for the planned surgery based on opinion of the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and/or other consulting physician.

Disqualifiers

They have a known allergy or reaction to radiographic contrast agents, ICG, or any component of abenacianine.

They have received chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiotherapy within 4 weeks prior to study enrollment.

They have any other co-morbidity or habit that the Investigator believes will interfere with their ability to comply with and complete the study. They are not a candidate for standard of care surgery based on opinion of the surgeon, anesthesiologist, or other consulting physician.

They are prisoners, institutionalized individuals, or are unable to consent for themselves.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Abenacianine

    Drug

    Intravenous drug to be given by syringe pump.

  • Near Infrared (NIR) Imaging

    Other intervention

    NIR imaging is a non-visible, optical technique capturing light just beyond human vision, allowing high-contrast imaging.

Treatment groups

132 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Abenacianine with surgery using Standard of Care (SOC) onlyOther 1 intervention
Group B: Abenacianine with surgery using Standard of Care plus Near infrared (NIR) imagingOther 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Identify the proportion of participants with at least one Clinically Significant Event (CSE) as defined by:

A. Intraoperative localization of one or more preoperatively identified lung lesions using abenacianine with NIR imaging when standard surgical techniques using white light with or without palpation fail to identify the lesion(s). B. Identification of one or more synchronous or occult lung lesions using abenacianine with NIR imaging when standard surgical techniques using white light with or without palpation and preoperative imaging fail to identify the lesion(s).

Time frame
Day of Surgery

Secondary outcomes

1

Key Secondary Endpoints

To evaluate the Population False Positive Rate for lesions (PFPR-L). A false-positive lesion is defined as tissue that fluoresces and is determined by histopathology to be normal (non-pathological).

Time frame
Upon receipt of histopathology report (~2-3 weeks post surgery)
2

Key Secondary

To evaluate the Population False Positive Rate for lymph nodes (PFPR-LN). A false-positive lymph node is defined as a resected lymph node that fluoresces and is determined by histopathology to be non-cancerous.

Time frame
Upon receipt of histopathology report. (~2-3 weeks post surgery)
3

Key Secondary

To evaluate the proportion of participants who have at least one lymph node resected due to fluorescence that would not have been removed under the protocol defined standard of care (SOC) and is confirmed by histopathologic examination to be cancerous.

Time frame
Upon receipt of histopathology report. (~2-3 weeks post surgery)
4

Other Secondary Endpoints

To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of abenacianine.

Time frame
Day of surgery

Other outcomes

1

Pharmacokinetic Endpoint

Determine the maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) of abenacianine.

Time frame
Pre-dose through 24 hours post-dose
2

Pharmacokinetic Endpoint

Determine the time to reach the maximum plasma concentration (Tmax) of abenacianine.

Time frame
Pre-dose through 24 hours post-dase

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