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NCT number NCT05263466
Other study ID # 306945
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date August 1, 2022
Est. completion date May 1, 2027

Study information

Verified date June 2022
Source King's College Hospital NHS Trust
Contact Thomas C Booth, PhD
Phone 07977509937
Email thomasbooth@nhs.net
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A study is being performed to observe whether a novel type of brain imaging using a technique called PET-MRI may provide useful information in the 'mapping' of adult primary brain tumours. It employs a radiolabelled molecule targeting a particular molecule called PSMA which is hypothesised to be a marker of aggression in primary brain tumours. 'Mapping' of the concentration and distribution of this molecule within brain tumours via PET-MRI may provide vital clinical information regarding the extent and timing of treatment.


Description:

One potential avenue of high grade glioma treatment involves a 'theranostic' radiotherapeutic approach. This consists of two stages: firstly, a particular protein expressed specifically by the tumour is radiolabelled with a targeted radioligand emitting gamma radiation, enabling confirmation of the presence, concentration and distribution of this target protein (diagnostic stage). Following this, a similar ligand is this time attached to an alpha or beta-emitter, enabling targeted tumour destruction (therapeutic stage). There is growing, but limited, evidence that prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is strongly and specifically expressed in high grade glioma and may be a potential theranostic target [Wernicke 2011, Unterrainer 2017]. It has already been used extensively as a theranostic target in metastatic prostate cancer, demonstrating safety and efficacy in this condition [Abou et al 2020]. The clinical outcomes shown in prostate cancer, along with evidence of PSMA expression in high grade glioma, led the study team to convene an Incubator Day with a group of experts to explore the possibility of developing a PSMA-targeting theranostic agent in high grade glioma. Expertise included PSMA theranostics (Prof Lewington), neuro-oncology (Dr Brazil, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital (GSTT)), neurosurgery (Prof Ashkan, King's College Hospital (KCH)), neuropathology (Prof Al-Sarraj, KCH), neuroradiology (Dr Booth, KCH) PSMA PET imaging (Prof Gary Cook and Prof Alexander Hammers GSTT/KCL), nuclear physics (Prof Paul Marsden GSTT/KCL), and PSMA radiopharmaceutical chemistry (Prof Blowers, KCL). It was concluded that a PSMA-targeting theranostic agent has the potential to be a safe and effective treatment for high grade glioma. The regulatory pathway should be eased enormously by the precedent of use in prostate cancer, which would obviate the need for pre-clinical studies. This approach was conditional upon two objectives: 1. Perform a series of five [68Ga]PSMA PET scans for dosimetry analysis and assessment of the retention of the tracer in the tumour (Using GSTT/KCL PET/MRI) prior to biopsy, at the same time as the patient's routine brain tumour imaging series. At time of recurrence a further [68 Ga]PSMA PET-MRI scan may be performed in each patient (depending on whether or not recurrence occurs during the study period) to assess for change in the standardised uptake value (SUV). 2. Performing immunohistochemical analysis on high grade glioma specimens (prospectively in patients enrolled in this study with additional retrospective samples), in order to replicate published evidence on the expression of PSMA in such tumours, and also to demonstrate in the prospective cohort, a correlation between imaging detection of [68 Ga]PSMA and histopathological detection in stereotactic brain tumour biopsy samples (Using KCH neuropathology facilities).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 30
Est. completion date May 1, 2027
Est. primary completion date May 1, 2027
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Individuals of 18 years or older - Referred for surgery (resection or biopsy) of presumed high grade primary brain tumour (based on imaging features of aggression e.g. perfusion imaging, diffusion restriction etc.). As standard, all patients will have had a full body CT and other investigations to rule out metastatic disease (this has a very high negative predictive value). - Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: - Patient already enrolled in a drug trial - Contra-indication for MRI contrast - Contra-indication for radiotracer - Inability to give consent - Patient is pregnant or planning to become pregnant

Study Design


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Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
PET-MRI
For the diagnostic imaging aspect included in this pilot study, [68Ga]PSMA-11 will be used. This is a peptidomimetic agent with a covalently bound chelator (HBED-CC) that is FDA-approved in prostate cancer imaging. We will use PET-MRI to visualise a) the concentration and b) the distribution of this tracer to establish a functional map of primary brain tumour activity
Procedure:
Brain tumour biopsy
All patients included in our study will undergo stereotactic surgery for biopsy/resection of the tumour as part of the standard of care at KCH. During this study we will not vary from the surgical standard of care for primary brain tumours and will only extend the surgery time due to additional stereotactic biopsies (an additional 3 biopsies increasing the time of the operation by ~30 minutes). Professor Ashkan (KCH) has defined the additional surgical risk of performing these biopsies to be ~0%, since targeted biopsies will only be taken within the tumour just before resection. The stereotactic biopsy may be targeted to areas of high [68Ga]PSMA SUV within the tumour as defined by the PET MRI scan.

Locations

Country Name City State
United Kingdom King's College London London

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
King's College Hospital NHS Trust King's College London

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

References & Publications (4)

Abou D, Benabdallah N, Jiang W, Peng L, Zhang H, Villmer A, Longtine MS, Thorek DLJ. Prostate Cancer Theranostics - An Overview. Front Oncol. 2020 Jun 5;10:884. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00884. eCollection 2020. Review. — View Citation

Louis DN, Wesseling P, Aldape K, Brat DJ, Capper D, Cree IA, Eberhart C, Figarella-Branger D, Fouladi M, Fuller GN, Giannini C, Haberler C, Hawkins C, Komori T, Kros JM, Ng HK, Orr BA, Park SH, Paulus W, Perry A, Pietsch T, Reifenberger G, Rosenblum M, Rous B, Sahm F, Sarkar C, Solomon DA, Tabori U, van den Bent MJ, von Deimling A, Weller M, White VA, Ellison DW. cIMPACT-NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT-Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading. Brain Pathol. 2020 Jul;30(4):844-856. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12832. Epub 2020 Apr 19. — View Citation

Unterrainer M, Niyazi M, Ruf V, Bartenstein P, Albert NL. The endothelial prostate-specific membrane antigen is highly expressed in gliosarcoma and visualized by [68Ga]-PSMA-11 PET: a theranostic outlook for brain tumor patients? Neuro Oncol. 2017 Nov 29;19(12):1698-1699. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nox172. — View Citation

Wernicke AG, Edgar MA, Lavi E, Liu H, Salerno P, Bander NH, Gutin PH. Prostate-specific membrane antigen as a potential novel vascular target for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2011 Nov;135(11):1486-9. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2010-0740-OA. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Correlation of the PET-MRI PSMA signal intensity (arbitrary units) and glioma protein concentration (g/L) in a 1 x 1 x 1 cm region of interest (R value) PET-MRI signal will be recorded from different regions of interest within a glioma where stereotactic surgical biopsies taken and protein concentration determined. 5 years
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