Prediction of Response to 2nd-line Hormone Therapy by FES CT/PET in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer (TEP-FES)

March 11, 2024 updated by: Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest

Evaluation Study of the Prediction of the Response to Second-line Hormone Therapy by 16α- [18F] Fluoro-17β-estradiol (FES) PET in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Clinicians are currently proposing second-line hormonal treatment to a metastatic patient who is progressing after first-line hormonal therapy if the initial disease was RH + with an increase in survival without recurrence more or less long. The biopsy of the metastatic site or sites is rarely performed because of the heaviness of the gesture. Clinicians are waiting for imaging, which can replace biopsy before the second-line metastatic hormone treatment in breast cancer, which will reveal the metastatic lesion heterogeneity allowing to establish if hormone therapy is the best therapeutic option for these patients and therefore lead to a personalized medicine driven by PET FES. This imaging approach seems all the more interesting as ER expression appears to evolve over time under the pressure of treatment or the natural evolution of carcinomas.

Currently, no studies in breast cancer, in an ER + population on the initial tumor and Her2 negative, are listed for the study of ER expression by PET FES before a second metastatic hormone treatment line.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Approximately 70% of breast cancer patients have estrogen-receptor-expressing tumors, making hormone therapy an attractive option for adjuvant and metastatic treatment. The expression of estrogen receptors is modified during the course of treatment. Tumor development, there is a discrepancy between primary tumors and metastases from 14.5% to 40% of cases. Biopsies are useful for reassessing a patient's "estrogen receptor" status, but it is not always feasible especially at the stage of multiple metastases and the gesture remains invasive.

The sensitivity and specificity of PET FES has been studied in patients with "estrogen-positive receptor" breast cancer lesions. Sensitivity was good except for liver metastases due to physiological binding of this tracer to the liver. Quantification of FES binding was correlated with expression of estrogen receptors visualized in IHC. Metastases could be seen with FES in the bone, lung and lymph nodes and more difficult in the liver.

Clinicians are currently proposing second-line hormonal treatment to a metastatic patient who is progressing after first-line hormonal therapy if the initial disease was RH + with an increase in survival without recurrence more or less long. The biopsy of the metastatic site or sites is rarely performed because of the heaviness of the gesture. Clinicians are waiting for imaging, which can replace biopsy before the second-line metastatic hormone treatment in breast cancer, which will reveal the metastatic lesion heterogeneity allowing to establish if hormone therapy is the best therapeutic option for these patients and therefore lead to a personalized medicine driven by PET FES. This imaging approach seems all the more interesting as ER expression appears to evolve over time under the pressure of treatment or the natural evolution of carcinomas.

Currently, no studies in breast cancer, in an ER + population on the initial tumor and Her2 negative, are listed for the study of ER expression by PET FES before a second metastatic hormone treatment line.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

57

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Angers, France, 49055
        • Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
      • Brest, France, 29200
        • CHU de Brest
      • Dijon, France, 21079
        • Centre Georges François Leclerc
      • Saint-Herblain, France, 44805
        • Ico Rene Gauducheau

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Primary breast tumor (ductal or lobular) expressing immunohistochemistry of hormone receptors (RP + and / or RE +, with significance level ≥ 10%) but not overexpressing HER2,
  2. Metastatic stage with at least one lesion identifiable on the conventional balance sheet other than a liver injury,
  3. Patient progressing under a 1st line of hormone therapy,
  4. Patient candidate for a new second-line hormonal treatment,
  5. Postmenopausal patient,
  6. Karnofsky ≥ 70 or ECOG 0-1
  7. Life expectancy of at least 6 months
  8. Creatinine <= 2.5 normal
  9. Social insured patient
  10. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. HER2 overexpressing primary tumor in immunohistochemistry,
  2. Tumor that does not significantly (<10%) express the hormonal receptors,
  3. Hormonal treatment in progress,
  4. Contraindication to a new second-line hormonal treatment,
  5. Patient receiving or likely to receive second-line chemotherapy in the course of the evolution of her breast cancer,
  6. Persons deprived of liberty or guardianship,
  7. Impossibility of submitting to the medical examination of the test for geographical, social or psychological reasons,
  8. Serious illness or comorbidity assessed at risk,
  9. History of cancer within 5 years, with the exception of cutaneous carcinomas other than melanomas, or carcinoma in situ of the cervix,
  10. Intellectual inability to sign informed consent.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: FES PET/CT
The images will be made immediately after the injection of the FES in a dynamic acquisition, of 30 minutes, centered on a positive FDG lesion. The imaging will then be completed 1 hour after the injection, after obtaining a urination, by an acquisition "whole body" (from the top of the skull to the root of the thighs or more if element on FDG or conventional imaging) which will be performed in the supine position with arms around the body. During the PET / CT scan, patients will breathe spontaneously. The acquisition will last 30 minutes.

There will be no premedication or other treatment before and after PET FES. PET / CT will be performed at the center level on a hybrid PET camera.

  • The first TEP FES acquisition begins at the time of injection and continues for 30 minutes,
  • The second acquisition of 20 minutes takes place 60 minutes after the injection is a total of 50 minutes of imaging and 1:30 in the service.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Determine the predictive value of PET at the "lesion" level
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Determine the predictive value of PET at the "lesion" level, before a second-line hormonal treatment on the response obtained at 6 weeks of treatment.
6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Determine the predictive value of PET at FES at the "patient" level
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Caroline ROUSSEAU, MD, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 15, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 11, 2023

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 16, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 16, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

February 22, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 12, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2024

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ICO-N-2016-02

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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