[18F]PSMA-11 PET/CT Phase 3 Clinical Study (NGP3)

[18F]PSMA-11 PET/CT for Prostate Cancer - Phase 3 Clinical Study

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most frequently occurring male cancer in Belgium. After treatment with surgery and/or radiotherapy, almost half of the patients suffer from a tumor recurrence, often diagnosed by an increase in serum tumor marker Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) within the first few years after primary treatment. However, for salvage therapy to be successful, precise localization of metastases is necessary to determine the most appropriate treatment. In so-called oligo-metastatic disease targeted therapy may still be curative and prevent the disease from spreading to distant locations. Therefore it is of paramount importance to have an accurate tool of medical imaging to localize all possible locations to be treated.

Recently, prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) has gained interest for PCa-specific imaging. Due to overexpression of PSMA in both primary and metastatic PCa, radiotracers targeting this protein have shown an increased selectivity and sensitivity compared to conventional imaging. The main objective of this phase 3 trial is to determine the position of [18F]PSMA-11 PET/CT within the field of available radiotracers for diagnosis of prostate cancer. For this, the diagnostic performances of [18F]PSMA-11 will be compared to those of the current state-of-the-art radiotracer [68Ga]PSMA-11.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Prostate Cancer
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: [18F]PSMA-11; Diagnostic test: [68Ga]PSMA-11

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 96
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • East Flanders
    • Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, 9000
      • Ghent University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, either in the setting of diagnosis of biochemical recurrence after previous treatment, or at primary diagnosis and staging.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age < 18 years
• Physically or mentally unfit to perform the sequential procedures
• Refusal of patient to be informed about accidental findings on scans
• History of anaphylactic shock after administration of Visipaque CT contrast
• Serum creatinine concentration > 2.0 mg/dl and/or estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
• Masking: TRIPLE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: PET/CT 1: [18F]PSMA-11, PET/CT 2: [68Ga]PSMA-11; Patients in this arm will first receive the experimental radiotracer [18F]PSMA-11 PET/CT followed by the [68Ga]PSMA-11 PET/CT after at least 4 days and maximum 3 weeks.	Diagnostic test: [18F]PSMA-11; [18F]PSMA-11 PET/CT; Diagnostic test: [68Ga]PSMA-11; [68Ga]PSMA-11 PET/CT
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: PET/CT 1: [68Ga]PSMA-11, PET/CT 2: [18F]PSMA-11; Patients in this arm will first receive the experimental radiotracer [68Ga]PSMA-11 PET/CT followed by the [18F]PSMA-11 PET/CT after at least 4 days and maximum 3 weeks.	Diagnostic test: [18F]PSMA-11; [18F]PSMA-11 PET/CT; Diagnostic test: [68Ga]PSMA-11; [68Ga]PSMA-11 PET/CT

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluation of the non-inferiority of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA-11 with respect to the number of positive PET scans. Hereby, a positive PET scan is defined as a scan showing at least one suspected lesion.	The non-inferiority of [18F]PSMA-11 will be investigated based on a Tango's score two-sided 95% confidence interval (CI) for a difference of proportions of positive scans of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA-11 with matched pairs. Non-inferiority will be concluded if the lower limit of this CI is larger than 0.10 (non-inferiority limit).	0 to 100 minutes post injection for both [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluation of the superiority of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA-11 with respect to the number of positive PET scans. Hereby, a positive PET scan is defined as a scan showing at least one suspected lesion.	Superiority of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA-11 with respect to the number of positive PET scans will be statistically assessed by applying a McNemar's test on the proportions of positive PET scans in each group. Hereby, superiority is defined as a difference of minimum 10% in the proportions of positive PET scans ([18F]PSMA-11 > [68Ga]PSMA-11).	0 to 100 minutes post injection for both [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11
Evaluation of the superiority of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA-11 with respect to the total number of suspected prostate cancer lesions in corresponding ([68Ga]PSMA-11 vs [18F]PSMA-11) scans.	The McNemar-Bowker test of symmetry of k X k contingency tables will be applied to investigate differences between [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11 scans. Hereby, the superiority is defined as a difference of minimum 10% ([18F]PSMA-11 > [68Ga]PSMA-11).	0 to 100 minutes post injection for both [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11
Evaluation of the superiority of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA-11 with respect to the scoring of corresponding ([68Ga]PSMA-11 vs [18F]PSMA-11) suspected lesions.	The McNemar-Bowker test of symmetry of k X k contingency tables will be applied to investigate differences between [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11 scans. Hereby, the superiority is defined as a difference of minimum 10% ([18F]PSMA-11 > [68Ga]PSMA-11).	0 to 100 minutes post injection for both [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11
Descriptive evaluation of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA	This endpoint will be examined in the total group of patients, as well as in a subgroup of patients with a specific disease stage including primary diagnosis, castrate sensitive biochemical recurrence, and castrate resistant biochemical recurrence. Additionally, within these subgroups, a further subdivision can be made on the basis of a specific location of the suspected lesions, PSA values, PSA doubling times and metastatic disease burden).	0 to 100 minutes post injection for both [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11
Evaluation of the diagnostic specificity of [18F]PSMA-11 compared to [68Ga]PSMA-11	This endpoint will be evaluated in a descriptive way, more specifically by a description of the number of positive scans (and/or positive lesions) that can be confirmed via an anatomopathological diagnosis, changes in PSA concentration or via MRI, and by comparison of these numbers between [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11.	0 to 180 days post [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11 administration
Evaluation of the safety of [18F]PSMA-11 administration: CTCAE 4.0 criteria	Adverse events will be reported and scored (CTCAE 4.0 criteria) between the first dose administration of trial medication and the last trial related activity. From the time of radiotracer injection till completion of the PET/CT scan (for both [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11), the site staff will visually observe and actively ask the patient whether or not he has observed any adverse effects. Although [18F]PSMA-11 is totally eliminated from the body within 9 hours post injection (= 10 x half-life of 47 ± 5 minutes), AE's occurring up to 24h after the second PET/CT scan will also be handled as such if spontaneously reported by the patient to the investigator.	0 to 24 h post [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11 administration
Assessment of the interobserver variability with regard to the evaluation of the [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11 PET scans	This endpoint will be evaluated by determining a Cohen's kappa value	0 to 100 minutes post injection for both [18F]PSMA-11 and [68Ga]PSMA-11

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): March 20, 2020
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): September 20, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 8, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 8, 2019
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 11, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): January 22, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 18, 2021
• Last Verified: January 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: prostate cancer; biochemical recurrence; 18F-PSMA PET imaging
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neoplasms; Urogenital Neoplasms; Neoplasms by Site; Genital Neoplasms, Male; Prostatic Diseases; Prostatic Neoplasms
• Other Study ID Numbers: AGO/2018/003

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No