Efficacy of [18F]Florbetaben PET for Diagnosis of Cardiac AL Amyloidosis (CArdiag)

An Open-label, Multi-center, Non-randomized Pivotal Phase 3 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of [18F]Florbetaben Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging to Diagnose Cardiac AL Amyloidosis

This is an open-label, multi-center pivotal Phase 3 study to visually and quantitatively assess PET images obtained after single application of 300 MBq [18F]florbetaben and PET scanning of patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: AL Amyloidosis; Cardiac Amyloidosis; ATTR Amyloidosis
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: [18F]florbetaben

Detailed Description

This is an open-label, multi-center pivotal Phase 3 study to visually and quantitatively assess PET images obtained after single application of 300 MBq [18F]florbetaben and PET scanning of patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis or with a putative diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis but with remaining diagnostic uncertainty (e.g., unclear etiology or cardiac manifestation) or patients with diagnosis of amyloidosis but unclear cardiac involvement.

The diagnostic efficacy of the visual and quantitative assessments of [18F]florbetaben PET images for diagnosis of cardiac AL Amyloidosis will be determined by comparison to the standard of truth (SoT) obtained through standard of care clinical diagnosis.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 200
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Aleksandar Jovalekic, PhD; Phone Number: +49 (0)30 461 1246 03; Email: clinicaltrials@life-mi.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Iris Hardewig, PhD; Phone Number: +49 (0)30 461 1246 03; Email: clinicaltrials@life-mi.com

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Augsburg, Germany, 86156
    • Recruiting
    • University of Augsburg
  • Berlin, Germany, 13353
    • Recruiting
    • Charite Berlin
  • Essen, Germany, 45147
    • Recruiting
    • University of Essen
  • Hamburg, Germany, 22767
    • Recruiting
    • HOPA Hamburg
  • Heidelberg, Germany, 69120
    • Recruiting
    • University of Heidelberg
  • Würzburg, Germany, 97080
    • Recruiting
    • University of Würzburg
• Spain
  • Barcelona, Spain, 08907
    • Recruiting
    • Hospital University Bellvitge
  • Madrid, Spain, 28222
    • Recruiting
    • Hospital University Puerta de Hierro
  • Pamplona, Spain, 31008
    • Recruiting
    • Clinica Universidad de Navarra
  • Salamanca, Spain, 37007
    • Recruiting
    • University of Salamanca
• United Kingdom
  • London, United Kingdom, NW3 2PF
    • Recruiting
    • Royal Free Hospital
• United States
  • Kansas
    • Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 64111
      • Recruiting
      • St Luke's Hospital
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • Recruiting
      • University of Pennsylvania
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
      • Not yet recruiting
      • University of Pittsburgh

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Males and females age ≥18 years
• Able to understand, sign and date written informed consent
• Written informed consent must be obtained before any assessment is performed
• Subjects being considered for a possible diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis by

• 1. One of the following conditions:

  • Established systemic amyloidosis without proven cardiac involvement,
  • Known plasma cell dyscrasia (MGUS, multiple myeloma),
  • Pathological free light chain levels in urine or serum,
  • Presence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

• 2. AND one of the following parameters, indicative of cardiac manifestation:

  • Mean (left ventricular (LV) wall + septum) thickness >12mm as measured by echocardiography in absence of other known cause of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH),
  • NT-proBNP >335 ng/L
• Planned diagnostic procedure to establish diagnosis and cardiac involvement (e.g., endomyocardial biopsy or extracardiac biopsy in conjunction with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging/echocardiography or bone scintigraphy)
• Female subjects must be documented by medical records or physician's note to be either surgically sterile (by means of hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy) or post-menopausal for at least 1 year (no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause). If they are of child-bearing potential, they must commit to use of a highly effective contraceptive measure for at least one week following the PET scan
• Male subjects and their partners of childbearing potential must commit to the use of a highly effective method of contraception for a minimum of 90 days following the PET scan
• Male subjects must commit to not donate sperm for a minimum of 90 days after the PET scan

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any known allergic reactions or hypersensitivity towards any compound of the study drug
• Severe hepatic impairment (AST/ALT >5 x ULN; bilirubin >3 x ULN)
• Inability to lay flat for up to 60 min
• Pregnant, lactating or breastfeeding
• Unwilling and/or unable to cooperate with study procedures
• Having been administered a radiopharmaceutical within 10 radioactive half-lives prior to study drug administration in this study

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Experimental: Patients with suspected cardiac amyloidosis; After enrolment, patients will be subjected to diagnostic procedures according to standard of care to resolve diagnostic uncertainties and to clarify possible cardiac involvement. The results of the clinical work-up will be used a standard of truth, i.e. patients with initially suspected cardiac amyloidosis that where subsequently clinically diagnosed with cardiac AL Amyloidosis, cardiac ATTR Amyloidosis, other cardiac Amyloidosis or non cardiac amyloidosis.

Drug: [18F]florbetaben; All enrolled patients will undergo [18F]florbetaben PET imaging.; Other Names: Neuraceq

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sensitivity and specificity of the visual assessment of [18F]florbetaben PET images for the diagnosis of cardiac AL amyloidosis.	The results from the visual assessment of [18F]florbetaben PET images are compared to the clinical diagnosis established through histological verification of the presence or absence of AL amyloidosis with cardiac involvement determined either through endomyocardial biopsy or through extracardiac biopsy in conjunction with typical CMR or echocardiography imaging features as the standard of truth.	Up to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sensitivity and specificity of [18F]florbetaben PET for the diagnosis of cardiac AL amyloidosis using quantification.	The sensitivity and specificity of [18F]florbetaben PET for the diagnosis of cardiac AL amyloidosis will be determined by using quantitative image analysis.	Up to 12 weeks
Correlation of quantitative [18F]florbetaben PET results with left ventricular ejection fraction (LV EF) and left ventricular mass (LV mass).	Correlation of quantitative [18F]florbetaben PET results with left ventricular ejection fraction (LV EF) and left ventricular mass (LV mass).	Up to 12 weeks
Correlation of quantitative [18F]florbetaben PET results with AL CA stage I - IV based on FLC-diff, cTnT and NT-proBNP levels.	Correlation of quantitative [18F]florbetaben PET results with AL CA stage I - IV based on FLC-diff, cTnT and NT-proBNP levels.	Up to 12 weeks
Impact of PET imaging (AL-CA/non AL-CA) on diagnostic thinking and patient management will be assessed with physician's questionnaires before and after the diagnostic work-up, and after receipt of the PET results.	The impact of PET imaging (AL-CA/non AL-CA) on diagnostic thinking and patient management will be assessed with physician's questionnaires before and after the diagnostic work-up, and after receipt of the PET results.	Up to 14 weeks
Number of adverse events	Safety will be evaluated by collection of Adverse Events.	Up to 17 days after imaging visit

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sensitivity and specificity of [18F]florbetaben PET images for a differential diagnosis between AL CA, ATTR CA and non CA will be assessed.	In this exploratory endpoint the sensitivity and specificity of [18F]florbetaben PET images for a differential diagnosis between AL CA, ATTR CA and non CA will be assessed.	Up to 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Life Molecular Imaging GmbH
• Collaborators: pharmtrace klinische Entwicklung GmbH
• Investigators: Study Director: Andrew Stephens, MD, PhD, Life Molecular Imaging

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 13, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 6, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 7, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): January 11, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 12, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 11, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: AL Amyloidosis; Cardiac Amyloidosis; ATTR Amyloidosis
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Metabolic Diseases; Immune System Diseases; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Immunoproliferative Disorders; Paraproteinemias; Proteostasis Deficiencies; Neoplasms, Plasma Cell; Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis; Amyloidosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: FBB-02-01-21

Drug and device information, study documents

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