Overview

68Ga-PSMA PET/CT in Detecting Prostate Cancer Recurrence in Patients With Elevated PSA After Initial Treatment

Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-07-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Male
Summary
The purpose of this research study is to see if recurrent prostate cancer can be identified using a special procedure called a positron emission tomography (PET) scan. PET/CT is used to describe information regarding the function, as well as location and size of a tumor.
Phase:
Phase 2/Phase 3
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Andrei Iagaru
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Treatments:
Edetic Acid
N,N'-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetic acid
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Histopathological proven prostate adenocarcinoma

- Rising PSA after definitive therapy with prostatectomy or radiation therapy (external
beam or brachytherapy)

- Post radical prostatectomy (RP) - American Urology Association (AUA)
recommendation

- PSA greater than 0.2 ng/mL measured 6-13 weeks after RP

- Confirmatory persistent PSA greater than 0.2 ng/mL (total of two PSA
measurements greater than 0.2 ng/mL)

- Post-radiation therapy -American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)-Phoenix
consensus definition

- A rise of PSA measurement of 2 or more ng/mL over the nadir

- Able to provide written consent

- Karnofsky performance status of >= 50 (or Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
[ECOG]/World Health Organization [WHO] equivalent)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Investigational therapy for prostate cancer.

- Unable to lie flat, still or tolerate a PET scan.

- Prior history of any other malignancy within the last 2 years, other than skin basal
cell or cutaneous superficial squamous cell carcinoma that has not metastasized and
superficial bladder cancer.