Phase II Study of the Role of Anti-CEA Antibody Immunoscintigraphy & Positron Emission Tomography in the Localization of Recurrent Colorectal Carcinoma in Patients With Rising Serum CEA Levels in the Absence of Imageable Disease by Conventional Moda

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2002-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Positron Emission Tomography (PET scanning) is performed using a total dose of less than 50 mRad per patient visit. Fludeoxyglucose F 18 (FDG) is injected intravenously over 2 min. Initial dynamic images will be obtained over the heart. Emission imaging will work from the midcervical region down to the perineal region.

For CEA scanning, radiolabeled antibody, arcitumomab (IMMU-4), is injected intravenously over 5 min. A single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) transmission scan is performed over the same regions as the emission scans. Total dose from transmission scans should be no more than 20 mRad per patient visit.

Patients then undergo exploratory laparotomy performed by two surgeons, one blinded to the results of the CEA-Scan and PET scan.

At the completion of all exploration, all identified disease is biopsied for pathologic analysis and any resectable disease is removed.

Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year, every 6 months for the second year, and then after 3 years.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• Treatments: Antibodies; Deoxyglucose; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18

Criteria

All patients greater than 18 years old who have had a prior resection of colorectal cancer and are suspected of having recurrent disease.

Rising serum CEA levels greater than 6 on two successive tests.

Resectable residual or recurrent disease. Patients in the occult arm (Arm 1) must have no visible residual disease in the abdomen at the time of the last surgical exploration. In addition, there must be no imageable definitive site of recurrent disease using conventional imaging modalities including; CT scan of chest/ abdomen/ pelvis with contrast, MRI scan, and chest x-ray. Patients in arm 2 may have a single site of recurrent or metastatic disease which is resectable but in whom additional sites of disease are not known and no imageable disease other than a solitary site of potentially resectable disease is identified.

Patients must have an ECOG performance status of 0-1.

Patients must be willing to return to NIH for follow-up.

Patients must be able to provide informed consent as demonstrated by the signed consent.

Patients must be 2 or more months from abdominal or thoracic surgery.

No patients with medical contraindication to abdominal exploration.

No patients with recurrent disease detected by conventional imaging studies as outlined above. Metastatic disease localized outside of the abdominal cavity by conventional imaging studies as outlined above. Patients must weigh less than 136 kgs. which is the weight limit for the scanner tables.

No patients with previous injection of murine monoclonal antibodies: Human anti-mouse assay (HAMA) will be performed in patients with prior history of receiving murine monoclonal antibodies.

No patients that are pregnant or breast feeding.

Patients who are HIV + will be excluded.