RecruitingPhase 2

An Investigational Scan (89Zr-DFO-GmAb PET/CT) Compared to Contrast-Enhanced CT for the Detection of Recurrent Clear Cell Renal Cell Cancer After Surgery Comparing Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX) PET CT to Conventional PET CT for Post-Op Staging in Kidney Cancer

United States91 participantsStarted 2024-08-06

Plain-language summary

This phase II trial compares the safety and effectiveness of 89Zr-DFO-GmAb positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) compared to contrast-enhanced CT after surgery in detecting clear cell renal cell cancer that has come back (recurrent). For some patients, the risk of recurrence after surgery remains high. Conventional CT methods, such as contrast-enhanced CT, may not detect small volume or micrometastatic disease. PET/CT with radiotracers, such as 89Zr-DFO-GmAb, may improve detection of tumor cells. Girentuximab (GmAb), a monoclonal antibody, is tagged with zirconium-89, a radioactive atom (which is also known as an isotope). The zirconium-89 (89Zr) isotope is attached to girentuximab with desferrioxamine (DFO) and this combined product is called 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab. 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab attaches itself to a protein on the surface of clear cell renal cell tumor cells called CAIX. PET is an established imaging technique that utilizes small amounts of radioactivity attached to very minimal amounts of tracer, in the case of this research, 89Zr-DFO-GmAb. Because some cancers, including clear cell renal cell cancer, take up 89Zr-DFO-GmAb it can be seen with PET. CT utilizes x-rays that traverse body from the outside. CT images provide an exact outline of organs and potential inflammatory tissue where it occurs in patient's body. Using contrast agents with CT scan to enhance the images (contrast-enhanced CT) is standard of care imaging. 89Zr-DFO-GmAb PET/CT may be safe and effective compared to contrast-enhanced CT in detecting recurrent clear cell renal cell cancer after surgery.

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 * Histologically confirmed clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (ccRCC) (based on partial/radical nephrectomy/metastasectomy) * For tumors with extensive sarcomatoid features, if there is evidence of areas of clear cell and high CAIX expression throughout the tumor on immunohistochemistry, they will be allowed on study * Subjects must have undergone definitive treatment of their primary tumor (partial/radical nephrectomy) +/- resection of metastatic disease to no evidence of disease (NED) with a prior nephrectomy \< 2 years) * Surgery must have been performed between 4-16 weeks at the time of planned imaging * Subjects are considered to have a high risk of recurrence based on the following criteria: * Intermediate-high risk ccRCC: * pathologic tumor stage 2 (pT2), grade 4, or sarcomatoid, N0, M0 * pathologic tumor stage 3 (pT3), any grade, N0, M0 * High risk ccRCC: * pathologic tumor stage 4 (pT4), any grade, N0, M0 * pT any stage, any grade, number of positive nodes (pN+), M0 * M1 now NED: pathologically-confirmed ccRCC, undergoing a resection of a solitary, isolated soft tissue metastasis within two years from initial nephrectomy * Negative serum pregnancy tests in female patients of childbearing potential. (Women of child bearing potential \[WOCBP\] require a negative pregnancy test within 24 hours (urine) prior to receiving investigational product) * Consent to practice double-barrier contraception until a minim…

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What they're measuring

Lesion detection rate

Timeframe: Up to 16 weeks from surgical resection

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06447103

SponsorJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2029-12-01

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