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Role of somatostatin receptor imaging in patients with metastatic breast cancer

Somatostatin receptor (SSTR) imaging with 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and its comparison with 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER positive) metastatic breast cancer (mBC)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/03/051025
Enrollment
30
Registered
2023-03-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-05-01

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C509- Malignant neoplasm of breast of unspecified site

Interventions

Intervention1: Drug - 68Ga-DOTATATE: 68Ga-DOTATATE will be injected intravenously at a dose of approximately 111 MBq, around 60 minutes before PET/CT scan acquisition. Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Biopsy proven estrogen receptor positive metastatic breast cancer 2. Patients who have undergone 18F-FDG PET/CT for staging/re-staging within the last 3 weeks 3. At least one site of known active disease on imaging within 3 months 4. If a woman is of childbearing potential, a negative urine pregnancy test before administration of SSTR-targeted PET radiotracer would be mandatory.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant and lactating females 2. Patients who refuse to give written informed consent 3. Unable to give informed consent or withdrawal of consent any point of time 4. Recent anti-cancer chemotherapy/surgery in less than four weeks or radiotherapy in less than eight weeks 5. Use of long-acting SSTR-targeting agents (example: lanreotide) within 28 days of SSTR-targeted imaging 6. Use of short-acting SSTR-targeting agents (example: sandostatin) within 24 hours of SSTR-targeted imaging 7. Concurrent primary malignancy other than known metastatic breast cancer, except adequately treated carcinoma in situ, non-melanoma carcinoma of the skin or any other curatively treated malignancy that has achieved complete response and is not expected to require treatment for recurrence during participation in the study 8. Subjects with allergy/hypersensitivity to SSTR-targeted imaging agents 9. Current use of high-dose glucocorticoids (>= 20 mg prednisone per day or equivalent) 10. Active serious infection not controlled by antibiotics

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging (Assessment of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging to detect lesions in patients with estrogen receptor positive metastatic breast cancer)Timepoint: 45 minutes to 1 hour from time of injection

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKunal Ramesh Chandekar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

csbal@hotmail.com91-9013775659

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 5, 2026