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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging Studies With NIS Reporter

First In-human PET Imaging Studies With NIS Reporter [18F]BF4

Status
Terminated
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02907073
Enrollment
8
Registered
2016-09-20
Start date
2016-09-30
Completion date
2017-12-31
Last updated
2019-05-17

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

Conditions

Endometrial Cancer, Myeloma

Brief summary

The goal of this proposal is to perform first-in-man evaluation of and experimental imaging agent F-18 tetrafluoroborate (BF4) or (TFB).

Detailed description

F-18 tetrafluoroborate (BF4) or (TFB) is being used as a PET (Positron Emission Tomography) imaging biomarker for expression of the human sodium/iodide symporter (hNIS) in tissues. Imaging of functional hNIS activity in tissues with \[18F\]BF4 is anticipated to provide superior sensitivity and image quality to I-123 or Tc-99m SPECT for monitoring hNIS transduction effected by viral therapies. The proposed work is designed to 1) evaluate its safety, biodistribution, metabolism and radiation dosimetry characteristics in 8 healthy human volunteers and 2) evaluate the imaging feasibility in comparison with I-123 or Tc-99m SPECT of hNIS expression in a) 10 myeloma patients treated with Edmonston Measles virus-NIS (MV-NIS) and b) 10 endometrial cancer patients treated with vesicular stomatitis virus engineered to express human interferon and NIS (VSV-hINF-NIS). This data will be necessary to support future regulatory submissions.

Interventions

DRUGBF4

Single IV dose of 9-11 millicurie (mCi) sodium \[Fluorine-18\] radiolabeled B4\^F

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Four male and four female healthy volunteers, greater than 21 years of age. * Subjects must provide written informed consent. * Willingness to provide all biological specimens as required by the protocol

Exclusion criteria

Volunteers with any of the following are ineligible to enroll in this study: * Have currently clinically significant cancer, neurologic, hepatic, renal, pulmonary, metabolic, or endocrine disturbances, especially thyroid disease; * Current clinically significant cardiovascular disease. Clinically significant cardiovascular disease usually includes one or more of the following: 1. cardiac surgery or myocardial infarction within the last 6 months; 2. unstable angina; 3. coronary artery disease that required a change in medication within the last 3 months; 4. decompensated congestive heart failure; 5. significant cardiac arrhythmia or conduction disturbance, particularly those resulting in atrial or ventricular fibrillation, or causing syncope, near syncope, or other alterations in mental status; 6. severe mitral or aortic valvular disease; 7. uncontrolled high blood pressure; 8. congenital heart disease; * History of drug or alcohol abuse within the last year, or prior prolonged history of abuse; * Clinically significant infectious disease, including AIDS or HIV infection or previous positive test for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV-1, or HIV-2; * Women of childbearing potential must not be pregnant (negative urine Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (β-HCG) at the time of screen) or lactating over the course of the study. A commercial urine dipstick test will be performed within 48 hours prior to injection of \[18F\]BF4 unless the screening urine pregnancy test falls within 48 hours of injection. * Volunteers who, in the opinion of the investigator, are otherwise unsuitable for a study of this type; * History of severe drug allergy or hypersensitivity; or * Volunteers who had received an investigational medication within the last 30 days or who have participated in a clinical trial with any experimental medication or radiopharmaceutical in the last 30 days. Additionally, the time between the last dose of the previous experimental medication and enrollment (completion of screening assessments) must be at least equal to 5 times the terminal half-life of the previous experimental medication. * Volunteers who are taking drugs with narrow therapeutic windows, such as theophylline, or warfarin, heparin and other anticoagulant therapies

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy Volunteers0-240 minutesF-18 BF4 concentrations in major tissues (e.g., heart, blood pool, lung, liver, thyroid, stomach, kidney, brain, muscle) will be evaluated from the PET images from 0-240 minutes post-administration. Results will be used to compute radiation dosimetry estimates.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Amount of Imaging Agent in Tumor (Uptake) in Myeloma and Endometrial Cancer PatientsBaseline, Day 9Areas of positive uptake within tumor, relative to background, measured by Standardized Update Value (SUV). PET SUV is tissue concentration/injected dose/body weight in grams.

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Healthy Volunteers
At the study visit, healthy subjects will have an initial physical exam, urine pregnancy test (if applicable) and will have catheters placed for i.v. drug administration and blood sampling. Vital signs, and blood samples will be obtained. Subjects will receive an infusion \[18F\]BF4 over 1 minute and PET imaging will begin. Three (3) PET/CT scanning procedures will be performed over a period of approximately 4 hours with two rest breaks in between. Venous blood samples for clinical laboratory tests will be taken before radiotracer administration and at 1.5 hours post-administration of radiotracer. In addition, venous blood samples will be taken during the PET/CT scans to determine blood pharmacokinetics and metabolite evaluation. Physical exam will be repeated at the end of the study. BF4: Single IV dose of 9-11 mCi sodium \[Fluorine-18\] radiolabeled B4\^F
8
Myeloma Patients
For cancer patients undergoing virus treatments, subjects will undergo \[18F\]BF4-PET/CT imaging at baseline before virus administration and at day 9 following virus treatment. Subjects will be screened by physician specialists within their clinics. Subjects who qualify for the study will return to the clinic within 30 days of screening, have a urine pregnancy test (if applicable) and will have catheters placed for i.v. drug administration. Vital signs will be obtained. All subjects will then receive a single i.v. bolus of \[18F\]BF4 for injection and PET/CT imaging will begin. Biopsies will be performed to confirm NIS expression in tissue of tumor regions showing uptake of \[18F\]BF4 in up to three myeloma patients when the site is accessible for biopsy. BF4: Single IV dose of 9-11 mCi sodium \[Fluorine-18\] radiolabeled B4\^F
0
Endometrial Cancer Patients
For cancer patients undergoing virus treatments, subjects will undergo \[18F\]BF4-PET/CT imaging at baseline before virus administration and at day 9 following virus treatment. Subjects will be screened by physician specialists within their clinics. Subjects who qualify for the study will return to the clinic within 30 days of screening, have a urine pregnancy test (if applicable) and will have catheters placed for i.v. drug administration. Vital signs will be obtained. All subjects will then receive a single i.v. bolus of \[18F\]BF4 for injection and PET/CT imaging will begin. Biopsies will be performed to confirm NIS expression in tissue of tumor regions showing uptake of \[18F\]BF4 in up to three endometrial cancer patients when the site is accessible for biopsy. BF4: Single IV dose of 9-11 mCi sodium \[Fluorine-18\] radiolabeled B4\^F
0
Total8

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicHealthy VolunteersTotal
Age, Continuous35 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11
35 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
3 Participants3 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
5 Participants5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
8 participants8 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
4 Participants4 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
4 Participants4 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 80 / 00 / 0
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 80 / 00 / 0
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 80 / 00 / 0

Outcome results

Primary

Evaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy Volunteers

F-18 BF4 concentrations in major tissues (e.g., heart, blood pool, lung, liver, thyroid, stomach, kidney, brain, muscle) will be evaluated from the PET images from 0-240 minutes post-administration. Results will be used to compute radiation dosimetry estimates.

Time frame: 0-240 minutes

Population: Outcome measures were performed in study arm of eight healthy volunteers. F or the myeloma and endometrial cancer arms of the study, the study was terminated due to pursuing Investigational New Drug application (IND).

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersBone uptake - 2 h males0.8 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.39
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersBone uptake - 2 h females1.4 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.5
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersBrain uptake - 2 h males0.39 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.14
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersBrain uptake - 2 h females0.42 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.15
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersBreast uptake - 2 h females2.8 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.4
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersGallbladder uptake - 2 h males2.7 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 1.5
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersGallbladder uptake - 2h females3.7 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 1
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersIntestinal uptake - 2h males2.9 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 1
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersIntestinal uptake - 2h females5.0 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 2.7
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersKidney uptake - 2h males7.0 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 2.5
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersKidney uptake - 2h females5.6 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.7
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersLiver uptake - 2h males2.3 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 1
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersLiver uptake - 2h females2.7 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.5
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersLung uptake - 2h males1.0 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.4
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersLung uptake - 2h females1.2 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.4
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersMuscle uptake - 2h males0.71 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.31
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersMuscle uptake - 2h females0.65 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.35
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersMyocardium - 2h males3.2 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.9
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy Volunteersyocardium - 2h females2.8 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.5
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersPancreas - 2h males3.4 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 0.7
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersPancreas - 2h females3.1 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 1.7
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersParotid gland - 2h males11 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 9
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersParotid gland - 2h females20 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 11
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersSpleen - 2h males4.1 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 1.2
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersSpleen - 2h females4.3 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 1
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersStomach - 2h males33 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 15
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersStomach - 2h females72 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 10
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersThyroid - 2h males55 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 31
Healthy VolunteersEvaluation of Tissue Distribution of F-18 BF4 in Healthy VolunteersThyroid - 2h females50 standardized uptake value (SUV)Standard Deviation 11
Secondary

Amount of Imaging Agent in Tumor (Uptake) in Myeloma and Endometrial Cancer Patients

Areas of positive uptake within tumor, relative to background, measured by Standardized Update Value (SUV). PET SUV is tissue concentration/injected dose/body weight in grams.

Time frame: Baseline, Day 9

Population: Healthy volunteers do not have tumors. The study in myeloma and endometrial cancer was terminated due to pursuing IND.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026