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Interest of PET-PSMA Imaging Potentialised by Androgen Blockade in Localized Prostatic Adenocarcinoma

Interest of PET-PSMA Imaging Potentiated by Androgen Blockade in Patients With Biological Relapse or Persistent Biological Disease of a Localized Prostatic Adenocarcinoma After Initial Treatment

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04391556
Acronym
PREFAcE
Enrollment
57
Registered
2020-05-18
Start date
2020-09-14
Completion date
2024-04-03
Last updated
2025-08-14

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Conditions

Prostate Adenocarcinoma

Keywords

Prostate adenocarcinoma, TEP PSMA, Androgenic blockade

Brief summary

Evaluation of the interest of PET-PSMA imaging potentiated by androgen blockade in patients with biological relapse or persistent biological disease of a localized prostatic adenocarcinoma after initial treatment

Detailed description

The identification of lesions responsible for biological recurrence or persistent biological disease in patients with prostatic adenocarcinoma (PA) remains an outstanding problem due to the lack of sensitivity of standard imaging techniques. The efficacy of empirical radiation therapy of the prostate + pelvis zone in only half of patients with increased PSA suggests an underestimation of lesions. PET-68Ga-PSMA or PET-PSMA technique showed a clear gain in sensitivity for the detection of lesions in this context compared to PET-Choline which was already more sensitive than standard imaging. It is about 50% for a PSA \<0.5 ng / ml vs 20% for a PSA \<1 ng / ml for TEP-Choline technique. However, the indication of empirical radiotherapy is raised when the PSA exceeds 0.2 ng / ml. It is therefore still necessary to increase the sensitivity of PET-PSMA. A flare-up-related effect was observed in a small animal experiment and in a patient after androgen blocking treatment, inducing a sharp increase in the intensity of previously visualized lesions and the appearance of 13 new lesions. It would therefore be possible to increase the expression of PSMA by the lesions at the origin of the biological recurrence of AP and thus to improve their detection by PET-PSMA after potentiation by short-term androgen blocking by an antagonist of LH-RH.

Interventions

DRUGFirmagon

120 mg subcutaneous Injection of Firmagon after a TEP-PSMA

Sponsors

Centre Leon Berard
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age ≥ 18 years old; * Hormone-naive patients, initially treated curatively by prostatectomy for prostate adenocarcinoma and having a first or new biological recurrence (PSA greater than 0.2 ng/ml; confirmed on at least two successive dosages in the last 12 months) OR Hormone-naive patients, initially treated curatively by external radiotherapy or by brachytherapy for prostate adenocarcinoma and having a biological recurrence (PSA Nadir + 2ng/ml ; confirmed on at least two successive dosages in the last 12 months ) OR hormone-naive patients treated by surgery or external radiotherapy or brachytherapy for prostate adenocarcinoma but with persistent biological disease (PSA detectable after prostatectomy, or unchanged or increasing PSA after external radiotherapy or brachytherapy); * Diagnostic recurrence assessment by any information or examination carried out since the ascension of the PSA, not having revealed local recurrence or lymph node lesions which may benefit from to external radiation * Signed informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient already treated by hormonotherapy; * Formal contraindication to hormonotherapy; * Formal contraindication to external radiotherapy * Formal contraindication to the Lasilix administration during the PET exams: Hypersensitivity to Furosemide or to one of the excipients, functional acute renal insufficiency, hepatic encephalopathy, urinary tracts obstruction, hypovolemia or dehydration, severe hypokalemia, severe hyponatremia, hepatitis in evolution and severe hepatocellular insufficiency in haemodialysis patient and patient presenting a severe renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance \<30 ml / min) due to the risk of accumulation of furosemide, which is then mainly eliminated by the biliary route; * Significant cardiovascular affection such as myocardial infarction within the last 6 months preceding inclusion, severe rhythm disturbances, stroke within 6 months prior to inclusion, prolonged corrected QT interval with QTc \> 450 msecs according to Bazett formula; * Impossibility to comply with the study follow-up for geographical or psychic reasons. * Patient under protection of justice (Under tutorship, curatorship or deprived of liberty)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Comparison of the proportion of patients presenting a positive PET during the initial PSMA-PET (prior to androgenic blockade) and the PSMA-H-PET (PSMA PET after androgenic blockade), patient being his own witnessDay 14 after the androgenic blockadePSMA-PET

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evaluation of the reproductibility of the PSMA-PET and PSMA-H-PET interpretationDay 14 after the androgenic blockadePSMA-PET and PSMA-H-PET
Evaluation of the impact of androgenic blockade on lesions revealed by PSMA-H PET in comparison with the initial PSMA-PETDay 14 after the androgenic blockadeNumber of lesions (PSMA-ET and PSMA-H PET)
Evaluation of the PSMA-PET and PSMA-H PET impact in the therapeutic management modificationsDay 14 after the androgenic blockadeComparison between treatments planned after PSMA-PET and treatments planned after PSMA-H-PET
Evaluation of the correlation between the PSA and testosterone rates variations between D0 and D14 and the PSMA-PET resultsDay 14 after the androgenic blockadePSA and testosterone rates and PSMA-PET results
Evaluation of the results correlation of each PSMA-PET with clinical data, histologic primary tumor and biologic data of the recurrence (PSA kinetic and velocity assessed at screening)Day 14 after the androgenic blockadePSMA-PET efficience
Tolerance profileUp to Day 15-30 visitIncidence of PSMA-H-PET Adverse Events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE version 5.0)
Evaluation of the interest of late pelvic acquisition 3 hours after the PSMA-68Ga injectionDay 14 after the androgenic blockadePSMA-PET and PSMA-H-PET efficience

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
In case of envisaged irradiation, impact on the modifications of irradiation volumes between the initial PET-PSMA and the PET-PSMA-HDay 14 after the androgenic blockadePET-PSMA and PET-PSMA-H

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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