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The Diagnostic Value of FAPI PET/CT in Staging of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

The Diagnostic Value of FAPI PET/CT in Staging of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06634173
Acronym
proFAPI
Enrollment
30
Registered
2024-10-09
Start date
2024-12-01
Completion date
2025-12-01
Last updated
2024-10-09

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

Conditions

Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Metastatic

Brief summary

This study aims to investigate the diagnostic value of FAPI PET/CT, relative to standard-of-care imaging using PSMA PET/CT, in staging of newly diagnosed PCa. FAPI PET/CT will be visually and quantitatively correlated to PSMA PET/CT resulting in detection rates and target-to-background ratios. If available, histopathology of resected specimens will serve as reference test for operated patients in order to determine diagnostic accuracy. All outcomes are descriptive and serve as pilot for a potential subsequent larger prospective diagnostic study.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTFAPI PET/CT

This study applies the radiopharmaceutical 18Fluor-FAPI-74 (FAPI) for molecular imaging of FAP expression in vivo with FAPI PET/CT, to assess the presence and distribution of activated Cancer associated fibroblasts as a marker of Tumor Micro-Environment and indirectly as a marker for malignancies.

Sponsors

The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Masking description

All scans will be reviewed by two senior nuclear medicine physicians (NWZ-Alkmaar and/or NCI-AVL), separately and blinded to any clinical information. If a consensus is not reached, a third observer is included.

Intervention model description

This is an interventional study without concurrent controls.

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Male, aged ≥ 18 years; * WHO performance status 0, 1 or 2; * Written informed consent; * Biopsy-proven newly diagnosed PCa; * International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) grade group (GG) ≥ 3 and/or PSA ≥ 20 ng/ml and/or ≥cT3a. If all of the criteria above are met, a subject must also meet all of the following subgroup specific criteria: Group 1 (n=15): \- PSMA PET/CT with PSMA-avid primary tumor with PSMA-avid loco-regional and/or distant metastases. Group 2 (n=15): * PSMA PET/CT with PSMA-avid primary tumor with no PSMA-avid loco-regional or distant metastases; * Increased risk of nodal metastases according to the Briganti 2019 nomogram (Briganti ≥40%) \[22\]; * Scheduled for (laparoscopic) prostatectomy including ePLND.

Exclusion criteria

* Known second malignant disease that may complicate image interpretation. * Inability to cooperate with the scan process: inability to lie relatively still and in supine for 30-60 minutes or patient body habitus above scanner dimensions.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
detection rates and target-to-background ratios of FAPI PET/CT in patients with hormone-sensitive PCa.within four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Correlate histopathological findings after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) to FAPI PET/CT findings to determine its diagnostic accuracy for staging of newly diagnosed PCa.within four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.
Correlate laboratory parameters (prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels) after treatment to FAPI PET/CT findings to determine its diagnostic accuracy.within four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.
Obtain preliminary data on the FAP overexpression in primary prostate tumor and lymph node metastases by immunohistochemical staining.within four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.
Correlate immunohistochemical staining with FAPI uptake measured on PET/CTwithin four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.
Diagnostic value of FAPI PET/CT, relative to PSMA PET/CT, in staging of newly diagnosed PCawithin four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.

Other

MeasureTime frame
Correlate FAPI PET/CT findings to radiological findings on biparametric MRI (radiological T stage and PI-RADS assessment category).within four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.
Correlate biopsy Gleason score to the SUVmax of primary lesions on FAPI PET/CT.within four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.
Obtain preliminary data on the size of FAPI PET/CT-detectable pelvic lymph nodeswithin four weeks after PSMA PET/CT and within four weeks before planned treatment.

Contacts

Primary ContactEvelien Schouten, MSc
ev.schouten@nki.nl+3120-5129140

Outcome results

None listed

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