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Study Assessing PET Imaging With Zirconium-labelled Girentuximab in Patients With HCC, BTC or NEN

Prospective Pilot Study Assessing Imaging Performance of 89Zirconium-labelled Girentuximab (89Zr-TLX250) PET-CT in Patients With HepatoCellular Carcinoma, Biliary Tract Carcers or Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06735560
Acronym
ELEGANCE
Enrollment
60
Registered
2024-12-16
Start date
2025-11-04
Completion date
2027-08-04
Last updated
2026-05-13

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Conditions

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (Icc), Neuroendocrine Tumors

Keywords

immunoPET, CAIX, GEP-NEN, ICC, HCC

Brief summary

Precision medicine represents a major goal in oncology. It has its underpinning in the identification of biomarkers with diagnostic, prognostic, or predictive values. Gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasia (GEP-NENs) are rare tumors, but their frequency is increasing. In this context, the tumor expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), complemented by a restricted profile in normal tissues, provides an opportunity for therapeutic targeting and precision medicine. Indeed, radiolabeling the anti-CAIX monoclonal antibody girentuximab with Zirconium 89 has shown promise as a novel positron emission tomography (PET) tracer and labeling with 177 Lutetium promise as a therapeutic agent in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) in the context of a theranostic approach. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of 89Zr-labeled girentuximab (89Zr-TLX250) as a novel, carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) targeted PET/CT tracer for the imaging of Gastro-Entero-Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms, Hepatocellular Carcinoma or IntraHepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.

Interventions

Patients will receive 89Zr-TLX250 for detection of CAIX-expressing tumor by PET imaging.

Sponsors

Nantes University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Provided written informed consent. 2. Patients aged ≥ 18 years. 3. \- For basket 1 and 2: HCC or ICC histologically proven: newly diagnosed patients or patients with suspected refractory, residual, or recurrent disease. \- For basket 3: Progressive GEP-NENs with low or heterogeneous expression of SSTR2 or progressive pancreatic NENs which previously received at least two systemic treatments (excluding SSA) or pancreatic NENs with germline or somatic VHL mutation or G3 GEP-NENs . 4. Presence of at least one morphological evaluable lesion according to RECIST 1.1 using contrast CT/MRI. 5. Patients must have an ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) performance status of 0 to 2. 6. For cirrhotic patients: Child-Pugh ≤ B7. 7. Patient affiliated to or beneficiary of the National Health Service.

Exclusion criteria

1. Known hypersensitivity to zirconium-89, to any excipient or derivative or to radiographic contrast agents. 2. Chemotherapy, extensive external beam radiation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, or angiogenesis inhibitors within 2 weeks prior to 89Zr-TLX250 administration. 3. Radionucleide targeted therapy prior to inclusion within 3 months prior to inclusion. 4. Radioembolization within 3 months prior to inclusion. 5. Uncontrolled brain or spinal cord metastasis. 6. Cardiac disease with New York Heart Association classification of III or IV. 7. Life expectancy shorter than 4 months. 8. Any major surgery within 4 weeks before enrollment. 9. Any uncontrolled significant medical, psychiatric or surgical condition (active infection (subjects with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive)), unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, poorly controlled hypertension, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥9%), uncontrolled congestive heart disease, etc.) or laboratory findings that, in the opinion of the investigator, might jeopardise the subject's safety or that would limit compliance with the objectives and assessments of the study. 10. Other known malignancies (except for fully-resected non-melanoma skin cancer or cervical cancer in situ) unless definitively treated and proven no evidence of recurrence for 2 years. 11. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. A serum pregnancy test will be performed at the start of the study for all female subjects of childbearing potential. 12. Patient under guardianship or trusteeship. 13. Patient under judicial protection.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Tumor targeting of 89Zr-TLX250 PETDay 5Number of tumor lesions detected by 89Zr-TLX250 PET in comparison with the lesions identified by morphological imaging at baseline.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evaluation of tolerabilityHour 2Unexpected immediate adverse events up to post-administration of 89Zr-TLX250.
Diagnostic efficacyMonth 3Sensitivity of 89Zr-TLX250 PET/CT in the detection of tumor lesions as compared to a composite truth standard (determined on the basis of histology and conventional morphological or PET imaging).
Assessment of tumor uptakeDay 8Tumor quantitative measures on 89Zr-TLX250 PET.
Correlation with CAIXDay 8Assessment of the correlation between the normalized uptake values (SUVmax) of 89Zr-TLX250 positive lesions and CAIX histological expression will be done by comparing the 89Zr-TLX250 semi-quantitative data with the immunohistochemical results (IHC) of biopsied lesions.
Assessment of the absorbed dosesDay 0Quantitative biodistribution of 89Zr-TLX250 will be evaluated from sequential whole body PET-CT imaging and pharmacokinetic data.

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTClément BAILLY
clement.bailly@chu-nantes.fr+33240084136
CONTACTAstrid GARREAU
astrid.garreau@chu-nantes.fr+33253482840

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 14, 2026