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Phase II Trial to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Four Dosing Regimens of OTL78 Injection

Phase II Trial to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of Four Dosing Regimens of OTL78 Injection (Zopocianine), a Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)-Targeted Fluorescent Agent, for the Intraoperative Imaging of Prostate Cancer

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06849544
Enrollment
22
Registered
2025-02-27
Start date
2025-04-02
Completion date
2026-08-06
Last updated
2026-08-13

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Conditions

Prostate Cancer Metastatic Disease, Prostate Cancer Surgery

Keywords

Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen, Fluorescent Imaging, Near infrared imaging

Brief summary

This study is being done to compare how well Zopocianine (OTL78) in combination with Near InfraRed (NIR) fluorescent imaging may improve the detection of malignant (growing in an uncontrolled way) tissue in adult subjects undergoing prostatectomy and lymph node dissection for biopsy confirmed prostate cancer.

Detailed description

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death behind lung cancer. Prostate cells express Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA), which is overexpressed in PCa cells in over 90% of patients. On Target has developed a PSMA-targeted agent, the drug product OTL78, that fluoresces under NIR illumination to help with the identification of prostate cancer tissue during resection surgery that has extended beyond the capsule of the prostate into adjacent tissue and lymph nodes. Intra-operative identification of cancer tissue using real-time imaging modalities that could improve tumor identification, demarcation and lymph node involvement may provide a very useful tool to reduce the frequency of residual cancer and increase complete removal of locally involved lymph nodes. This study is an open label trial of an imaging agent, PSMA targeted fluorescent dye (zopocianine, OTL78), in up to 20 subjects with biopsy confirmed PCa who have been scheduled to undergo a laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with pelvic lymph node dissection in order to explore the relationship between the amount of drug given, the timing of administration relative to surgery, and the utility of the drug in visualizing cancerous tissue during a standard of care radical prostatectomy.

Interventions

DRUG0.03mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE given day of surgery

A single dose of 0.03mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE used with NIR fluorescent imaging during prostatectomy and lymph node dissection

DRUG0.06mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE given day of surgery

A single dose of 0.06mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE used with NIR fluorescent imaging during prostatectomy and lymph node dissection

DRUG0.03mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE given day prior to surgery

A single dose of 0.03mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE used with NIR fluorescent imaging during prostatectomy and lymph node dissection

DRUG0.06mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE given days prior to surgery

A single dose of 0.06mg/kg ZOPOCIANINE used with NIR fluorescent imaging during prostatectomy and lymph node dissection

Sponsors

Clinton Bahler
Lead SponsorOTHER
Indiana University
CollaboratorOTHER
On Target Laboratories, LLC
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent and HIPAA form 2. Male subjects 18 years of age and older 3. Known primary prostate cancer and Grade Group 3 to 5 (≥ cT3) or one or more of the following: 1. Suspected extraprostatic disease (EPD) (extracapsular extension (ECE) and/or seminal vesicle infiltration (SVI)), 2. 3 or more biopsy cores of grade group 3-5; 3. Suspected lymph node metastasis (clinical stage cN1, or by magnetic resonance imaging (mriN+), or by Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen positron emission tomography (PSMA PET+)); 4. Planned to undergo a standard of care robotic prostatectomy and lymph node dissection 5. Ability to understand the requirements of the study and agree to abide by the study restrictions and to return for the required assessments 6. Agree to use a medically acceptable method of birth control (e.g., spermicide in conjunction with a barrier such as a condom) or sexual abstinence for the duration of the study, including through final study visit (6 weeks) after the dose of study drug. Sperm donation is prohibited during the study and for 3 months after the dose of study drug. Female partners must use hormonal or barrier contraception unless postmenopausal or abstinent.

Exclusion criteria

1. The surgeon plans to perform an extraperitoneal approach 2. History of anaphylactic reactions to products containing indocyanine green 3. History of allergy to any of the components of ZOPOCIANINE: 1. 2-\[3-(1,3-dicarboxypropyl)ureido\] pentanedioic acid (DUPA) 2. Polyethylene glycol-dipeptide linker 3. Chlorodye 4. Impaired renal or hepatic function: 1. Renal: creatinine clearance (eGFR) \< 50 mL/min 2. Hepatic: total bilirubin \> 2 × upper limit of normal or ALT/AST \> 3 × upper limit of normal. 5. Patients with QTc interval ≥ 470 msec per electrocardiogram (ECG) at screening. 6. Significant acute or chronic medical, neurologic, or illness in the subject that, in the judgment of the Principal Investigator, could compromise subject safety, limit the ability to complete the study, and/or compromise the objectives of the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Porportion of subjects who have a Clinically Significant EventDay of surgery1. Histologically confirmed cancer in residual non-nodal soft tissue resected solely because of "NIR only" detection as suspicious following prostatectomy. 2. One or more resected NIR- positive lymph nodes that contain metastatic disease as confirmed by pathology.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Detection of Primary cancerDay of surgeryFor primary cancer, the number of lesions that are either: fluorescence positive, and prostate cancer positive (i.e., true positive); fluorescence positive but cancer negative (i.e., false positive); fluorescence negative but cancer positive (i.e., false negative); or, fluorescence negative and cancer negative (i.e., true negative). We will consider disease state at four (4) defined prostate regions - right posterior, left posterior, anterior, and at the bladder neck
Detection of Metastatic CancerDay of surgeryFor metastatic cancer spread to lymph nodes, the number of lesions that are either: fluorescence positive, and prostate cancer positive (i.e., true positive); fluorescence positive but cancer negative (i.e., false positive); fluorescence negative but cancer positive (i.e., false negative); or, fluorescence negative and cancer negative (i.e., true negative). We will use six (6) defined lymph node regions (external iliac, internal iliac, common iliac and right and left).
Execution of pre-surgery planDay of surgeryThe pre-surgery plan will be documented and compared to the documented surgery performed if surgeon reports of changes in scope from initial plan.
Safety and tolerability of ZOPOCIANINEScreening to 6 week follow-upIncidence rates of all causally related AEs and all SAEs

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORClint Bahler, MD

Indiana University

Outcome results

None listed

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