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[68]GA-FAPI-46 PET/CT for the Diagnosis of Metastatic Lesions in Patients With Lobular Breast Cancer (ICL).

[68]GA-FAPI-46 PET/CT for the Diagnosis of Metastatic Lesions in Patients With Lobular Breast Cancer (ICL)

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07313033
Acronym
FAPI-CL
Enrollment
45
Registered
2025-12-31
Start date
2026-03-30
Completion date
2027-08-30
Last updated
2026-01-16

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

Conditions

Breast Cancer, Lobular Carcinoma

Keywords

lobular carcinoma, medical imaging at [68]GA-FAPI-46 PET scan, oncology, gynecology

Brief summary

Invasive squamous cell carcinoma (ISCC) represents 5 to 15% of breast cancers. Despite the rarity of this pathology, the number of patients with Invasive squamous cell carcinoma treated at HCL is significant. Patients at risk of metastasis are usually referred to the HCL Nuclear Medicine departments to perform positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET/CT) with \[18\]F-FDG as an extension assessment. The investigators know that \[18\]F-FDG PET/CT has limited diagnostic performance for assessing the extent of breast cancer with a sensitivity of 66-96% for all histologies combined. For the ISCC, these performances are even lower with average Standard Uptake Value (SUV) values of 3.4 \[2.8-3.9\] versus 6.6 \[4.8-9.7\] for the others histological types of breast cancer. False negatives in \[18\]F-FDG PET/CT are due to an insufficient osteoblastic and immune response in the tumor stroma. Avril & al. showed 65.2% false negatives with \[18\]F-FDG PET/CT for ISCC. This is why the search for new imaging techniques in this indication is particularly relevant. Targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP), a type II membrane glycoprotein belonging to the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 family, is a promising strategy for imaging tumor stroma, particularly in epithelial carcinomas . The investigators would like to compare the \[18\]F-FDG PET/CT technique currently used to this new emerging modality. The investigators hypothesize superior diagnostic performance of \[68\]Ga-FAPI PET/CT compared to \[18\]F-FDG PET/CT for the assessment of ISCC extension, with a gold standard histological. The investigators translate this into the hypothesis of finding 30% of positive FAPI PET when the \[18F\]FDG PET/CT is negative or doubtful. The advantage of this project and this new imaging modality is to not undertreat patients wrongly classified as non-metastatic. The investigators therefore wish to offer \[68\]Ga-FAPI PET/CT to patients with negative \[18\]F-FDG PET/CT. The FAPICL project constitutes a seed project before a larger structuring study.

Interventions

OTHER[68]GA-FAPI-46 PET scan

Realization of a \[68\]GA-FAPI-46 PET scan to detect at least one \[68\]GA-FAPI positive lesion (confirmed by histology)

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Patients will carry out 2 examinations \[18F\]-FDG and \[68\]GA-FAPI-46 PET scan and the gold standard will be histology

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Adult patient (≥18 years old), * Beneficiary or entitled to a social security system; * Patient having agreed to participate in the study and signed written informed consent; * 18F-FDG PET/CT performed as part of the assessment of extension of an infiltrating lobular carcinoma, the result of which is negative or doubtful on at least one lesion.

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding women. A pregnancy test before inclusion will be carried out for women of childbearing age. * Persons deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision * People receiving psychiatric care * People admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than research * Adults subject to a legal protection measure (guardianship, curatorship) * Subjects participating in another interventional research including an exclusion period still ongoing at inclusion.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Percentage of patients for whom at least one secondary lesion is demonstrated in [68]Ga-FAPI and confirmed by histology, when [18]F-FDG PET/CT is negative6 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Average number per patient of lesions demonstrated in [68]Ga-FAPI, not seen in [18F]-FDG6 weeksThis criteria will be collected when the imaging is read by a nuclear physician.
Number of lesions positive on histology, among the lesions visualized on PET/CT with [68]Ga-FAPI (and in the case of negative histology, identify the differential diagnoses)6 weeksThis criteria will be collected at the time of publication of the histological report of the suspicious lesion detected.
Evaluate the Positive Predictive Value of [68]Ga-FAPI PET/CT at the patient level, in patients negative on [18]F-FDG PET/CT6 weeksThis criterion will be collected at the time of publication of the histological report of the suspicious lesion detected.
Analyze the semi-quantitative values of the PET signal by describing the [68Ga]-FAPI lesional SUVs, compared to the vascular and hepatic background6 weeksSUVmax bw lesion, SUVmax liver, SUVmax aorta will be collected at the time of reading the imaging by a nuclear physician, for each suspicious lesion

Countries

France

Contacts

CONTACTNicolas Jacquet-Francillon
nicolas.jacquet-francillon@chu-lyon.fr+33 4 72 35 69 99
CONTACTAdeline Mansuy
Adeline.mansuy@chu-lyon.fr+33 4 72 11 51 70

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 22, 2026