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NCT Number: NCT06421142

FAPI and FDG PET/MRI in Diagnosis and Therapy Prediction of Bladder Cancer

The aim of this trial is to investigate the value of FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI and MRI in diagnosing MIBC and predicting the efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy for MIBC patients, so as to guide the clinic to adjust the treatment plan in time and benefit MIBC patients.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

first hospital affiliated of Fujian medical university

Fuzhou, Fujian, 350005, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Xu Ning, M.D.

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About this study

The MIBC diagnostic study was a prospective trial. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, patients with suspected MIBC were enrolled and underwent FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI and MRI examination, and the imaging data and clinical laboratory and pathologic data were collected, and the postoperative pathological results were used as the gold standard to compare the accuracy of FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI and MRI in diagnosing MIBC.

The MIBC neoadjuvant therapy efficacy assessment study was a prospective trial. Patients with MIBC were enrolled according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the regimen was selected individually according to the patient's condition, and the indicators were followed up until the end of time or the occurrence of an endpoint event to obtain information on survival time. FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI and MRI were performed once before the start of neoadjuvant therapy and once after the end of therapy, and after the end of neoadjuvant therapy, patients received transurethral cystectomy of bladder tumors or radical cystectomy according to the efficacy and condition, and the combination of the imaging data and the clinical laboratory and pathological data were used to compare FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/ MRI and MRI in the assessment of the efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy in MIBC patients to guide clinical treatment options.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Inclusion criteria for MIBC diagnostic studies
  • Patients with suspected muscle-invasive bladder cancer;
  • Completion of FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI and MRI;
  • Complete clinical laboratory and pathological data.
  • Inclusion criteria for MIBC neoadjuvant therapy efficacy evaluation study
  • Patients diagnosed with muscle invasive bladder cancer;
  • Completion of FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI, and MRI before neoadjuvant therapy;
  • Complete clinical laboratory and pathological data.

Exclusion criteria

  • Exclusion criteria for MIBC diagnostic study
  • Combined with other malignant tumors;
  • Not receiving surgical treatment;
  • Receiving neoadjuvant therapy before surgery;
  • Previous allergy to contrast components or similar components;
  • Serious organ function abnormalities, such as heart, lung, liver, kidney function serious abnormalities;
  • Incomplete clinicopathological data
  • Exclusion criteria of MIBC neoadjuvant therapy efficacy evaluation study
  • Combination of other malignant tumors;
  • FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI and MRI were not completed after neoadjuvant therapy;
  • Prior hypersensitivity to contrast components or similar components;
  • Serious organ function abnormalities, such as serious abnormalities of heart, lung, liver and kidney function;
  • Incomplete clinicopathological data.

Treatment and study plan

imaging examinations:FAPI PET/MRI, FDG PET/MRI, MRI

Procedure

FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI examination Data acquisition was performed using a GE Healthcare SIGNA PET/MR instrument. Enrolled patients were injected intravenously with 68Ga-FAPI or 18F-FDG tracer and underwent simultaneous PET and MRI scanning approximately 30-60 minutes after intravenous administration of the tracer at a dose of 1.85-3.7 MBq/kg.

MRI examination MRI examination was performed using a Skyra 3.0T MRI scanner from Siemens, Germany, with a 16-channel phased-array surface coil, and the scanning range was from the superior margin of the iliac wing to the inferior margin of the pubic symphysis.

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic Sensitivity

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    It is the percentage of patients who will be correctly judged as positive (true positive) if they actually have muscle invasive bladder cancer. The formula is TP/(TP+FN)×100%.TP is true positive and FN is false negative.

  2. Diagnostic Specificity

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    the percentage of patients who are not actually suffering from muscle invasive bladder cancer correctly judged as negative (true negative). The formula is TN/(TN+FP)×100%.TN is true negative, FP is false positive.

  3. Positive Expected Value (PPV)

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    the ratio of true positives among the positive results obtained by a specific test method. The formula is: PPV=TP/(TP+FP)×100%.

  4. Negative Expected Value (NPV)

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    refers to the ratio of true negatives among the negative results obtained by a specific test method. The formula is: NPV=TN/(TN+FN)×100%.

  5. Positive Likelihood Ratio (PLR)

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    the ratio of the probability that a patient who actually has muscle invasive bladder cancer is judged to be positive to the probability that a patient who actually does not have muscle invasive bladder cancer is judged to be positive. The formula was calculated as +LR = sensitivity/(1-specificity) × 100%.

  6. Negative Likelihood Ratio (NLR)

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    the ratio of the probability that a patient who actually has muscle invasive bladder cancer is judged negative to the probability that a patient who actually does not have muscle invasive bladder cancer is judged negative. The formula is: -LR=(1-sensitivity)/specificity×100%.

  7. Youden Index

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    the sum of sensitivity and specificity minus 1. Correct diagnostic index can be used for the comparison of two diagnostic methods, and the ideal correct diagnostic index is 100%. r = (specificity + sensitivity) - 1 = 1 - (false positive rate + false negative rate)

  8. Standardized uptake values peak, maximum, and mean (SUVpeak , SUVmax, SUVmean)

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    changes in SUVmax, SUVmean, and SUVpeak of the tumor lesion before and after treatment obtained from PET/MRI images.

  9. Tumor-to-Background Ratio (TBR)

    Time frame: Within 1 week after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    changes in the ratio of the radioactivity of tumor tissue to the radioactivity of background tissue obtained from PET/MRI images before and after treatment.

  10. Complete Remission (CR)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    In RECIST 1.1 Efficacy assessment criteria for conventional imaging, CR was defined as the disappearance of all target lesions, the absence of new lesions, and the normalization of tumor markers for at least 4 weeks. In PERCIST 1.1 efficacy evaluation criteria for FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, CR refers to the complete disappearance of tracer uptake.

  11. Partial Remission (PR)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    In RECIST 1.1 Efficacy assessment criteria for conventional imaging, PR was defined as a decrease of ≥30% in the sum of the largest diameters of target lesions for at least 4 weeks. In PERCIST 1.1 efficacy evaluation criteria for FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, PR refers to a decrease of >30% in the peak SUV.

  12. Stable Disease (SD)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    In RECIST 1.1 Efficacy assessment criteria for conventional imaging, SD was defined as a decrease in the sum of the largest diameters of the target lesions that did not reach PR or an increase in the size of the largest diameters of target lesions that did not reach PD. In PERCIST 1.1 efficacy evaluation criteria for FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, SD refers to a decrease of >30% in the peak SUV.

  13. Progressive Disease (PR)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    In RECIST 1.1 Efficacy assessment criteria for conventional imaging, PD was defined as an increase in the sum of the largest diameters of the target lesions by at least ≥20% or the emergence of new lesions. In PERCIST 1.1 efficacy evaluation criteria for FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, PD refers to an increase of >30% in the peak SUL or the appearance of new lesions.

  14. Complete Metabolic Response (CMR)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    For participants receiving FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, according to EORTC efficacy assessment criteria, CMR refers to the complete disappearance of tracer uptake.

  15. Partial Metabolic Response (PMR)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    For participants receiving FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, according to EORTC efficacy assessment criteria, PMR refers to a reduction in SUV of ≥15%-25% after one cycle of treatment and a reduction in SUV of >25% after greater than one cycle of treatment.

  16. Stable Metabolic Disease (SMD)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    For participants receiving FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, according to EORTC efficacy assessment criteria, SMD refers to an increase in SUV of <25% or a decrease of <15%, and tumor no significant increase in the extent of uptake (>20% increase in maximum diameter)

  17. Progressive Metabolic Disease (PMD)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    For participants receiving FAPI PET/MRI and FDG PET/MRI, according to EORTC efficacy assessment criteria, PMD refers to an increase in SUV value of >25% and a significant increase in the extent of tumor uptake (increase in the largest diameter of >20%), or the appearance of new foci.

  18. Pathologic Response

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    According to pathological efficacy assessment criteria, Pathological Complete Remission(pCR) refers to no detectable tumor (pT0) or residual cancer confined to the original site (pTis) after treatment. According to pathological efficacy assessment criteria, A decrease in tumor stage from cT2 (Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer - MIBC) to non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), including stages pT0, pTis, pTa, and pT1, indicates a treatment-sensitive tumor and is considered a good pathologic response. Conversely, if the tumor stage remains the same or increases, it is considered a poor pathologic response.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Survival (OS)

    Time frame: 1 years to 3 years after receiving treatment

    the duration from the time a patient receives systemic therapy to the time of death from any cause.

  2. Radiographic Progression Free Survival (rPFS)

    Time frame: 1 years to 3 years after receiving treatment

    the duration from the start of treatment to the occurrence of imaging progression or death due to any cause (whichever occurs first). Conventional imaging (RECIST 1.1 criteria), and FAPI PET/MRI (PERCIST 1.0 criteria) were used to assess the imaging progression of patients after receiving treatment, respectively.

  3. Overall Remission Rate (Objective Response Rate, ORR)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    usually includes patient cases with CR+PR. Among them, conventional imaging was used to assess the proportion of patients meeting the criteria for CR or PR using the RECIST 1.1 criteria; FAPI PET/MRI was used to assess the proportion of patients meeting the criteria for CR or PR using the PERCIST 1.0 criteria;

  4. Disease Control Rate (DCR)

    Time frame: Within 1 month after obtaining the surgical pathology report and imaging report results

    usually includes the proportion of patients with CR+PR+SD. Among them, conventional imaging uses RECIST 1.1 criteria to assess the proportion of patients meeting the criteria of CR or PR or SD; FAPI PET/MRI uses PERCIST 1.0 criteria to assess the proportion of patients meeting the criteria of CR or PR or SD.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Ning Xu, Doctor

CONTACT

[email protected]

13235907575 ext. 0086

Xiao-Dong Li, Master

CONTACT

[email protected]

15980273075 ext. 0086

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Application Research of FAPI Positron Emission Tomography(PET)/MRI, 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/MRI, and MRI in the Diagnosis of Muscular Invasive Bladder Cancer and Evaluation of Neoadjuvant Therapy Efficacy

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2029
First posted
May 20, 2024
Registry last updated
Jun 1, 2026

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