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NCT Number: NCT03036943

Fluciclovine (18F) Imaging of Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to find out what a new amino acid-based PET agent, fluciclovine (18F), can tell us about breast cancer biology (how it grows and develops), and quantify the differences in fluciclovine (18F) uptake between breast cancer subtypes. This will inform further work to investigate its use in breast cancer management.

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Key information

Age range

40 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Churchill Hospital

Oxford, OX3 7LE, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Biopsy proven breast cancer (invasive ductal or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)) measuring ≥ 1.5cm
  • Tumour size should be based on the longest diameter measured on ultrasound, mammogram or MRI performed within 2 months prior to enrolment.
  • No prior treatment for breast cancer.
  • Female, Age >= 40 years.
  • The patient is willing and able to comply with the protocol scheduled visits and examinations for the duration of the study. Women of childbearing potential must follow contraception guidance given as standard of care at breast cancer diagnosis.
  • Written (signed and dated) informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Major surgery or significant traumatic injury within four weeks prior to enrolment.
  • Treatment with any other investigational agent, or participation in another interventional clinical study within 4 weeks prior to enrolment.
  • Multifocal breast cancer (defined as more than two tumours, either unilateral or bilateral).
  • Known hypersensitivity to fluciclovine (18F) or any of its constituents.
  • Other psychological, social or medical condition, physical examination finding or a laboratory abnormality that the Investigator considers would make the patient a poor study candidate or could interfere with protocol compliance or the interpretation of study results.
  • Any other active malignancy or any previous diagnosis of melanoma.

Treatment and study plan

Fluciclovine

Radiation

Fluciclovine (18F) PET/CT scan completed >= 48 hours prior to surgical resection for breast cancer

Other names: 18F, FACBC

Primary outcomes

  1. Tumour standardised uptake values (SUV) in invasive breast cancer, classified by molecular type, on fluciclovine (18F) PET imaging.

    Time frame: From PET/CT scan commencing approx 30 seconds after fluciclovine (18F) administration

Secondary outcomes

  1. Amino acid transporter (AAT) and related growth pathway expression levels quantitatively assessed by immunohistochemistry using the H-score method, and correlated to fluciclovine (18F) uptake (SUV).

    Time frame: From tumour samples taken during standard of care surgery 48 hours or greater after PET/CT scan

  2. Tumour metabolite levels characterized by fold change compared to metabolite levels in the adjacent normal tissue, and correlated to fluciclovine (18F) uptake.

    Time frame: From tumour samples taken during standard of care surgery 48 hours or greater after PET/CT scan

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Oxford

Other

Collaborators

  • Blue Earth Diagnostics

Registry information

Official study title

An Open-labelled Study to Characterise Fluciclovine (18F) Uptake Measured by positRon emissiON Tomography In Breast cancER

Acronym: FRONTIER

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jan 31, 2017
Registry last updated
Dec 19, 2018

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