This pilot clinical trial studies how well copper Cu 64-tetra-azacyclododecanetetra-acetic acid (DOTA)-trastuzumab positron emission tomography (PET) works in predicting response to treatment with ado-trastuzumab emtansine in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer that has spread to other places in the body. Copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab is a chemotherapy drug (trastuzumab) attached to a radioactive substance. Diagnostic procedures using PET may allow scanners to take pictures of where the drug travels in the body and may help doctors identify which patients may benefit from treatment with ado-trastuzumab emtansine.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Correlate uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab (copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab) PET by individual tumors with subsequent tumor response to ado-trastuzumab emtansine as assessed by serial 18F-fludeoxyglucose (FDG) (fludeoxyglucose F 18)/PET-computed tomography (CT). II. Compare tumor uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab PET between patients who do and patients who do not respond to ado-trastuzumab emtansine. III. Obtain tumor tissue for subsequent assessment of the presence of putative molecular mechanisms of resistance (MMRs) to ado-trastuzumab emtansine. When funding becomes available, those samples will be used to explore the correlation between the presence of MMRs as assessed by histopathology and tumor response to ado-trastuzumab emtansine both in univariate analysis and in combination with tumor uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab as measured with PET/CT. OUTLINE: Patients undergo whole body fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT. Patients then receive trastuzumab intravenously (IV) over 15 minutes immediately before receiving copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab IV and then undergo PET scans at 24 and 48 hours. Patients then receive ado-trastuzumab emtansine IV every 3 weeks until complete response or disease progression at the discretion of the treating oncologist. Patients undergo restaging by whole body fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT every 6 weeks for 1 year after initiation of treatment until disease progression. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 1 year.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
Undergo fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT
Undergo fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT
Undergo fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT
Given IV
Given IV
Undergo copper Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab PET
Given IV
Correlative studies
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States
Relationship Between Average Tumor Uptake of Copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab as Measured by PET and Patient Best Response
Relationship between patient best response to T-DM1 and measured tumor uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab employed a t-test with a 0.05 two-sided significance level comparing average uptake in responsive vs non-responsive patients. Tumor uptake measured as SUV defined as SUV = AC(tsc) Wb /\[Dinj exp(-λ(tsc - tinj)\] , where AC(tsc) is the activity concentration in the volume of interest (VOI, e. g., a tumor), Wb is the patient's body weight, Dinj is the activity injected at time tinj, and λ is the decay constant for the injected radioisotope. AC(tsc) is determined from the spatial density of counts acquired from the VOI. Tumor uptake was measured in terms of maximum voxel standardized uptake value, SUVmax. Response assessment adhered to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST 1.0).
Time frame: Baseline
Relationship Between Tumor Minimum Uptake of Copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab as Measured by PET and Patient Best Response
Relationship between patient best response to T-DM1 and measured tumor uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab employed a t-test with a 0.05 two-sided significance level comparing minimum uptake in responsive vs non-responsive patients. Tumor uptake measured as SUV defined as SUV = AC(tsc) Wb /\[Dinj exp(-λ(tsc - tinj)\] , where AC(tsc) is the activity concentration in the volume of interest (VOI, e. g., a tumor), Wb is the patient's body weight, Dinj is the activity injected at time tinj, and λ is the decay constant for the injected radioisotope. AC(tsc) is determined from the spatial density of counts acquired from the VOI. Tumor uptake was measured in terms of minimum voxel standardized uptake value, SUVmin. Response assessment adhered to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Response Criteria in Solid Tumors (PERCIST 1.0).
Time frame: Up to 1 year
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