Subjects with known or suspected primary soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities may be eligible for this study. Subjects may participate in this study if they are at least 18 years of age. Most participants will be receiving care at the clinical practices of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Positron emission tomography (PET/CT) imaging will be used to evaluate soft tissue sarcoma hypoxia using an investigational radiotracer, 18F-FMISO Subjects will also undergo an 18F-FDG PET/CT scan close to the time of their initial hypoxia PET/CT to compare in vivo measures of hypoxia to 18F-FDG uptake. The FDG PET/CT may be performed as part of standard clinical care or as a research scan. Both PET/CT scans will occur prior to starting new therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
5
18F-FMISO PET/CT
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hypoxia in FMISO PET/CT
In vivo measures of hypoxia as measured by PET/CT hypoxia tracer (18F-MISO) uptake with PLOD2 expression levels obtained using qRT-PCR in subjects with STS and to identify hypoxia tracer uptake threshold values for in vivo hypoxia based on PLOD2 expression levels
Time frame: 2 years
Marker of STS Hypoxia
hypoxia tracer uptake as a marker of STS hypoxia by assessing how in vivo tracer (18F-MISO) T/M uptake ratios correlate with in vitro markers of hypoxia (including HIF-1α, and CAIX) obtained from immunohistochemistry
Time frame: 2 years
Relationship of sarcoma hypoxia to glycolysis
The relationship of sarcoma hypoxia to glycolysis using a PET/CT hypoxia tracer (18F-MISO) tumor-to-muscle (T/M) uptake ratios compared to the maximum standardized uptake values (SUVmax) obtained from 18F-FDG PET/CT
Time frame: 2 years
Predictors of in vitro PLOD2 expression levels
Best predictors of in vitro PLOD2 expression levels using a PET/CT hypoxia tracer (18F-MISO) and 18F-F-FDG PET/CT uptake values, including HIF-1α and CAIX, and other hypoxia markers.
Time frame: 2 years
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