This clinical trial studies mechanisms of resistance to 177-lutetium prostate specific membrane antigen (177Lu-PSMA) radioligand therapy using image-guided biopsies in patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer that had spread to other places in the body (metastatic). Diagnostic procedures, such as image guided biopsies, may help in learning how well 177Lu-PSMA works to kill tumor cells and allow doctors to plan better treatment.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Proportion of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients with molecular and cellular alterations in tumor, immune and stromal cells after radioligand therapy assessed by histopathology/immunohistochemistry, ribonucleic acid (RNA)-sequencing and proteomic/phospho-proteomic analyses of biopsy samples. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: I. Sequencing to identify frequently mutated genes. OUTLINE: Patients undergo an image-guided biopsy at baseline and 2-4 weeks after cycle 2 of 177Lu-PSMA-617 therapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Undergo image-guided biopsy
UCLA / Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Los Angeles, California, United States
RECRUITINGProportion of patients with a successful evaluable biopsy with molecular and cellular alterations after radioligand therapy (RLT)
Time frame: At the end of cycle 2 before the initiation of cycle 3 of RLT (cycle is six weeks)
Proportion of patients with gene mutations that might confer resistance to RLT
Time frame: At the end of cycle 2 before the initiation of cycle 3 of RLT (cycle is six weeks)
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