The goal of this phase II clinical trial is to improve the selection of patients with solid tumors who would benefit from effective treatment with HER2 targeted drugs. This will be achieved by examining patients with HER2 positive tumors in the esophagus or stomach or patients with advanced breast cancer with low HER2 expression (HER2low) with the HER2 specific positron emission tomography (PET) tracer ABY-025 (HER2-PET) and compare the imaging results with HER2 expression in tumor tissue derived from biopsies (reference standard).
The goal of this phase II interventional clinical trial is to evaluate the HER2-status in tumor lesions measured by Gallium-68-ABY-025-uptake on PET/CT with HER2-status defined by reference standard (laboratory analyses) in patients with gastroesophageal cancer (GEAC) and metastatic breast cancer with low HER2 expression (HER2-low mBC). The participants in GEAC cohort of the study will undergo two sessions of HER2 PET and one 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT for study purposes. The first HER2 PET is performed within 21 days before initiation of the systemic oncological treatment and is followed by tumor biopsies. A second HER2 PET and a second 18F-FDG PET will be performed adjacent to response evaluation after 3 courses of oncological therapy. Data from the PET investigations will be compared to HER2 expression analyses of the biopsy specimen and correlated to disease and survival data at follow up one year after inclusion. Within the pilot study, participants with HER2 low mBC will undergo one HER2 PET followed by biopsies.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
72
\[68Ga\]Ga-ABY-025 PET: Each patient in Cohort 1 will be imaged with a PET/CT twice using the radiolabeled investigational product ABY-025 as a tracer. At the time of injection, a 45-minutes long dynamic scan will take place over a pre specified region of interest. Three hours after injection a full body PET scan followed by a CT scan will be performed.
Biopsy: Within 3 days after the first ABY-025-PET a tissue sample from at least one metastasis \>10 mm available for biopsy, preferably shallow lymph nodes, will be analyzed for HER2 expression through immunohistochemistry- (IHC) and in situ hybridization- (ISH) analysis in patients with GEAC and HER2low mBC.
Department of Radiation Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden
RECRUITINGPercentage of HER2-positive lesions
Percentage of HER2-positive lesions (primary tumors and/or metastases) measured by tracer uptake on PET/CT which are also positive regarding HER2-status defined by reference biopsy-based standard used in clinical routine in patients with GEAC
Time frame: up to 24 months
SUV
Optimal Standardized Uptake Values (SUVs) cut-off values for separating HER2-positive/or HER2-low from HER2-negative lesions by reference standard methods.
Time frame: up to 24 months
TBR
Tumor-to-Background Ratio (TBR) cut-off values for separating HER2-positive/or HER2-low from HER2-negative lesions by reference standard methods.
Time frame: up to 24 months
Intra-individual heterogeneity of HER2-positivity
Percentage of tracer uptake sites on whole-body HER2 PET compared to all known cancer-related lesions, determined on the routine radiological investigation with CT as an estimation of intra-individual heterogeneity of HER2-positivity.
Time frame: up to 24 months
Feasibility in HER2low
Percentage of false-negative findings on HER2 PET compared to results from immunohistochemistry testing (IHC) from at least one index lesion in patients with HER2-low mBC.
Time frame: up to 24 months
HER2 positive cancer burden
Percentage of tracer uptake in sites, not previously determined on the routine radiological investigation with CT, as a measure of cancer burden determined on the whole body HER2 PET in tumor lesions.
Time frame: up to 24 months
Safety aspects of ABY-025
Frequency of Adverse Events (AEs), Adverse Reactions (ARs), Serious Adverse Events (SAEs), and Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reactions (SUSARs).
Time frame: up to 36 months
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