This trial studies how well 68Ga-DOTATATE digital PET/CT work in diagnosing soft tissue sarcoma. 68Ga-DOTATATE is a radiotracer that may improve image quality of PET imaging. PET is an established imaging technique that utilizes small amounts of radioactivity attached to very minimal amounts of tracer, in the case of this research, 68Ga-DOTATATE. CT images provide an exact outline of organs and potential inflammatory tissue where it occurs in patient's body. 68Ga-DOTATATE digital PET/CT may work better in imaging patients with soft tissue sarcomas.
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess the feasibility and capability of gallium Ga 68-HA-DOTA-TATE (68Ga-DOTATATE) digital positron emission tomography (dPET)/ computed tomography (CT) imaging for soft tissue sarcomas. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the clinical benefit of 68Ga-DOTATATE for a comprehensive assessment of soft tissue sarcomas (STS) using next-generation digital PET detector technology. II. To describe the perfusion and early tumor uptake kinetics of tumor targets at baseline and following conventional systemic therapy using both 68Ga-DOT AT A TE dPET/CT and 18F-FDG dPET/CT approaches. III. Using list-mode dPET acquisitions following standard 68Ga-DOTATATE dose administrations, imaging datasets will be retrospectively generated to simulate lower dose or faster image acquisition in order to define further the minimum 68Ga-DOTATATE dose and PET image acquisition times needed to maintain lesion detectability and PET quantification. V. To assess the feasibility for 68Ga-DOTATATE dPET/CT to identify and stratify STS patients with SSTR2-positive soft tissue sarcoma lesions for future therapy planning using 177Lu-DOTATATE peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) for patients with 68Ga-DOTATATE-avid sarcomas. VI. To assess the safety of 68Ga-DOTATATE in this patient population. OUTLINE: Patients receive gallium Ga 68-HA-DOTA-TATE intravenously (IV) and undergo dPET/CT over 60 minutes up to two weeks after starting standard chemotherapy. Beginning 24 hours after gallium Ga 68-HA-DOTA-TATE dPET/CT, patients also receive fludeoxyglucose F-18 IV and undergo dPET/CT over 60 minutes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Undergo dPET/CT
Given IV
Undergo dPET/CT
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Columbus, Ohio, United States
RECRUITINGRegions of pathologically increased tracer uptake
Positron emission tomography (PET) images will be evaluated visually for regions of pathologically increased tracer uptake that could not be attributed to normal physiologic activity. The non-contrast enhanced computed tomography images are used for attenuation correction and for fusion with PET images to allow for anatomical - localization of PET findings.
Time frame: At completion of imaging
Incidence of adverse events
The incidence of adverse events for each patient will be reported using CTCAE v.5.0
Time frame: Up to 7 days after completion of imaging
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