BEFAST Study, [68Ga]Ga-FAPI Total Body PET/CT for Better and Faster Imaging in Cancer
Recruiting · NCT07629609 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Barbara Malene Fischer
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What this trial is about
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if \[68Ga\]Ga-FAPI-46 Total Body PET/CT can diagnose patients suffering from gastroesophageal cancer and pancreatic cancer. The investigators hope that \[68Ga\]Ga-FAPI-46 Total Body PET/CT can improve staging and treatment evaluation for these patient groups. The main questions the trial aims to answer are: * Is \[68Ga\]Ga-FAPI-46 Total Body PET/CT better at diagnosing metastatic disease in the abdomen compared other imaging modalities? * Can \[68Ga\]Ga-FAPI-46 Total Body PET/CT produce accurate images in less than 30 min? Researchers will examine three different patient groups: Group A) patients with pancreatic cancer, who are referred to surgery. Group B1) patients with gastroesophageal cancer, who are referred to diagnostic surgery (laparoscopy). Group B2) a subgroup of gastroesophageal cancer patients, with a specific subtype cancer (signet ring cell carcinoma or poorly cohesive carcinoma), who are referred to oncological treatment. Participants will undergo: * One \[68Ga\]Ga-FAPI Total Body PET/CT before surgery (Group A), or before laparoscopy (group B1), or before oncological treatment (Group B2). * Participants in group B2 will also undergo a second \[68Ga\]Ga-FAPI-46 Total Body PET/CT during treatment with chemotherapy. * All participants will fill out one questionnaire. * Researchers will follow the patients after the scans for 1 year.
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- for group A
- Male or female, over 18 years old
- Patients with suspected pancreatic cancer based on morphological findings on standard imaging
- CT or MRI or \[18F\]FDG PET/CT evaluated on MDT with no initial sign of distant metastases
- Subjects must have been considered suitable for curative surgery at the time of the referral
- Subjects must be able to read and understand the patient information in Danish to give informed consent
- Inclusion criteria for group B1
- Male or female over 18 years old
- Histological verified carcinoma from the lower esophagus, GEJ, or stomach
- Subjects must be considered operable and resectable at the time of referral for MDT
- Subjects must be able to read and understand the patient information in Danish to give informed consent
- Inclusion criteria for group B2
- Male or female over 18 years old
- Histological verified SRCC or PCC from the lower esophagus, GEJ, or stomach
- Subjects with localized disease assigned to perioperative chemotherapy or subjects with metastatic disease assigned to palliative systemic treatment.
- Subjects must be able to read and understand the patient information in Danish to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Weight more than the maximum limit of a PET/CT-scanner bed (140 kg)
- History of allergic reaction due to compounds similar to the chemical composition of \[68Ga\]Ga-FAPI-46
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen, Denmark