New scan could sharpen prostate cancer detection
NCT ID NCT04777071
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a special PET scan using a tracer called 68Ga-PSMA-11 can find prostate cancer more clearly than standard scans. About 141 men with prostate cancer at different stages will get the scan. The goal is to see if the scan changes how doctors plan treatment, such as switching from one therapy to another.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Gallium Ga 68 Gozetotide (a radioactive tracer used in PET scans)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this imaging method could help doctors more accurately stage prostate cancer and choose the best treatment, potentially improving outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 2 trial with 141 participants, so results are still preliminary. The scan may not always change management or improve survival, and false positives are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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141 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Male participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Pathologically proven prostate adenocarcinoma * For the initial staging arm (initial staging cohort), high risk characteristics, including any of the following: * Grade group 4-5 and/or * PSA \> 20 ng/mL * For patients with biochemical recurrence (biochemical recurrence cohort): * Rising PSA after definitive therapy with prostatectomy or targeted local therapy (including but not limited to external beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, high-frequency ultrasound, and cryotherapy) * If post-radical prostatectomy, PSA \> 0.2 ng/mL measured \> 6 weeks post-operatively and confirmatory persistent PSA greater than 0.2 ng/mL (American Urological Association (AUA) definition for biochemical recurrence * If post-radiation therapy, PSA that is equal to, or greater than, a 2 mg/mL rise above PSA nadir (American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) definition for biochemical recurrence) * For patients undergoing systemic therapy (treatment monitoring cohort): * Diagnosis of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer * At least one or more measurable ( \> 1 cm diameter in short axis) or evaluable lesions by any modality obtained within the past 60 days * Planned for treatment with standard of care androgen receptor pathway inhibitor or chemotherapy * This can include patients who have already undergone a standard of care Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT or PET/MR for determining eligibility for Lu-177 PSMA therapy, for whom the PET/CT or PET/MR did not confirm eligibility for treatment with Lu-177 PSMA, and who are planned to start treatment on chemotherapy or androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (ARSI) within 30 days of the Ga-68 PSMA PET. This can also include patients who have obtained a standard of care Ga-68 PSMA PET/CT or PET/MR for rising PSA to help with restaging prior to starting new treatment with ARSI or chemotherapy, even if Lu-177 PSMA is not being considered at that time. Scan 1 must be completed within 30 days of enrollment. Any patient with an equivocal lesion by conventional imaging, regardless of where they are in the course of evaluation or treatment (equivocal lesion cohort) * No other malignancy within the past 2 years (with the exception of skin basal cell or cutaneous superficial squamous cell carcinoma, superficial bladder cancer, carcinoma in situ in any location, or Rai Stage 0 chronic lymphocytic leukemia, which are allowed) * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group/World Health Organization (ECOG/WHO) performance status grades 0, 1, or 2 * Ability to understand and willingness to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium
Seattle, Washington, 98109, United States
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