Radioactive 'Smart Bomb' targets Hard-to-Treat prostate cancer in first human trial
NCT ID NCT06492122
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing a new radioactive drug called FL-020 in 50 men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), a type of prostate cancer that has spread and stopped responding to hormone therapy. The drug is designed to seek out and deliver radiation directly to cancer cells. The main goals are to check safety, find the right dose, and see early signs of whether it can shrink tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A radioactive drug called FL-020 (attached to actinium-225) given by IV
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for men with advanced prostate cancer that has stopped responding to standard hormone therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early, small phase 1 trial with only 50 participants, so safety and dosing are still being figured out. The radioactive drug may cause side effects, and there is no guarantee it will shrink tumors or improve survival.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: 1. Histologically or cytologically confirmed metastatic CRPC. 2. Age ≥ 18 years. 3. Signed informed consent, and able and willing to comply with protocol requirements prior to any study procedures. 4. Patients must have a life expectancy \>3 months. 5. All patients are required to have one or more positive lesions detected by PSMA-PET/CT scan 6. Documented progression of the disease based on the Investigator judgement 7. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1. 8. Have a castrate serum testosterone \< 50 ng/dL or \<1.7 nmol/L. Patients must continue primary androgen deprivation with an LHRH analogue (agonist/antagonist) if they have not undergone bilateral orchiectomy. 9. Have previously been treated with at least one of the following: 1. Androgen receptor signaling inhibitor (such as enzalutamide). 2. CYP 17 inhibitor (such as abiraterone acetate). 10. Patients must have been previously treated with at least 1, but no more than 2 previous taxane regimens. Note: In cases where patients are unwilling to undergo taxane therapy due to concerns regarding its potential toxicity, enrollment of patients previously not treated with taxane might be considered after careful evaluation by the investigator. In such cases, patients will be fully informed about the potential benefits of taxane therapy, including its role in prolonging survival. 11. Adequate organ function as defined by: 1. Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥2 x 10\^9/L (2000/µL), 2. Hemoglobin ≥9.0 g/dL, 3. Platelets ≥90 x 10\^9/L (90 000/µL), 4. Serum albumin \>3g/dL 5. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≤2.5 x ULN; alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 x ULN (AST, ALT ≤5 x ULN if liver metastases are present), 6. Serum total bilirubin ≤1.5 x ULN (≤5 x ULN if liver metastases present) 7. Creatinine clearance ≥60 mL/min calculated using a standard Cockcroft and Gault formula. 8. Q wave to T wave (QT) interval corrected for heart rate (QTc) \<470 ms Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with known brain metastases. 2. Grade 3 Cystitis infective and non-infective. 3. Severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric conditions or laboratory abnormality that may increase the risk associated with the study participation or the study treatment administration or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the Investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for enrollment in this study. 4. More than 1 prior treatment with PSMA-targeted radioconjugate. 5. Previous treatment with Actinium-225, Strontium-89, Samarium-153, Rhenium-186, Rhenium-188, or hemi-body irradiation or any other radionuclide therapy except \[177Lu\]Lu-PSMA-617 and Radium-223. 6. Radium-223 within 6 months prior to the first study treatment administration. 7. Prior radioconjugate treatment within 6 weeks prior to first study treatment administration. Adverse events from prior radioconjugate treatment must be resolved or reduced to grade 1 prior to the first study treatment administration. 8. More than 6 administrations of previous radioconjugate treatment. 9. Any systemic anti-cancer therapy (e.g., chemotherapy, immunotherapy or biological therapy \[including monoclonal antibodies\]) within 6 weeks prior to the first study treatment administration. Patients on a stable bisphosphonate or denosumab regimen for 30 days prior to first study treatment administration are eligible. 10. Evidence of superscan in the baseline bone scan. 11. Any investigational agents within 6 weeks prior to the first study treatment administration. 12. Radiotherapy: external beam radiotherapy that encompasses \>30% of bone marrow completed less than 6 weeks or focal radiation completed less than 2 weeks, prior to the first study treatment administration. 13. Major surgery (not including placement of vascular access device or tumor biopsies) within 6 weeks prior to first dose of the study treatment, or no recovery from side effects of such intervention. 14. Symptomatic cord compression, or clinical or radiologic findings indicative of impending cord compression. 15. Known hypersensitivity to the components of the study therapy or its analogs. 16. Enrollment in another interventional clinical study. 17. Any persistent xerostomia or dry eyes from previous treatment 18. Persistent prior AEs \> Grade 1 from prior anti-cancer therapies. 19. Significant cardiac disease, such as recent (within six months prior to first dose of the study treatment) myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndromes (including unstable angina pectoris), congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association class III or IV), uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias, severe aortic stenosis. 20. History of thromboembolic or cerebrovascular events, including transient ischemic attacks, cerebrovascular accidents, deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary emboli within 6 months prior to first dose of the study treatment. 21. Known active infection requiring therapy, including known active infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or active infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), or SARS-CoV-2 22. Prior history of malignancy other than inclusion diagnosis within three years prior to first dose of the study treatment 23. Known history of myelodysplastic syndrome.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
11 sites in 4 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Cebeci Hastanesi Nükleer Tıp Anabilim Dalı
RECRUITINGAnkara, 06590, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Beijing Cancer Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, 100142, China
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Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
RECRUITINGIrvine, California, 92612, United States
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City of Hope Medical Center
RECRUITINGDuarte, California, 91010, United States
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Genesiscare Murdoch
RECRUITINGMurdoch, Australia
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MacQuarie University Clinical Trial Unit
RECRUITINGSydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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Princess Alexandra Hospital
RECRUITINGBrisbane, Australia
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Renji Shanghai Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, 200002, China
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University Hospital of Cleveland
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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University of Stanford
RECRUITINGStanford, California, 94305, United States
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University of Virginia Cancer Center
RECRUITINGCharlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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