New scan could clarify prostate cancer return when standard test fails
NCT ID NCT07569926
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a special PET scan using fluciclovine can help doctors decide on treatment for men whose prostate cancer has returned after initial treatment, but whose standard PSMA PET scan was unclear or negative. About 142 men will receive the fluciclovine PET scan, and researchers will track whether the results lead to a change in their treatment plan. The goal is to improve decision-making when cancer recurrence is suspected.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 142 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2032
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. Participants must be males aged ≥18 years at Screening. 2. Participants with suspected BCR of prostate cancer (see Inclusion Criterion #3 below) following prior curative intent treatment and a negative or equivocal PSMA PET scan with any FDA-approved PSMA PET tracer (must be within 45 days prior to Visit 2 \[fluciclovine (18F) PET/CT scan\]), regardless of findings on conventional imaging. 3. Participants suspicious for a biochemically recurrent prostate cancer with a detectable or rising PSA after definitive therapy on the basis of: Post-radical prostatectomy (with or without adjuvant or salvage radiation therapy): PSA that is ≥0.2 ng/mL (completed \>6 weeks after surgery) or Post-radiation therapy (with or without ADT): Increase in PSA level that is ≥2.0 ng/mL above the nadir PSA level and rising PSA is confirmed on consecutive PSA determinations. 4. Men who are sexually active with women of childbearing potential (WOCBP), must agree to use a highly effective method(s) of contraception for 24 hours post-fluciclovine (18F) injection. 5. Participants must provide written informed consent before any study-specific procedures or interventions are performed. 6. Ability of the participants to comply with planned study procedures Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants with known metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. 2. Participants with any medical condition (including intercurrent illness and uncontrolled serious infection) or circumstance (including receiving an IP) that the investigator believes may compromise the data collected or lead to a failure to comply with the study requirements. 3. Participants who are planned to have an x-ray contrast agent or any other PET radiotracer within five physical half-lives of the first PET radionuclide prior to the study fluciclovine (18F) PET/CT scan. 4. Participants participating in an interventional clinical trial within 30 days and having received an IP five physical half-lives prior to the study fluciclovine (18F) PET/CT scan. 5. Participants with known hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients of fluciclovine (18F). 6. Participants who have received salvage therapy for the current episode of BCR. 7. Participants who initiate cancer treatment (systemic or radiation therapy) or who have started any supplements or herbal medications intended to treat cancer between the PSMA PET and fluciclovine (18F) PET/CT scans.
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Conditions
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Oregon Health & Science University
RECRUITINGPortland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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University of California San Diego Health
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92103, United States
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Urology Austin
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAustin, Texas, 78759, United States
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Washington University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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