New imaging agent aims to spot tumors and track immunotherapy
NCT ID NCT05629689
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This early-phase trial is testing a new imaging agent (GEH200520/GEH200521) that lights up on PET scans to help see solid tumors. In Part A, 50 adults with advanced solid tumors will receive the agent and have scans to check safety and how the agent spreads in the body. Part B will see if the agent can show changes in tumors after immunotherapy. The goal is to find a better way to monitor cancer treatment.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- GEH200520 injection and GEH200521 (18F) injection (imaging agents for PET scans)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a new way to see tumors on PET scans and track how well immunotherapy is working.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early Phase 1 trial with only 50 people, so safety and effectiveness are not yet proven. The imaging agent may not clearly show tumors or changes after treatment.
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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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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2029
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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Anyone
- 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: * The subject is able and willing to comply with all study procedures as described in the protocol, including the imaging day pre-visit requirements, and has read, signed, and dated an informed consent form prior to any study procedures being performed. * The subject is male or female, ≥18 years of age. * Subject has a life expectancy ≥12 weeks. * Subject has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-1. * Subject has an unresectable or metastatic solid tumour or a local and resectable head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, or an unresectable stage III-IV melanoma. * Subject is eligible for ICI treatment per Investigator judgement. * Subject has at least 1 measurable tumour lesion documented on CT/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) RECIST v1.1 during the last 12 months. * Subject has a tumour lesion(s) of which a biopsy can safely be obtained according to standard clinical care procedures. * Subject is male or female that agrees to adhere to the protocol contraception methods. Exclusion Criteria: * Subject is unable to undergo all procedures in the study and/or is unable to remain still and tolerate the imaging procedure. * Subject has 12-lead ECG significant findings during screening, per Investigator's assessment. * Subject is not stable due to medical condition or therapy that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could compromise subject safety or protocol objectives. * Subject has active autoimmune disease or a documented history of autoimmune disease or syndrome that requires systemic steroids or immunosuppressive agents. * Subject has serious non-malignant disease or conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could compromise subject safety or protocol objectives. * Subject has B or T cell lymphoma. * Subject has brain or bone-marrow metastasis that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could compromise subject safety or protocol objectives. * Subject has signs or symptoms of systemic infection within 2 weeks prior to imaging day. * Subject has history of severe allergic, anaphylactic, or other hypersensitivity reactions to chimeric or humanised antibodies or fusion proteins or known allergy to the study IMP ingredients and/or the proposed ICI therapy. * Subject has any other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of the ICI treatment, or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the subject at high risk from complications. * Subject has laboratory values out of range per protocol. * Subject has any safety laboratory test results (blood chemistry, haematology, and urinalysis) that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could compromise subject safety or protocol objectives. * Subject has had any major surgery within 4 weeks prior to enrollment. * Subject has been enrolled in another interventional clinical study within the 30 days before screening for this study, except for the study site IIS. * Subject is pregnant or planning to become pregnant or is breastfeeding. * Subject has a history of alcohol or drug abuse within the last year. * Subject has had treatment with systemic immunostimulatory agents within 6 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is shorter, prior to dosing with the IMP. * Subject has had treatment with systemic immunosuppressive medications within 2 weeks prior to dosing with the IMP. * Subject has received acute, low-dose, systemic immunosuppressant medications that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could compromise protocol objectives. * Subject has used systemic corticosteroids to treat inflammatory or autoimmune symptoms.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amsterdam UMC
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAmsterdam, Netherlands
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UMC Groningen
RECRUITINGGroningen, Netherlands
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