New radioactive therapy targets mysterious cancers
NCT ID NCT07434180
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tests a new radioactive drug, Lu-177 FAP-2286, in 20 patients with cancer of unknown primary (CUP). The drug targets a protein found on cells near tumors, delivering radiation directly to the cancer. The main goal is to see if the treatment can shrink tumors or stop them from growing.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lu-177 FAP-2286 (a radioactive drug that targets cancer cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for patients with cancer of unknown primary, potentially shrinking tumors and delaying disease progression.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase trial with only 20 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The treatment involves radiation, which can cause side effects, and it is not yet known if it will be effective.
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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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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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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 Patients must meet all the following criteria for trial entry: 1. Patient has provided written informed consent 2. Patients aged 18 years or over at Screening 3. Diagnosed with CUP based on a diagnostic work-up, including, but not limited to; a detailed clinical assessment; a CT CAP; pathological review of tumour tissue; and other appropriate tests as per the Cancer Council Optimal Care Pathway guidelines. 4. Progressed on 1st line platinum doublet chemotherapy +/- immunotherapy +/- antibody therapy 5. 68Ga-FAPI-46 positive disease on 68Ga-FAPI-46-PET/CT defined as 68Ga-FAPI-46 uptake at PET/CT with SUVmax of ≥ 8 in at least 50% of target lesions and above surrounding background in the remaining target lesions 6. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2 (Appendix 1). 7. Life expectancy greater than 3 months 8. Adequate bone marrow, hepatic and renal function defined by the following laboratory results: * Haemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L independent of transfusion (no red blood cell transfusion within 4 weeks before the haematology Screening assessment) * Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L * Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L * Creatinine clearance (CrCl) ≥ 60 mL/min calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation (Appendix 2) * Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN); Patients with known Gilbert's disease may have a bilirubin ≥ 3.0 x ULN * Aspartate transaminase (AST) or alanine transaminase (ALT) ≤ 2 x ULN (or ≤ 5 x ULN in the presence of liver metastases) 9. Have measurable disease per RECIST1.1 (Appendix 3) 10. Sexually active Patients are willing to use medically acceptable forms of barrier contraception as outlined in Section 8.1.5.1, during treatment and for 6 months following the last dose of treatment 11. Women of childbearing potential (WCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test result 12. Willing to undergo biopsies if disease is considered accessible and biopsy is feasible 13. Willing and able to comply with all trial requirements, including all treatment and required assessments and follow-up procedures, in the Investigator's judgment Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from trial entry: 1. Uncontrolled medical or psychological conditions that may prevent commencement of systemic treatment 2. Symptomatic and/or untreated central nervous system metastases or leptomeningeal disease. Patients must be clinically stable for at least 4 weeks without steroid treatment 3. Surgical procedure (minor surgery ≤ 5 days, or major surgery ≤ 21 days) prior to registration or active infection requiring systemic treatment Note: Placement of vascular access devices, laparoscopy and prophylactic procedures to stabilise bone lesions are not considered major surgical procedures 4. Received anticancer treatment ≤ 14 days prior to registration (≤ 28 days prior in case of checkpoint inhibitor or other antibody therapies) 5. Severe impaired cardiac function (left ventricular ejection fraction \< 35%) or clinically significant uncontrolled cardiac disease 6. Severe urinary incontinence, voiding dysfunction, or unrelieved urinary obstruction 7. Ongoing AEs from anticancer treatment \> Grade 1 as per CTCAE v5.0, with the exception of alopecia 8. Received prior radiopharmaceutical therapy or radioembolisation, or prior extensive external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) to bone marrow or any prior EBRT directly to kidney or received any EBRT within 2 weeks prior to registration 9. Concurrent illness, including severe infection that may jeopardise the ability of the patient to undergo procedures outlined in this protocol with reasonable safety 10. Prior cancer diagnosis with the exception of: * Malignancy treated with curative intent and with no known active disease ≥ 3 years and of low potential risk of recurrence * Adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinoma or non-invasive melanoma * Adequately treated non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (Tis, Ta and low grade T1 tumours) * Adequately treated carcinoma in situ without evidence of disease 11. Cancer patients with incidental histologic findings of prostate cancer that, in the opinion of the Investigator, is not deemed to require active therapy (e.g., incidental prostate cancer identified following cystoprostatectomy that is tumour/node/metastasis stage ≤ pT2N0) 12. Greater than one prior line of systemic treatment 13. Known allergy or reaction to 18F, 68Ga or 177Lu radiopharmaceuticals 14. Concurrent illness, including severe infection that may jeopardise the ability of the patient to undergo the procedures outlined in the protocol with reasonable safety
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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