Radioactive injection targets Hard-to-Treat tumors in new trial
NCT ID NCT06398444
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a radioactive drug called Lutetium-177 oxodotreotide in 74 people with advanced neuroendocrine tumors that have spread and are growing despite other treatments. The drug is designed to seek out and deliver radiation directly to tumor cells. Researchers are checking safety and how well it shrinks or controls the tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Lutetium-177 oxodotreotide (a radioactive drug that targets tumor cells)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a new treatment option to shrink or slow growth of advanced neuroendocrine tumors that have spread and are no longer responding to other therapies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-to-mid stage trial with only 74 participants and no comparison group, so results may not be definitive. Radioactive treatment can cause side effects like kidney or bone marrow damage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Participants
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About 85 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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12 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: 1. Subjects who have been fully informed of this study and have voluntarily signed the Informed Consent Form (ICF). 2. Age ≥12 years; subjects aged 12-17 years must have a body weight ≥40kg. Age eligibility must be met at the time of signing the ICF. 3. Histologically confirmed, unresectable locally advanced or metastatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) \[excluding well-differentiated (G1 and G2) gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) and neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs)\]. The target population mainly includes: (1)Grade 3 (G3) GEP-NET with Ki-67 index ≤ 55% (2)Other non-gastroenteropancreatic originated NEN, including pulmonary/thymic NEN, primary NEN of other sites, and NEN of unknown primary origin (3)Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL) Note: Histopathological specimens collected within 3 years prior to the first study drug administration are acceptable, provided that investigators confirm they can represent the pathological status at enrollment; otherwise, fresh specimens shall be collected. 4\. Patients who have failed prior optimal available treatment, are intolerant to optimal available treatment, or have no access to optimal available treatment, with no restriction on the number of prior treatment lines. Note: Optimal available treatment is determined by investigators based on individual subject conditions, including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, etc. 5.Have documented disease progression within 1 year prior to the first study drug administration, and have not received any other systemic anti-tumor therapy after disease progression. 6.Have at least one measurable lesion at baseline per RECIST 1.1 criteria. 7. All baseline target lesions (per RECIST 1.1) must be confirmed as somatostatin receptor-positive via ⁶⁸Ga-Dotatate PET/CT. Notes: 1. ⁶⁸Ga-Dotatate PET/CT images obtained within 24 weeks before the first drug administration are acceptable if investigators verify they can reflect the somatostatin receptor status at enrollment; 2. Somatostatin receptor positivity is defined as lesion uptake higher than normal liver uptake; 3. Subjects with any target lesion confirmed somatostatin receptor-negative by ⁶⁸Ga-Dotatate PET/CT shall be excluded. 8\. Have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1 at baseline. 9\. Subjects of childbearing potential must voluntarily use effective contraceptive methods throughout the treatment period and for 4 months (male) or 7 months (female) after the last dose of investigational product, such as condoms, oral/injectable contraceptives, intrauterine devices, etc. Exclusion Criteria 1. Serum creatinine \> 150 μmol/L (1.7 mg/dL) or creatinine clearance rate \< 50 mL/min (calculated by Cockcroft-Gault formula). 2. Hemoglobin \< 100 g/L, white blood cell count \< 2.0×10⁹/L, or platelet count \< 100×10⁹/L. 3. Total serum bilirubin \> 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN). 4. Serum albumin \< 30 g/L. 5. Alanine transaminase (ALT) or aspartate transaminase (AST) \> 2.5×ULN. 6. International Normalized Ratio (INR) \> 1.5 or activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) \> 1.5×ULN. 7. Positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody. 8. Positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) combined with positive HBV-DNA (≥1×10⁴ copies/mL or confirmed positive per local study center criteria); or positive hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody combined with positive HCV-RNA (≥1×10³ copies/mL). 9. Pregnant or breastfeeding females. 10. Prior history of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT). 11. Subjects receiving short-acting octreotide who cannot discontinue it within 24 hours before and after administration of Lutetium-177 Oxotreotide Injection; or subjects receiving octreotide acetate microspheres who cannot stop the treatment within 6 weeks prior to the first dose of Lutetium-177 Oxotreotide Injection. Note: Further evaluation is required for subjects receiving other somatostatin analog (SSA) treatments. 12. Received systemic anti-tumor therapies including targeted therapy, immunotherapy, anti-tumor traditional Chinese medicine therapy or chemotherapy within 4 weeks before the first study drug administration. 13. Enrolled in other clinical trials and received investigational drugs within 4 weeks prior to the first dose. 14. Received local anti-tumor treatments such as surgery (excluding biopsy), radical radiotherapy, hepatic arterial chemoembolization, cryoablation or radiofrequency ablation for liver metastases within 4 weeks before the first dose. 15. Received palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases within 2 weeks prior to the first dose. 16. Toxicities from previous anti-tumor therapies have not recovered to Grade 1 or lower (alopecia excluded). 17. Confirmed brain metastases (excluding those stabilized for at least 24 weeks before the first administration). 18. Uncontrolled congestive heart failure, including baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 50%. 19. Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, including baseline fasting blood glucose \> 2×ULN. 20. Presence of active infections requiring intravenous antibacterial drugs or inpatient intervention. 21. History of other confirmed malignant tumors (excluding those with complete treatment and expected no recurrence within 5 years). 22. Known hypersensitivity to any ingredients or excipients of Lutetium-177 Oxotreotide Injection and octreotide acetate microspheres. 23. Contraindications to contrast-enhanced CT and MRI contrast agents due to allergic reactions or renal insufficiency. 24. Any uncontrolled diseases, mental disorders or surgical conditions that may affect study completion (including poor treatment compliance) or make subjects ineligible for the investigational product. 25. Based on the patient's disease characteristics, the investigator judges that alternative treatments such as chemotherapy and targeted therapy are more suitable for the patient than the study treatment, meaning the investigational product is not the optimal clinical treatment option.
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Locations
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Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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