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New PET scan shows promise for detecting rare tumors

NCT ID NCT06240741

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tested a new imaging method called [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE PET/CT to see how well it finds neuroendocrine tumors compared to standard scans. It included 71 adults in Japan, both with and without the disease. The goal was to prove the new scan works well for diagnosis in Japan.

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Study facts

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Phase

Phase 3

Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.

Participants

71 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Mar 2024

Finished

Dec 2024

Lead sponsor

A company

The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.

Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 100 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Key Inclusion Criteria: 1. Signed informed consent must have been obtained prior to participation in the study 2. Participants must have been adults \>= 18 years of age 3. ECOG performance status 0-2 4. For patient with NENs only: Participants were to be confirmed NENs based on histopathology, imaging and other relevant examination, or with suspected NENs which localization could not have been confirmed by CIM 5. For HVs only: Male or female participant in good health condition as determined by no clinically significant findings from medical history, physical examination, vital signs, lab test and ECG 6. Women of childbearing potential must havehad a negative urine or blood pregnancy test. Key Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to complete the needed investigational and conventional imaging due to any reason (severe claustrophobia, inability to lie still for the entire imaging time, etc.) 2. Any additional medical condition, serious intercurrent illness, concomitant cancer or other extenuating circumstance that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would indicate a significant risk to safety or impair study participation 3. Known allergy, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTA-TATE and \[111In\]In-Pentetreotide 4. Therapeutic use of any somatostatin analogue except for the following washout period * Short-acting analogs of somatostatin can be used up to 24 hours before injection of \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTA-TATE. * Long-acting analogs of somatostatin can be used up to 28 days before injection of \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTA-TATE. 5. Prior administration of a radiopharmaceutical unless 10 or more half-lives have elapsed before injection of \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTA-TATE 6. Use of other investigational drugs within 30 days before screening 7. Participants who were pregnant. 8. Participants who were lactating.

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Conditions

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Kashiwa, Chiba, 277 8577, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060 8648, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, 920 8641, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Yokohama, Kanagawa-ku, 236-0004, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Chuo Ku, Tokyo, 1040045, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Fukuoka, 8128582, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Fukuoka, 813-0017, Japan

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Kyoto, 6068507, Japan

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