Can a new PET tracer spot breast cancer spread better than standard scans?
NCT ID NCT05889728
First seen Aug 19, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing whether a new PET imaging agent called NeoB can more accurately detect the spread of a certain type of breast cancer (ER/PR positive, HER2 negative) compared to conventional scans like CT, bone scans, and FDG PET/CT. The study will enroll 20 women with metastatic breast cancer who need imaging to stage or restage their disease. Each participant will receive an injection of the NeoB tracer followed by a PET/CT scan, and the results will be compared to standard imaging and biopsy findings to assess diagnostic accuracy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A radioactive imaging agent called [68Ga]Ga-NeoB, given as an injection for PET/CT scans to detect breast cancer spread.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this imaging method could improve the accuracy of staging metastatic breast cancer and help select patients for targeted radiation therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-phase pilot study with only 20 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The imaging agent's accuracy and safety are still being evaluated.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2023
- Finished
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Feb 2025
- 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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Female 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: * Female patients aged 18 or above * Ability to provide informed consent documentation indicating that they understand the purpose of and procedures required for the study, and are willing to participate in the study * Estrogen/Progesterone receptor +ve HER2 negative disease confirmed on prior biopsy (primary or metastatic site). * Metastatic breast cancer being staged or re-staged prior to treatment of metastatic disease (including those presenting with up-front metastatic disease with primary breast cancer in-situ and those who have progressed on a line of treatment for metastatic breast cancer that are suitable for another line of treatment) * Metastatic breast cancer being staged or restaged prior to change in treatment with standard imaging within 3 weeks of enrolment (CT CAP, bone scan, FDG PET CT) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or lactation (patients should use highly effective methods of contraception during and for 12h after administration) * Significant inter-current acute illness as per investigator discretion that prevent undertaking study procedures * History of current active malignancy as per investigator discretion other than breast cancer. * Known or expected hypersensitivity to 68Ga NeoB
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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St Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
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