New imaging tracer could spot kidney cancer without a needle
NCT ID NCT06090331
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This program gives patients with kidney masses access to a radioactive tracer called 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab, which is used with a PET/CT scan to detect clear cell renal cell carcinoma (a common kidney cancer) without surgery. The tracer attaches to a protein (CAIX) often found on these cancer cells, making them visible on the scan. The goal is to provide a non-invasive diagnostic option for patients who have suspicious kidney masses seen on standard CT or MRI.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab (a radioactive tracer for PET/CT imaging)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this imaging method could provide a non-invasive way to detect clear cell renal cell carcinoma, potentially reducing the need for biopsies.
- What could go wrong
- This is an expanded access program, not a formal trial, so data on effectiveness and safety are limited. The tracer may not accurately distinguish all cancer types, and radiation exposure is a risk.
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Study facts
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- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 99 years
- Sex
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Anyone
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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. Written and voluntarily given informed consent. 2. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age. 3. Imaging evidence of renal mass(es) obtained from conventional diagnostic imaging with CT or MRI (without and with contrast enhancement) based on national standards that is not older than 90 days on Day 0, and that was performed before any screening procedure. 4. Negative urine/serum pregnancy tests in female patients of childbearing potential. 5. Consent to practice highly effective contraception until a minimum of 42 days after IV 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab administration. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Renal mass known to be a metastasis of another primary tumor. 2. Active non-renal malignancy requiring therapy during and up to EOT visit. 3. Radiotherapy or immunotherapy within 4 weeks (28 days) prior to the planned administration of 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab or continuing adverse effects (\> grade 1 using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events \[CTCAE\] version 5.0) from such therapy. 4. Planned antineoplastic therapies (for the period between IV administration of 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab and imaging). 5. Previous administration of any radionuclide within 10 of its half-lives before Day 0. 6. Serious non-malignant disease (e.g., psychiatric, infectious, autoimmune, or metabolic), that may interfere with the objectives of the program or with the safety or compliance of the subject, as judged by the Investigator. 7. Mental impairment that may compromise the ability to give informed consent and comply with the requirements of the program. 8. Exposure to any experimental diagnostic or therapeutic drug within 30 days from the date of planned administration of 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab. 9. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. 10. Known hypersensitivity to girentuximab or DFO (desferoxamine).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Arkansas Urology
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72211, United States
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Austin Radiological Association
Austin, Texas, 78705, United States
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Biogenix Molecular
Miami, Florida, 33165, United States
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Huntsman Cancer Institute
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, United States
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Kansas University Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66103, United States
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Kettering Health Main Campus
Kettering, Ohio, 45429, United States
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M Health Fairview/ University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77054, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Munson Medical Center
Traverse City, Michigan, 49684, United States
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Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Sarasota, Florida, 34243, United States
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Stanford Urologic Cancer Program
Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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UCLA
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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UT Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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United Theranostics
Glen Burnie, Maryland, 21061, United States
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States
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University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, 32209, United States
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Urology Associates, PC
Nashville, Tennessee, 37209, United States
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Urology San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Xcancer
Omaha, Nebraska, 68130, United States
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