New scan could help doctors pick the right treatment for nasopharyngeal cancer
NCT ID NCT06982300
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a special PET scan can show how much of a certain protein (SSTR2) is present in nasopharyngeal cancer tumors. Ten adults with EBV-related nasopharyngeal cancer will get the scan before and after starting chemotherapy or chemoradiation. The goal is to see if this scan can help doctors choose more targeted treatments in the future.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
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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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Inclusion Criteria: * Stage IB-IVA NPC (AJCC 9th edition), EBV positive determined by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded RNA (EBER). * Planned treatment with induction chemotherapy or CRT without induction chemotherapy. * Age ≥ 18 years. * Signed informed consent. * Willingness and ability to comply with all protocol required procedures. * Negative serum pregnancy test at screening in women of childbearing potential. * Archival tumor tissue available or consent to undergo a tumor biopsy procedure. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy for NPC. * Treatment with any investigational agent or participation in another clinical trial with therapeutic intent within 28 days prior to \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTA-TOC injection. * Any other diseases, metabolic dysfunction, physical examination finding, or clinical laboratory finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or that may affect the interpretation of the results or render the patient at high risk from complications. * Altered mental status, or any psychiatric condition that would prohibit the understanding or rendering of informed consent. * Inability to lie in supine position for 25 minutes. * Patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Medical Center Groningen
RECRUITINGGroningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands
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