New PET tracers could illuminate immune battle inside lung tumors
NCT ID NCT06457789
First seen Aug 18, 2026 · Last updated Aug 19, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is testing two experimental PET imaging tracers to see if they can show T cell activity in lung cancer tumors. People with non-small cell lung cancer who are about to have surgery after standard chemo-immunotherapy will receive two PET scans. The scans will be compared to each other and to the removed tumor tissue to see if the tracers accurately reflect immune cell presence and activation. The goal is to find better ways to predict how well immunotherapy works.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Two experimental PET imaging tracers, [18F]F-AraG and [89Zr]Zr-Df-Crefmirlimab, are injected to visualize T cells in tumors.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better imaging methods to predict which lung cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy, enabling more personalized treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage imaging study with a small number of patients. The tracers may not accurately reflect immune activity, and results may not translate to broader clinical use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 34 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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.
- Ages
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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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Histologically confirmed NSCLC * T1-4N0-2, lesion size of ≥2cm, at time of the restaging FDG PET/CT * Planned to undergo resection after chemo-IO according to routine treatment guidelines * Willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial * Above 18 years of age on day of signing informed consent * Have measurable disease based on RECIST 1.1 * Have a ECOG performance status of 0-1, and are considered operable based on pulmonary function test and/or exercise testing Exclusion Criteria: * Patients deemed inoperable * Patients who have received a splenectomy * Patients who have received any vaccination within 14 days of enrollment * Patients with a condition requiring systemic treatment with either corticosteroids (\> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications within 14 days of day 0. Inhaled or topical steroids, and adrenal replacement steroid \>10 mg daily prednisone equivalent, are permitted in the absence of active autoimmune disease. * Psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial. * Patient is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive within the projected duration of the trial.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
RECRUITINGAmsterdam, North Holland, 1081 HV, Netherlands
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