Kidney cancer scan study pulled before it even started
NCT ID NCT07084909
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study aimed to see if a special PET/CT scan using a radioactive tracer called piflufolastat F 18 could better detect whether clear cell renal cell carcinoma (a type of kidney cancer) has spread. Researchers planned to enroll adults with suspected or high-risk metastatic disease. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no data was collected.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- piflufolastat F 18 (a radioactive tracer used in PET/CT scans)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this imaging method could help doctors more accurately detect if kidney cancer has spread, guiding better treatment decisions.
- What could go wrong
- The study was withdrawn before any participants enrolled, so no results are available. It is unclear if the approach would work as hoped.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2/3
Runs two stages together: whether the treatment works, then large-scale confirmation.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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: 1. Male and female patients ≥18 years of age 2. Patients must have the ability to understand and sign an approved informed consent form (ICF) 3. Patients must have the ability to understand and comply with all protocol requirements. 4. Subjects should satisfy the following criteria: 1\) For the Phase 2 (dose optimization) portion of the study: ccRCC patients with at least one suspected metastatic lesion identified by conventional imaging scans at the time of enrolling in the study 2) For the Phase 3 portion of the study: Patients must be suspected of having or be at high risk for developing metastatic disease. This patient population is generally defined as one of the following: 1. Newly diagnosed ccRCC patients or post- nephrectomy/post-partial nephrectomy patients with radiographically suspected ccRCC metastatic disease by conventional imaging (CI) planned for biopsy to confirm metastatic disease 2. T2B-T4, N0, M0 as assessed by conventional imaging (CI) at initial staging pre-nephrectomy/pre-partial nephrectomy 3. Confirmed ccRCC with high risk of metastatic recurrence post nephrectomy pT1b or higher with G3-4 N0( or pNX where clinically N0)M0. Patients must be N0, M0 on the follow up CI not more than 60 days prior to piflufolastat F18 scan 4. Patients with new radiographically suspected oligometastatic ccRCC (up to 5 metastatic lesions at presentation) planned for nephrectomy or biopsy for lesion verification of at least one suspected metastatic lesion 5\. Completed staging evaluation with baseline conventional imaging (contrast-enhanced CT or contrast-enhanced MRI of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis, or skull base to mid thigh FDG PET)less than or equal to 60 days prior to piflufolastat F 18 PET/CT (Day 1). If baseline conventional imaging was performed outside of the 60-day window, it can be repeated during the screening period provided that there are at least 24 hours between conventional imaging and piflufolastat F 18 (Day 1). Conventional imaging must be available for central evaluation. 6\. Patients must have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2. 7\. Patients with life expectancy of at least 6 months as determined by the investigator or treating physician. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients administered any high energy (\>300 KeV) gamma-emitting radioisotope within five (5) physical half-lives, prior to Day 1. 2. Known hypersensitivity to the components of piflufolastat F 18 or its analogs. 3. Pregnant or breastfeeding females. Pregnancy testing will be performed in potentially childbearing women prior to piflufolastat F 18 administration on Day 1. 4. Prior imaging with girentuximab or any PSMA-PET agent or any non-approved ccRCC imaging agent within the last 3-months prior to piflufolastat F 18 PET/CT. 5. Patients who are in active systemic therapy for metastatic ccRCC prior to piflufolastat F 18 PET/CT. 30-day (12 weeks for immunotherapy) washout period is required from the last dose of systemic therapy to piflufolastat F18 administration. 6. Patients who are expected to receive anti-cancer treatment between baseline conventional imaging, piflufolastat F 18 PET/CT, biopsy, or surgery. 7. Evidence of any other active malignancy within the past 3 years, except non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in situ, adequately treated Stage 1 cancer from which the patent is in remission and has been in remission for a minimum of 2 years. Any adjuvant or maintenance systemic chemotherapy must have been completed at least 30 days prior to piflufolastat F 18 PET/CT administration (12-week washout if immunotherapy). 8. Patients with any medical condition or other circumstances that, in the opinion of the investigator, compromise the safety or compliance of the subject to produce reliable data or completing the study. 9. Patients requiring dialysis.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Washington University in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States
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XCancer
Omaha, Nebraska, 68130, United States
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