Timing matters: study seeks best moment for PSMA scans after hormone therapy
NCT ID NCT05919329
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how hormonal therapy changes PSMA levels in men with prostate cancer, both in early and advanced stages. Researchers will use PSMA PET scans at different times after starting therapy to see when the scan is most accurate for staging the cancer. The goal is to improve the timing of these scans to better guide treatment decisions.
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 PSMA PET scans)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors schedule PSMA PET scans more accurately, improving tumor staging and treatment planning for prostate cancer patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase observational study focused on timing, not a treatment. Results may not change clinical practice immediately or apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2030
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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Male 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Participant or legally authorized representative (LAR) must provide written informed consent before any study-specific procedures or interventions are performed. * Participants must have confirmed prostate adenocarcinoma, histologically, or by combined imaging and biochemical markers. * Age \>= 18 years. Given the nature of the disease in question, only men will be included. Members of all races and ethnic groups will be included. * Participants must have sites of prostate cancer showing uptake on an initial PSMA PET scan. * Participants are planned to receive hormonal therapy within eight weeks of the initial PSMA PET. The hormonal therapy agents include: * For CSPC: GnRH agonists, GnRH antagonists, first-generation antiandrogen (e.g. bicalutamide), or androgen receptor (AR)-targeted agent (e.g. Abiraterone, Enzalutamide, Apalutamide, Darolutamide) * For CRPC: this group of patients are typically on continuous ADT (GnRH agonists or antagonists), which will be continued, and the hormonal therapy they will be started on is an androgen receptor (AR)-targeted agent (e.g. Abiraterone, Enzalutamide, Apalutamide, Darolutamide) * Life expectancy \> 3 months. * Cohort 1: Castration resistant prostate cancer with rising PSA (confirmed by two PSA values at least 1 week apart), testosterone \< 50 ng/dL, on continuous ADT at least 4 months, no AR targeted agent in the prior 4 months. * Cohort 2: Castration sensitive prostate cancer with no ADT or AR targeted agents use in the past 12 months, testosterone \>50 ng/dL Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled serious infection. * Intercurrent illness or condition that would limit compliance with study requirements. * Participants who have undergone any cancer treatment other than the hormonal therapy (systemic or radiation therapy) or who have started any supplements or herbal medications intended to treat cancer between the baseline PSMA PET and PSMA PET at day 28.
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Conditions
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Study contacts
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Contact
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Locations
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OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
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