New scan method could Fine-Tune prostate cancer therapy
NCT ID NCT06479187
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether special PET scans (PSMA-PET) can better track how well treatment is working in men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Twenty participants will receive standard care and undergo scans before and after 6 months of treatment. The goal is to see if scan results match other disease markers like PSA levels, potentially guiding future treatment decisions.
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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 20 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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Jun 2027
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: 1. Participants must have histologically or cytologically confirmed prostate cancer, or unequivocal clinical evidence of mHSPC (eg. elevated PSA with lesions consistent with metastatic prostate cancer). 2. Age ≥18 years. 3. Participants must have mHSPC (either de novo or relapse after prior local therapy), as defined by extrapelvic nodal and/or visceral and/or bone lesions consistent with metastatic disease and seen on CT, bone scan and/or MRI. If participants have relapsed after prior local therapy, they must not have had systemic therapy in the past 6 months prior to study registration. 4. Serum testosterone \>150 ng/dL. 5. Planned initiation of systemic therapy with ADT (androgen deprivation therapy) and an AR pathway inhibitor (abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide) ± docetaxel. Initiation of systemic therapy up to 14 days prior to the baseline 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PSMA-PET/CT is permitted. 6. Ability and willingness to comply with the study procedures. 7. Participants with a prior or concurrent malignancy whose natural history or treatment does not have the potential to interfere with the safety or efficacy assessment of the investigational agent are eligible for this trial. 8. The effects of 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 on the developing human fetus are unknown. For this reason and because radiopharmaceutical agents used in this trial are known to be teratogenic, women of child-bearing potential and men must agree to use adequate contraception (hormonal or barrier method of birth control; abstinence) prior to study entry and for 24 hours after each 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PSMA-PET scan. 9. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Systemic therapies other than ADT (GnRH/LHRH agonists or antagonists), AR pathways inhibitors (abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide, darolutamide) and docetaxel are not permitted to be administered during the study period. 2. Radiation to the prostate and/or metastatic sites prior to the 6-month PET scan is not permitted. 3. Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements. 4. Contraindications to PET/CT, including severe claustrophobia. 5. History of allergic reactions attributed to compounds of similar chemical or biologic composition to 18F-rhPSMA-7.3. 6. Any past or current condition that, in the opinion of the study investigators, would confound the results of the study or would pose additional risk or burden to the patient by their participation in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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