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Graft RejectionPhase 2NCT04488094

Diagnostic Validity of [18F]FSPG PET for the Assessment of Acute Rejection After Heart or Liver Transplantation

A Phase 2 study testing [18F]FSPG in people with Graft Rejection and Heart Transplantation, run by Asan Medical Center at 1 site in South Korea.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The a series of clinical studies of [18F]FSPG PET/CT showed that [18F]FSPG is safe and promising PET tracer for detecting inflammation with favorable biodistribution and pharmacokinetics in patients. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 19 to 79 years
What is being tested?
[18F]FSPG
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
7 participants
Where
1 siteSouth Korea
Study dates
18 Nov 2020to 31 Mar 2023
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 19 to 79 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Subject is aged between 19 and 79 years and male or female of any race/ethnicity.
  • Subject received heart transplantation or liver transplantation at least 30 days prior to screening
  • Subject underwent or is scheduled to undergo biopsy for histologic diagnosis of acute rejection within 7 days prior to or after the planned [18F]FSPG PET/CT administration.

Who cannot join

  • Subject or subject's legally acceptable representative does not provide written informed consent.
  • Dose escalation of the current immunosuppressant drugs or starting a new immunosuppressant is scheduled from the study enrollment to the scheduled day of biopsy, or 24 hours after [18F]FSPG administration
  • Female subject is pregnant or nursing. Exclusion of the possibility of pregnancy is made by one of the following: 1) Woman is physiologically post-menopausal (cessation of menses for more than 2 years), 2) woman is surgically sterile (has had a documented bilateral oophorectomy and/or documented hysterectomy, or 3) if the woman is of childbearing potential, a serum or urine pregnancy test performed within 24 hours immediately prior to administration of [18F]FSPG has to be negative and the women is advised to apply contraceptive measures during her participation in this study.
  • Subject has concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled and/or unstable medical disease (e.g. congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, severe pulmonary disease, chronic renal or hepatic disease which could compromise participation in the study) in the judgment of the investigator.
  • Subject is a relative of the investigator, student of the investigator or otherwise dependent.
  • Subject has received any investigational drugs or devices within four weeks prior to the study enrollment or within 24 hours after administration of [18F]FSPG.
  • Subject has been previously included in this study.
  • Subject has any other condition or personal circumstances that, in the judgment of the investigator, might make collection of complete data difficult or impossible.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

South Korea1 site
  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505

Other trials in South Korea

About this study

Official title: A Phase 2, Open-label, Non-randomized, Single Center Study to Explore Diagnostic Performance of [18F]FSPG PET/CT for the Assessment of Acute Allograft Rejection After Heart or Liver Transplantation

The a series of clinical studies of [18F]FSPG PET/CT showed that [18F]FSPG is safe and promising PET tracer for detecting inflammation with favorable biodistribution and pharmacokinetics in patients. By using [18F]FSPG, which targets system xCˉ, a key player in the active phase of inflammation, the goal of this phase 2 study is to evaluate diagnostic validity of [18F]FSPG PET/CT to detect allograft rejection after heart and liver allograft, where conventional imaging has limitations. Diagnostic efficacy of [18F]FSPG PET/CT will be determined in comparison with histologic evaluation of allograft biopsy. Other critical questions including whether quantitative measures of [18F]FSPG uptake is associated with the severity of rejection, inter-reader variability of [18F]FSPG PET/CT, and safety assessment will be also evaluated.

Read the detailed description

This open label, non-randomized, single center, single-dose exploratory study is designed to obtain imaging assessments using PET/CT with [18F]FSPG in patients with heart transplantation (HT, n = 10) and liver transplantation (LT, n = 10). Subjects who underwent or scheduled to undergo biopsy for histologic diagnosis of acute rejection will be enrolled.

The study comprises 3 periods: screening, treatment, and follow-up. The screening period starts with the subject's signature on the informed consent form and ends with assignment to treatment that is inclusion of the subject for treatment. The treatment period starts with baseline measurements, and ends with the last measurement/procedure on the day following injection of 200 MBq of [18F]FSPG. The follow-up period contains the end-of-study interview. Key measurement is the PET/CT image acquisition about one hour after the single injection of [18F]FSPG. For evaluation of safety, adverse events (AE) will be monitored and recorded during the study period.

This study will be monitored regularly by a clinical research associate from the sponsor or a designated contract research organization. Data quality and study integrity will be assessed. The investigator will document the items that are required to evaluate the study in the subject files. Data required according to this protocol are to be recorded on the case report forms provided by the sponsor as soon as possible.

Being tested
[18F]FSPG
Keywords
Graft Rejection, Heart Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Positron-Emission Tomography, Diagnostic Imaging

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • [18F]FSPGDrug

    Also called FSPG

    A radioactive dose of 200 MBq of the study drug with a total quantity of ≤ 100 µg will be administered as slow intravenous bolus injection over up to 60 seconds. PET/CT examinations will be performed at 60-75 min after the administration of [18F]FSPG.

Study groups in NCT04488094
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Heart transplantationExperimentalPatients suspected of having acute heart allograft rejection after heart transplantation will receive a single IV injection of [18F]FSPG
Receives: Drug: [18F]FSPG
Liver transplantationExperimentalPatients suspected of having acute liver allograft rejection after heart transplantation will receive a single IV injection of [18F]FSPG
Receives: Drug: [18F]FSPG

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Sensitivity and specificity of qualitative [18F]FSPG PET/CT interpretation for the diagnosis of patients with histologic evidence of acute allograft rejection

    sensitivity = (the number of [18F]FSPG PET/CT-positive patients divided by the number of rejection positive patients on the histological evaluation) x 100; specificity = (the number of [18F]FSPG PET/CT-negative patients divided by the number of rejection negative patients on the histological evaluation) x 100

    Measured: within 7 days of [18F]FSPG PET/CT

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Association between quantitative [18F]FSPG uptake and histologic grade of rejection

    The association between [18F]FSPG uptake and the histologic grades of rejection activity using Pearson or Spearman rank correlation coefficient

    Measured: within 7 days of [18F]FSPG PET/CT

  2. Inter-reader variability

    Inter-reader variability of [18F]FSPG uptake score measured using the kappa statistic

    Measured: within 1 day of [18F]FSPG PET/CT

  3. Incidence of treatment emergent adverse events

    Number of participants with treatment emergent adverse events graded by the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 4.0)

    Measured: From the administration of [18F]FSPG to one day after [18F]FSPG PET/CT

  4. Blood pressure

    mmHg

    Measured: Pre-treatment and three hours after the administration of [18F]FSPG

  5. Heart rate

    beats/minute

    Measured: Pre-treatment and three hours after the administration of [18F]FSPG

  6. Body temperature

    Celsius

    Measured: Pre-treatment and three hours after the administration of [18F]FSPG

  7. Physical examination

    The limited physical examination will comprise: general appearance, skin, neck, lungs, heart, abdomen, and a limited neurological examination (mental status, motor strength and sensor perception)

    Measured: Pre-treatment and three hours after the administration of [18F]FSPG

  8. Blood tests for safety

    The clinical laboratory safety parameters to be assessed are as follows: glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT/ALAT), glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT/ASAT), alkaline phosphatase, total bilirubin, creatinine, potassium, sodium, total protein, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), albumin

    Measured: Pre-treatment and three hours after the administration of [18F]FSPG

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jul 2020
  2. Study start18 Nov 2020
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2023
  4. Study completion31 Mar 2023

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Patients suspected of having acute allograft rejection after heart transplantation (HT, n = 10) or liver transplantation (LT, n = 10)
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
7 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04488094
Sponsor's protocol ID
FSPG-1902
Status last verified
Jul 2023
First submitted
23 Jul 2020
Last updated
20 Jul 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Koglin N, Mueller A, Berndt M, Schmitt-Willich H, Toschi L, Stephens AW, Gekeler V, Friebe M, Dinkelborg LM. Specific PET imaging of xC- transporter activity using a (1)(8)F-labeled glutamate derivative reveals a dominant pathway in tumor metabolism. Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Sep 15;17(18):6000-11. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-0687. Epub 2011 Jul 12.

    PubMed 21750203
  • Chae SY, Choi CM, Shim TS, Park Y, Park CS, Lee HS, Lee SJ, Oh SJ, Kim SY, Baek S, Koglin N, Stephens AW, Dinkelborg LM, Moon DH. Exploratory Clinical Investigation of (4S)-4-(3-18F-Fluoropropyl)-L-Glutamate PET of Inflammatory and Infectious Lesions. J Nucl Med. 2016 Jan;57(1):67-9. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.115.164020. Epub 2015 Oct 15.

    PubMed 26471694
  • Baek S, Choi CM, Ahn SH, Lee JW, Gong G, Ryu JS, Oh SJ, Bacher-Stier C, Fels L, Koglin N, Hultsch C, Schatz CA, Dinkelborg LM, Mittra ES, Gambhir SS, Moon DH. Exploratory clinical trial of (4S)-4-(3-[18F]fluoropropyl)-L-glutamate for imaging xC- transporter using positron emission tomography in patients with non-small cell lung or breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Oct 1;18(19):5427-37. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-0214. Epub 2012 Aug 14.

    PubMed 22893629
  • Baek S, Mueller A, Lim YS, Lee HC, Lee YJ, Gong G, Kim JS, Ryu JS, Oh SJ, Lee SJ, Bacher-Stier C, Fels L, Koglin N, Schatz CA, Dinkelborg LM, Moon DH. (4S)-4-(3-18F-fluoropropyl)-L-glutamate for imaging of xC transporter activity in hepatocellular carcinoma using PET: preclinical and exploratory clinical studies. J Nucl Med. 2013 Jan;54(1):117-23. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.112.108704. Epub 2012 Dec 11.

    PubMed 23232273

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing [18F]FSPG in people with Graft Rejection and Heart Transplantation, run by Asan Medical Center at 1 site in South Korea.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 20 Jul 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in South Korea. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Sensitivity and specificity of qualitative [18F]FSPG PET/CT interpretation for the diagnosis of patients with histologic evidence of acute allograft rejection (time frame: within 7 days of [18F]FSPG PET/CT). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04488094, which also lists 4 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 20 Jul 2023.

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