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Feasibility of 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT to Identify Brain Metastasis

Description

The goal of this diagnostic intervention clinical trial is to compare 18F-Fluciclovine uptake within brain lesions over 60 minutes compared with standard of care positive histology confirmation or confirmation MRI images. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What are the dynamics of 18F-Fluciclovine update within a non-treated metastatic brain lesion over 60 minutes? 2. What are the dynamics of 18F-fluciclovine update within recently treated metastatic brain lesions? 3. What is the potential use of 18F-Fluciclovine in delineating true local progression from radionecrosis in patients with clinical uncertainty of indeterminate MRI? Participants will undergo an 18F-fluciclovine head PET/CT scan prior to treatment for brain metastatic lesion(s). The study will characterize uptake dynamic PET images over 60 minutes. Uptake within the lesions and the benign brain parenchyma will be plotted on a time activity curve for 60 mins. Patients will undergo a second 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT to evaluate 18F-fluciclovine uptake in treated lesions over 60 minutes. This will be offered concurrently with the post-procedure standard of care (SOC) MRI to evaluate post-treatment changes. Uptake within the lesions and the benign brain parenchyma will be plotted on a 60 min time activity curve. Results will be compared to the pre-treatment baseline images. A third 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT will be offered to evaluate post radiation changes necrosis from recurrence, for up to 10 patients in our cohort who are under clinical surveillance (up to three years surveillance) and developed MRI evidence of either true progression or radionecrosis with clinical uncertainty after stereotactic radiosurgery. The initial 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT will serve as a baseline PET/CT scan. This will be compared to post procedural histological confirmation.

Conditions

Brain Metastases
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Study overview

The goal of this diagnostic intervention clinical trial is to compare 18F-Fluciclovine uptake within brain lesions over 60 minutes compared with standard of care positive histology confirmation or confirmation MRI images. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What are the dynamics of 18F-Fluciclovine update within a non-treated metastatic brain lesion over 60 minutes? 2. What are the dynamics of 18F-fluciclovine update within recently treated metastatic brain lesions? 3. What is the potential use of 18F-Fluciclovine in delineating true local progression from radionecrosis in patients with clinical uncertainty of indeterminate MRI? Participants will undergo an 18F-fluciclovine head PET/CT scan prior to treatment for brain metastatic lesion(s). The study will characterize uptake dynamic PET images over 60 minutes. Uptake within the lesions and the benign brain parenchyma will be plotted on a time activity curve for 60 mins. Patients will undergo a second 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT to evaluate 18F-fluciclovine uptake in treated lesions over 60 minutes. This will be offered concurrently with the post-procedure standard of care (SOC) MRI to evaluate post-treatment changes. Uptake within the lesions and the benign brain parenchyma will be plotted on a 60 min time activity curve. Results will be compared to the pre-treatment baseline images. A third 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT will be offered to evaluate post radiation changes necrosis from recurrence, for up to 10 patients in our cohort who are under clinical surveillance (up to three years surveillance) and developed MRI evidence of either true progression or radionecrosis with clinical uncertainty after stereotactic radiosurgery. The initial 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT will serve as a baseline PET/CT scan. This will be compared to post procedural histological confirmation.

Feasibility of 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT to Identify Brain Metastasis

Feasibility of 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT to Identify Brain Metastasis

Condition
Brain Metastases
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Tucson

Arizona Cancer Center at UMC North/University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States, 85719

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Patients with clinically suspected or diagnosed brain metastatic lesion(s)
  • 2. Age ≥ 18 years
  • 3. Known history cancer
  • 4. Brain MRI in the past 2 months positive for metastatic disease
  • 5. Scheduled for treatment: Surgical resection, or stereotactic radiosurgery, or whole brain radiation therapy.
  • 6. Can tolerate 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT exam (can lie still on their back for the duration of the scan)
  • 7. Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent
  • 1. Patients who do not meeting inclusion criteria.
  • 2. Patients who have had a brain biopsy of the index lesion(s) sooner than 4 weeks from the brain 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT (to minimize false positive uptake due to inflammation).
  • 3. Patients who have had prior brain surgery or radiation treatment of the index lesion(s).
  • 4. Patients who have had treatment of the index brain lesion(s) or initiation of systemic therapy after the last MRI and prior to the PET/CT scan.
  • 5. Prior history of localized brain treatment (surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery /fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy) allowed, if at least one index lesion is not adjacent to previous treatment (10% isodose line of prior RT). Patients with only index lesion(s) within 10% isodose line of prior treatment would be excluded. For example, if ALL index lesions are within the 2.2Gy isodose line of previously treated lesions to 22Gy in 1 fractions, the patient would be ineligible, however if there is 1 index lesion not in the prior radiation field, then that patient would be eligible but all other lesions in prior radiation fields would be excluded from analysis.
  • 6. Inability to tolerate 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT exam
  • 7. Enrollment delays patient care
  • 8. Concurrent or prior enrollment on other clinical trials would not exclude patients, as long as all other eligibility criteria are met.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Arizona,

Bital Savir-Baruch, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Arizona

Study Record Dates

2026-10-31