Monitoring Early Response to Targeted Therapy in Stage IV HER2+ Breast Cancer Patients With Advanced PET/MR Imaging

Description

The purpose of the study is to see if a new group of imaging tests can help identify response to stage IV HER2+ breast cancer before treatment.

Conditions

HER2-positive Breast Cancer

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of the study is to see if a new group of imaging tests can help identify response to stage IV HER2+ breast cancer before treatment.

Monitoring Early Response to Targeted Therapy in Stage IV Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Positive (HER2+) Breast Cancer Patients With Advanced Positron Emission Tomography (PET)/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Monitoring Early Response to Targeted Therapy in Stage IV HER2+ Breast Cancer Patients With Advanced PET/MR Imaging

Condition
HER2-positive Breast Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35249

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients must be ≥ 18 years old and ≤ 75 years old
  • * Patients with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer
  • * HER2-positive breast cancer prospectively determined on the primary tumor by a local pathology laboratory and defined as immunohistochemistry (IHC) score of 3+ and/or positive by in situ hybridization (ISH) (defined by ISH ratio of ≥ 2.0 for the number of HER2 gene copies to the number of chromosome 17 copies). Only one positive result is required for eligibility
  • * Estrogen/progesterone receptor positive OR negative disease allowed
  • * Patients must have measurable disease in one metastatic lesion per RECIST v 1.1
  • * Stage IV HER2+ breast cancer patients eligible for a new therapeutic regimen that includes HER2-targeted treatment who are naïve to that regimen
  • * Estimated life expectancy of greater than six months
  • * Children, less than 18 years of age, will be excluded from this study
  • * Metastatic breast cancer patients who are HER2 positive and have already started their current HER2-targeted therapy regimen for metastatic disease
  • * Patients who have not recovered from grade 2 or higher toxicities of prior therapy to the point that they would be appropriate for re-dosing will be ineligible for study treatment
  • * Patient is pregnant or breastfeeding, or expecting to conceive children within the projected duration of the study, starting with the screening visit through 7 months after the last dose of study treatment
  • * Patient is considered a poor medical risk due to a serious, uncontrolled medical disorder, nonmalignant systemic disease or active infection that requires systemic therapy. Specific examples include, but are not limited to, active, non-infectious pneumonitis; uncontrolled major seizure disorder; unstable spinal cord compression; superior vena cava syndrome; or any psychiatric or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the study (including obtaining informed consent).
  • * Patients found to have constitutionally present non-magnetic resonance (MR) compatible ferromagnetic materials
  • * Unable to lie still on the imaging table for one (1) hour
  • * Inability to receive gadolinium-based contrast agent
  • * Patients for whom a PET/MRI is technically not feasible (e.g. breast volume, obesity, \> body mass index (BMI) 36)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Anna Sorace, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Record Dates

2028-06-30