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PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi to Assess Resistance to Chemotherapy

A Phase 2 interventional study of Tariquidar and Tc-94m Sestamibi in Cancer, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-08-17.

Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled May 2004, registered Jul 2006).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Background:

  • Tc-94m sestamibi is a radioactive imaging drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration to help photograph and study bodily functions.
  • Tc-94m sestamibi accumulates in tumor cells and is eliminated from them in much the same way that some chemotherapy drugs are eliminated from cancer cells in patients with drug resistance.
  • P-glycoprotein is a protein found on the surface of some cancer cells. The protein causes the cells to pump out, or reject, some types of chemotherapy drugs. P-glycoprotein also makes the cells reject sestamibi.
  • Some drugs, including a drug called tariquidar, may block the pumping action of P-glycoprotein, giving the chemotherapy more time to work. Tariquidar can also help sestamibi stay in the cells longer.

Objectives:

-To evaluate the use of sestamibi for determining if chemotherapy is being rejected and if enough of the blocking drugs are present to stop the rejection.

Eligibility:

-Patients18 years of age and older with a tumor 2 cm or larger who are enrolled in or are eligible for enrollment in an active National Cancer Institute treatment protocol.

Design:

  • Patients have two scans, one before receiving any drugs and a second 1-2 hours after receiving tariquidar. The second scan is done 72 or more hours after the first. For both scans, Tc-94m sestamibi is injected into a vein and a series of pictures are taken with an imaging camera called a PET (positron emission tomography) scanner. The pictures show where the sestamibi distributes in the body and monitors the effects of tariquidar on drug resistance. Blood samples are collected during the scan to examine the effect of tariquidar on P-glycoprotein in normal cells.
  • Some patients may be asked to undergo a tumor biopsy to test for the presence of the P-glycoprotein on their cancer cells. This will be requested only in patients whose tumor is easily accessible and in whom a biopsy can be done with minimal risk.
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Background:

  • A pilot study of PET imaging with Tc-94m sestamibi to assess activity of the multidrug transporter, MDR-1 (Multi Drug Resistance Protein 1)/P-glycoprotein, an ATP (adenosine 5'-triphosphate)-binding cassette protein that transports drug out of the cell, thereby reducing intracellular drug accumulation.
  • Tariquidar is a safe, nontoxic antagonist of P-glycoprotein. Previous studies demonstrated that tariquidar increased retention of the radioimaging agent, Tc99 sestamibi in normal liver and in a subset of tumors. These studies were limited by the semiquantitative nature of total body imaging by conventional radionuclide scintigraphy
  • In collaboration with the Clinical Center Nuclear Medicine Department, a PET imaging agent has been developed, Tc-94m sestamibi, and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has granted approval for its use in humans.

Objectives:

-To evaluate the feasibility of Tc-94m sestamibi as a PET imaging agent, which should allow greater resolution and quantitation and thereby make possible direct quantitative comparisons of tumor uptake before and after treatment with a P-glycoprotein antagonist.

Eligibility:

  • Patients over 18 years of age, who are eligible for, or have completed enrollment in an active NCI (National Cancer Institute) protocol for treatment of cancer.
  • Negative pregnancy test within 24 hrs of Tc-94m injection.
  • An index lesion greater than 2cm will be required to optimize the PET images.
  • Prior treatment with a P-glycoprotein antagonist is allowed.

Design:

  • Designed as a feasibility study. Patients meeting the eligibility criteria and signing informed consent will undergo a PET sestamibi imaging scan in the Department of Nuclear Medicine. Seventy-two hours later, a dose of tariquidar will be administered before a repeat imaging study.
  • Blood will be obtained for analysis of the pharmacokinetics of Tc-94m sestamibi, and for isolation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to assay P-glycoprotein inhibition in circulating CD56+ cells. These assessments are needed to confirm the impact of tariquidar on P-glycoprotein in normal cells - for example, those involved in drug excretion and in circulating mononuclear cells. These results will then be used to inform the findings in the PET imaging study.
  • Fifteen patients will be enrolled and pairwise comparisons will be made between the sestamibi residence times in tumor, normal liver, kidney, and heart. All comparisons are noted to be exploratory.
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Conditions studied

  • Cancer

Keywords

  • Tariquidar
  • PET
  • Sestamibi
  • Cancer
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In context

Lead sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the lead sponsor of 3,506 studies on the registry; 334 are open to participants now.

Of its 402 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 365 (91%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Patients must be eligible for enrollment in an active NCI (National Cancer Institute) protocol for treatment of cancer.

Patients greater than or equal to 18 years old.

Performance Status ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) 0 - 2.

Patients must be able to give informed consent.

Women of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test within 24 hrs of Tc-94m injection.

Patients who have previously received tariquidar will be eligible, since no study has systematically shown loss of MDR-1 (Multi Drug Resistance Protein 1)/Pgp expression in tumors following exposure to both tariquidar and an anticancer agent.

An index lesion greater than 1.5 cm will be required to optimize the PET (positron emission imaging) images.

Exclusion criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Patients who are pregnant or breast-feeding will not be enrolled in order to prevent radiation exposure in the developing fetus or infant.

Patients weighing greater than 136 kg (the weight limit for the scanner table).

Patients having only tumor sizes less than 1.5 cm will be excluded.

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) positive patients will be excluded to prevent potential drug interactions between tariquidar and antiretroviral agents.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
12 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    PET (positron emission imaging) Imaging with Tc-94m Sestamibi

    PET sestamibi scans followed by tariquidar and repeat imaging

    Drug: Tariquidar · Drug: Tc-94m Sestamibi

Interventions

  • DrugTariquidar

    3 days after initial PET patients will receive tariquidar and repeat imaging.

  • DrugTc-94m Sestamibi

    Patients over 18 years of age, who are eligible for, or have completed enrollment in an active NCI (National Cancer Institute) protocol for treatment of cancer will undergo a PET sestamibi scan

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percent Change in Tc-94m Sestamibi Body Weight Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) Maximum in Tumor Tissue Before and After Administration of Tariquidar, a P-glycoprotein Antagonist.

    Sestamibi is a Pgp substrate that may be a surrogate for measuring drug efflux from tumors. Significant increase in the SUV in tumor is +25% over baseline.

    Time frame: 3 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With Adverse Events

    Here is the number of participants with adverse events. For a detailed list of adverse events, see the adverse event module.

    Time frame: 69 months

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Results

Posted May 4, 2015
Limitations and caveats
The lack of flexibility around patient chemotherapy schedules made the protocol difficult to conduct. Future studies should make imaging integral to the treatment protocol .

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestonePET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Started12
Completed11
Not completed1
Withdrew: Not treated-pt had poor iv access1

Outcome measures

PrimaryPercent Change in Tc-94m Sestamibi Body Weight Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) Maximum in Tumor Tissue Before and After Administration of Tariquidar, a P-glycoprotein Antagonist.

Sestamibi is a Pgp substrate that may be a surrogate for measuring drug efflux from tumors. Significant increase in the SUV in tumor is +25% over baseline.

Time frame:
3 days
Reported as:
Mean · % change in Tc-94m Sestamibi SUVmax
Percent Change in Tc-94m Sestamibi Body Weight Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) Maximum in Tumor Tissue Before and After Administration of Tariquidar, a P-glycoprotein Antagonist.
% change in Tc-94m Sestamibi SUVmaxPET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Percent Change in Tc-94m Sestamibi Body Weight Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) Maximum in Tumor Tissue Before and After Administration of Tariquidar, a P-glycoprotein Antagonist.44 (-10 to 153)
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Adverse Events

Here is the number of participants with adverse events. For a detailed list of adverse events, see the adverse event module.

Time frame:
69 months
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants With Adverse Events
participantsPET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Number of Participants With Adverse Events8

Adverse events

Collected over 69 months. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi0/12 (0%)0/12 (0%)8/12 (66.7%)
Most frequent other events
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Most frequent other events
EventPET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Albumin, serum-low (hypoalbuminemia)Metabolism and nutrition disorders4/12
Low HemoglobinBlood and lymphatic system disorders4/12
ALT, SGPT (serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase)Metabolism and nutrition disorders2/12
AST, SGOT(serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase)Metabolism and nutrition disorders2/12
Magnesium, serum-low (hypomagnesemia)Metabolism and nutrition disorders2/12
Alkaline phosphataseMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/12
Bilirubin (hyperbilirubinemia)Metabolism and nutrition disorders1/12
Calcium, serum-high (hypercalcemia)Metabolism and nutrition disorders1/12
CreatinineMetabolism and nutrition disorders1/12
Low Leukocytes (total WBC)Blood and lymphatic system disorders1/12

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years11
>=65 years1
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Mean54.82 ± 8.11
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Female4
Male8
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Hispanic or Latino2
Not Hispanic or Latino10
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander1
Black or African American3
White7
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(Participants)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
United States12
Performance Status: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
Performance Status: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)(Participants)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Performance status: 02
Performance status: 19
Performance status: 21
Performance status: 30
Histology
Histology(Participants)PET Imaging With Tc-94m Sestamibi
Colorectal cancer4
Pancreatic cancer2
Small cell lung cancer2
Non-small cell lung cancer1
Esophageal cancer1
Prostate cancer1
Ovarian cancer1

1 further baseline measures are reported on the registry.

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Advani R, Saba HI, Tallman MS, Rowe JM, Wiernik PH, Ramek J, Dugan K, Lum B, Villena J, Davis E, Paietta E, Litchman M, Sikic BI, Greenberg PL. Treatment of refractory and relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia with combination chemotherapy plus the multidrug resistance modulator PSC 833 (Valspodar). Blood. 1999 Feb 1;93(3):787-95. PubMed 9920827 ↗
  • Agrawal M, Abraham J, Balis FM, Edgerly M, Stein WD, Bates S, Fojo T, Chen CC. Increased 99mTc-sestamibi accumulation in normal liver and drug-resistant tumors after the administration of the glycoprotein inhibitor, XR9576. Clin Cancer Res. 2003 Feb;9(2):650-6. PubMed 12576431 ↗
  • Bakker M, van der Graaf WT, Piers DA, Franssen EJ, Groen HJ, Smit EF, Kool W, Hollema H, Muller EA, De Vries EG. 99mTc-Sestamibi scanning with SDZ PSC 833 as a functional detection method for resistance modulation in patients with solid tumours. Anticancer Res. 1999 May-Jun;19(3B):2349-53. PubMed 10472354 ↗
  • Chen CC, Meadows B, Regis J, Kalafsky G, Fojo T, Carrasquillo JA, Bates SE. Detection of in vivo P-glycoprotein inhibition by PSC 833 using Tc-99m sestamibi. Clin Cancer Res. 1997 Apr;3(4):545-52. PubMed 9815718 ↗
  • Bates SE, Bakke S, Kang M, Robey RW, Zhai S, Thambi P, Chen CC, Patil S, Smith T, Steinberg SM, Merino M, Goldspiel B, Meadows B, Stein WD, Choyke P, Balis F, Figg WD, Fojo T. A phase I/II study of infusional vinblastine with the P-glycoprotein antagonist valspodar (PSC 833) in renal cell carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Jul 15;10(14):4724-33. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-0829-03. PubMed 15269145 ↗
  • Kelly RJ, Robey RW, Chen CC, Draper D, Luchenko V, Barnett D, Oldham RK, Caluag Z, Frye AR, Steinberg SM, Fojo T, Bates SE. A pharmacodynamic study of the P-glycoprotein antagonist CBT-1(R) in combination with paclitaxel in solid tumors. Oncologist. 2012;17(4):512. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2012-0080. Epub 2012 Mar 13. PubMed 22416063 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 17, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00082368
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Peter Choyke, M.D. (Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 6, 2004
Start date
May 16, 2004
Primary completion
Apr 14, 2014
Completion
Apr 14, 2014
Results posted
May 4, 2015
Last update
Aug 17, 2017

Study contacts

Peter Choyke, M.D.
principal investigator · National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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