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Gadoxetate Enhanced Imaging Study to Detect Prostate Cancer

A Phase 2 interventional study of Eovist in Prostate Cancer, sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 99 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-07-08.

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

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 99 Years
Sex
Male
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Study summary

Background:

  • Prostate cancer is the most common cancer type among men. Some prostate cancers respond to hormonal therapy. However, some cell characteristics of other prostate cancers cause it not to respond as well to these therapies. Researchers want to see if gadoxetate, a contrast agent used to help identify damaged liver tissue, can help tell these types of prostate cancer apart. It may be able to identify if a man has a type of prostate cancer for which hormone therapy may not work as well.

Objectives:

  • To see if gadoxetate can help identify different types of prostate cancers during imaging studies.

Eligibility:

  • Men at least 18 years of age who have prostate cancer. Participants will be having surgery to either remove the prostate or take tumor tissue samples.

Design:

  • Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood samples will be collected.
  • Participants will have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the lower torso. They will receive gadoxetate during the MRI scan.
  • Participants who have surgery will have a sample of their tumor cells collected. Those who have a biopsy will provide cells from this biopsy for study.
  • Treatment will not be provided as part of this study.
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BACKGROUND:

  • Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy among men in the western world. Prognostic biomarkers would be useful in stratifying patients to different treatments.
  • The expression of a testosterone membrane transporter, organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B3 (OATP1B3), is associated with shorter time to progression after hormonal ablation therapy and shorter overall survival in prostate cancer patients. 52% of localized prostate cancer lesions express OATP1B3, while 92% of prostate cancer metastases requiring hormonal ablation treatment, express OATP1B3 in soft tissue lesions. Expression of OATP1B3 also correlates with Gleason grade.
  • Current imaging methods cannot predict treatment failure or resistance.
  • Gadoxetate disodium (Gd-EOB-DTPA) (Eovist , Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) is an MR imaging agent which is FDA-approved gadolinium chelate for detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as normal hepatocytes express OATP1B3 while most hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) do not. However, those HCCs that do take up Eovist have been shown to express OATP1B3.
  • Eovist may be useful to evaluate OATP1B3 status in patients with prostate cancer and may therefore serve as a prognostic and treatment biomarker.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

-Evaluate the uptake and retention of Eovist in prostate cancers.

ELIGIBILTY:

  • Male subjects greater than or equal to 18 years old
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance score of 0 to 2
  • Subjects with clinically localized prostate cancer must have image guided biopsy confirmed prostate cancer and sufficient tissue available for OATP1B3 immunohistochemistry (IHC).
  • Subjects with advanced disease who have failed hormone therapy and who have sufficient tissue from a soft tissue or metastatic bone lesion (measuring greater than or equal to1.5cm in diameter at computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan) available for OATP1B3 IHC.

or

-Subjects, for whom tissue is not available, must have a soft tissue or metastatic bone lesion that can be biopsied and be willing to undergo percutaneous biopsy to obtain tissue for OATP1B3 expression.

DESIGN:

  • This pilot study will accrue 25 subjects divided into two arms: 10 evaluable subjects with localized prostate cancer and 15 evaluable subjects with advanced disease
  • Each subject will receive a single intravenous (IV) dose of Eovist by bolus injection
  • All subjects will undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) prior to and immediately after, 10, 20 and 60 minutes post-Eovist injection
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Conditions studied

  • Prostate Cancer

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Keywords

  • Testosterone Membrane Transporter
  • OATP1B3
  • Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
  • Prostatectomy
  • Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent
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In context

Prostatic Neoplasms

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This study's enrollment of 24 is below the median of 58 across 4,821 interventional studies indexed under Prostatic Neoplasms.

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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.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 99 Years
Sexes eligible
Male
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

2.1.1.1 Subject is greater than or equal to 18 years old.

2.1.1.2 Subjects with clinically localized prostate cancer (outside pathology is acceptable) must have image guided biopsy confirmed prostate cancer and sufficient tissue available (obtained before or after 20 weeks of Eovist injection) for organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B3 (OATP1B3) expression.

2.1.1.3 Subjects with advanced disease who have failed hormone therapy and who have sufficient tissue (obtained before or after 20 weeks of Eovist injection) from a soft tissue lesion (measuring greater than or equal to 1.5cm in diameter at computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan) available for OATP1B3 expression.

or

2.1.1.4 Subjects, for whom tissue is not available, must have a soft tissue or metastatic bone lesion that can be biopsied and be willing to undergo percutaneous biopsy to obtain tissue for OATP1B3 expression.

2.1.1.5 Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status less than or equal to 2

2.1.1.6 Serum creatinine within 3 weeks prior to Eovist MRI less than or equal to 1.8mg/dl and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) must be greater than 30 ml/min/1.73m(2).

2.1.1.7 Patients must have normal liver function as defined below:

  • total bilirubin less than 2 times normal institutional limits or greater than 3.0 mg/dl in patients with Gilberts syndrome
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) less than or equal to 3 times institutional upper limit of normal

2.1.1.8 Ability of subject to sign a written informed consent document

Exclusion criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

2.1.2.1 Subjects with known hypersensitivity and allergy to gadolinium contrast agents

2.1.2.2 Subjects with any coexisting medical or psychiatric condition that is likely to interfere with study procedures and/or results

2.1.2.3 Subjects with severe claustrophobia unresponsive to oral anxiolytics

2.1.2.4 Subjects with contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

2.1.2.5 Subjects weighing greater than 136 kg (weight limit for scanner table)

2.1.2.6 Subjects with pacemakers, cerebral aneurysm clips, shrapnel injury, or other implanted electronic devices or metal not compatible with MRI

2.1.2.7 Subjects with other medical conditions deemed by the principle investigator (or associates) to make the subject ineligible for protocol procedures

2.1.2.8 Subjects who will have a delay in clinically indicated radiation therapy due to the interval between Eovist MRI imaging and biopsy

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
24 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Participants with Advanced Disease

    Advanced disease: who have failed hormone therapy and who have sufficient tissue from a soft tissue or metastatic bone lesion (measuring 1.5cm in diameter at computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan) available for organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B3 (OATP1B3) immunohistochemistry (IHC) or must have a soft tissue or metastatic bone lesion that can be biopsied and be willing to undergo percutaneous biopsy to obtain tissue for OATP1B3 expression.

    Drug: Eovist

  • Active comparator
    Participants with Localized Disease

    Localized disease: must have image guided biopsy confirmed prostate cancer and sufficient tissue available for OATP1B3 IHC.

    Drug: Eovist

Interventions

  • DrugEovist

    0.1 ml/kg Eovist will be administered intravenous (IV) to each patient

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Uptake and Retention of Eovist in Prostate Cancers

    Uptake and retention of Eovist in prostate cancers is measured by the change of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameter values between pre and post injection.

    Time frame: Baseline and 20 minutes, 40 minutes, and 60 minutes after Eovist injection

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants Who Were Evaluated for Magnetic Resonance (MR) Contrast Enhancement Parameters Following Eovist Injection With Respect to Gleason Score

    Scans with or without endorectal coil were obtained through the prostate gland, bone metastasis or soft tissue metastasis (usually a lymph node) selected as the target lesion as described in primary outcome measure. Then 0.1 ml/kg Eovist was administered intravenously. Scans were correlated with baseline Gleason score obtained from the prostate biopsy. Gleason score \<7 = low grade cancer; Gleason score ≥7 = high grade cancer.

    Time frame: At baseline

  2. Baseline Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels of Patients Who Were Evaluated for Magnetic Resonance (MR) Contrast Enhancement Parameters Following Eovist Injection

    Scans with or without endorectal coil were obtained through the prostate gland, bone metastasis or soft tissue metastasis (usually a lymph node) selected as the target lesion as described in primary outcome measure. Then 0.1 ml/kg Eovist was administered intravenously. Scans were correlated to baseline PSA levels.

    Time frame: Baseline

  3. Number of Participants With Serious and Non-serious Adverse Events

    Here is the number of participants with serious and non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned.

    Time frame: From date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 3 years and 33 days

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Results

Posted Mar 20, 2018

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneParticipants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized Disease
Started1212
Completed1011
Not completed21
Withdrew: Patient noncompliance21

Outcome measures

PrimaryUptake and Retention of Eovist in Prostate Cancers

Uptake and retention of Eovist in prostate cancers is measured by the change of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameter values between pre and post injection.

Time frame:
Baseline and 20 minutes, 40 minutes, and 60 minutes after Eovist injection
Reported as:
Mean · contrast enhancement ratio (CER)
Uptake and Retention of Eovist in Prostate Cancers
contrast enhancement ratio (CER)Participants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized Disease
Baseline2.01 ± 1.161.857 ± 0.41
20 minutes after Eovist2.52 ± 1.262.212 ± 0.36
40 minutes after Eovist2.52 ± 1.392.05 ± 0.34
60 minutes after Eovist2.56 ± 1.452.06 ± 0.34
Statistical analysis
  • Participants With Advanced Disease vs Participants With Localized Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.0008 (Median of difference in CER: All cases.) · Median of differences: 0.43The relative difference between groups is based on the change from baseline values to the values collected at each of the three time points.
  • Participants With Advanced Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.0039 (Median of difference in CER: Advanced Disease Cases.) · Median of differences: 0.42
  • Participants With Localized Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.084 (Median of difference in CER: Local Disease Cases.) · Median of differences: 0.475
  • Participants With Localized Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.25 · Median difference cer: 0.17
  • Participants With Localized Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.1602 · Median difference cer: 0.27
  • Participants With Advanced Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.0078 · Median difference cer: 0.29
  • Participants With Advanced Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.0039 · Median difference cer: 0.34
  • Participants With Advanced Disease vs Participants With Localized Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.0046 · Median difference cer: 0.27
  • Participants With Advanced Disease vs Participants With Localized Disease · Wilcoxon Test · p = 0.0017 · Median difference cer: 0.33
SecondaryNumber of Participants Who Were Evaluated for Magnetic Resonance (MR) Contrast Enhancement Parameters Following Eovist Injection With Respect to Gleason Score

Scans with or without endorectal coil were obtained through the prostate gland, bone metastasis or soft tissue metastasis (usually a lymph node) selected as the target lesion as described in primary outcome measure. Then 0.1 ml/kg Eovist was administered intravenously. Scans were correlated with baseline Gleason score obtained from the prostate biopsy. Gleason score \<7 = low grade cancer; Gleason score ≥7 = high grade cancer.

Time frame:
At baseline
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants Who Were Evaluated for Magnetic Resonance (MR) Contrast Enhancement Parameters Following Eovist Injection With Respect to Gleason Score
ParticipantsParticipants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized Disease
Gleason score <701
Gleason score ≥799
SecondaryBaseline Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels of Patients Who Were Evaluated for Magnetic Resonance (MR) Contrast Enhancement Parameters Following Eovist Injection

Scans with or without endorectal coil were obtained through the prostate gland, bone metastasis or soft tissue metastasis (usually a lymph node) selected as the target lesion as described in primary outcome measure. Then 0.1 ml/kg Eovist was administered intravenously. Scans were correlated to baseline PSA levels.

Time frame:
Baseline
Reported as:
Mean · ng/mL
Baseline Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels of Patients Who Were Evaluated for Magnetic Resonance (MR) Contrast Enhancement Parameters Following Eovist Injection
ng/mLParticipants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized Disease
Baseline Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Levels of Patients Who Were Evaluated for Magnetic Resonance (MR) Contrast Enhancement Parameters Following Eovist Injection163.17 ± 208.5011.46 ± 13.15
Statistical analysis
  • Participants With Advanced Disease vs Participants With Localized Disease · Nonparametric Spearman correlation · p = 0.5761 · Spearman r: -0.1370 · 95% CI -0.5665 to 0.3511The calculation of Spearman correlation is between baseline PSA and CER at 20 minutes post Eovist injection.
  • Participants With Advanced Disease vs Participants With Localized Disease · nonparametric Spearman correlation · p = 0.3033 · Spearman r: -0.2570 · 95% CI -0.6549 to 0.2526
  • Participants With Advanced Disease vs Participants With Localized Disease · nonparametric Spearman correlation · p = 0.2351 · Spearman r: -0.2861 · 95% CI -0.6634 to 0.2071
  • Participants With Localized Disease · Mann Whitney · p = 0.111 · Median difference (actual): -0.47
  • Participants With Advanced Disease · Mann Whitney · p = 0.7738 · Median difference (actual): -0.7750
SecondaryNumber of Participants With Serious and Non-serious Adverse Events

Here is the number of participants with serious and non-serious adverse events assessed by the Common Terminology Criteria in Adverse Events (CTCAE v4.0). A non-serious adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence. A serious adverse event is an adverse event or suspected adverse reaction that results in death, a life threatening adverse drug experience, hospitalization, disruption of the ability to conduct normal life functions, congenital anomaly/birth defect or important medical events that jeopardize the patient or subject and may require medical or surgical intervention to prevent one of the previous outcomes mentioned.

Time frame:
From date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 3 years and 33 days
Reported as:
Count of participants · Participants
Number of Participants With Serious and Non-serious Adverse Events
ParticipantsParticipants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized Disease
Number of Participants With Serious and Non-serious Adverse Events10

Adverse events

Collected over From date treatment consent signed to date off study, approximately 3 years and 33 days. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Participants With Advanced Disease0/12 (0%)0/12 (0%)1/12 (8.3%)
Participants With Localized Disease0/12 (0%)0/12 (0%)0/12 (0%)
Most frequent other events
Most frequent other events
EventParticipants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized Disease
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders1/120/12

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Participants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized DiseaseTotal
<=18 years000
Between 18 and 65 years6612
>=65 years6612
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Participants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized DiseaseTotal
Mean65.67 ± 10.5965.17 ± 7.3065.42 ± 8.90
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Participants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized DiseaseTotal
Female000
Male121224
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Participants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized DiseaseTotal
Hispanic or Latino000
Not Hispanic or Latino121224
Unknown or Not Reported000
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Participants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized DiseaseTotal
American Indian or Alaska Native000
Asian011
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander000
Black or African American325
White9918
More than one race000
Unknown or Not Reported000
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(Participants)Participants With Advanced DiseaseParticipants With Localized DiseaseTotal
United States121224
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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

  • Narita M, Hatano E, Arizono S, Miyagawa-Hayashino A, Isoda H, Kitamura K, Taura K, Yasuchika K, Nitta T, Ikai I, Uemoto S. Expression of OATP1B3 determines uptake of Gd-EOB-DTPA in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol. 2009;44(7):793-8. doi: 10.1007/s00535-009-0056-4. Epub 2009 Apr 29. PubMed 19404564 ↗
  • Jemal A, Siegel R, Xu J, Ward E. Cancer statistics, 2010. CA Cancer J Clin. 2010 Sep-Oct;60(5):277-300. doi: 10.3322/caac.20073. Epub 2010 Jul 7. Erratum In: CA Cancer J Clin. 2011 Mar-Apr;61(2):133-4. PubMed 20610543 ↗
  • Hamada A, Sissung T, Price DK, Danesi R, Chau CH, Sharifi N, Venzon D, Maeda K, Nagao K, Sparreboom A, Mitsuya H, Dahut WL, Figg WD. Effect of SLCO1B3 haplotype on testosterone transport and clinical outcome in caucasian patients with androgen-independent prostatic cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2008 Jun 1;14(11):3312-8. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-4118. PubMed 18519758 ↗

Study documents

  • Protocol, analysis plan and consent form · May 12, 2015

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Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01867424
Lead sponsor
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Ismail B. Turkbey (Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute (NCI)) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 4, 2013
Start date
May 14, 2013
Primary completion
May 30, 2016
Completion
Dec 8, 2016
Results posted
Mar 20, 2018
Last update
Jul 8, 2020

Study contacts

Ismail B Turkbey, 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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