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Feasibility of Gallium-68-tilmanocept PET/CT for Sentinel Lymph Node Detection in Endometrial Cancer

A Phase 3 interventional study of Gallium-68-tilmanocept in Endometrial Cancer, sponsored by UMC Utrecht. Recruiting at 1 site in Netherlands. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-12-01.

Sponsored by UMC Utrecht · Phase 3, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jul 2024, 2 years 3 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Feb 2023; still recruiting 3 years 7 months later.
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This pilot study evaluates the feasibility of 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT for SLN mapping in patients with endometrial cancer.

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Rationale: Currently, the use of indocyanine green (ICG) is the most widely accepted sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping technique in endometrial cancer but the acquired SLN detection rates greatly vary. We propose that adding preoperative imaging with the radiotracer Gallium-68-tilmanocept (68Ga-tilmanocept) PET/CT can further improve SLN mapping in patients with endometrial cancer and reliably guide the surgeon towards the true SLN intraoperatively.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of sentinel lymph node imaging with 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT.

Study design: Non-randomised, single-centre, single-arm pilot study in the UMC Utrecht.

Study population: Patients with clinically stage I-II high/high-intermediate risk endometrial cancer scheduled for robot-assisted pelvic and para-aortic lymphatic staging (including SLN procedure). A total of 10 patients will be included.

Intervention (if applicable): Preoperative cervical injection of 68Ga-tilmanocept followed by preoperative PET/CT imaging (in adjunct to the standard-of-care: intraoperative injection with indocyanine green (ICG) with real-time near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging). Injection of 68Ga-tilmanocept is performed by the gynaecologist in an outpatient setting. The PET/CT (PET + contrast enhanced CT abdomen) will be performed 30-90 minutes after tracer injection.

Main study parameters/endpoints: Feasibility of 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT for SLN mapping, which is evaluated by its SLN detection rate.

Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation, benefit and group relatedness: Extra burden for subjects concerns an additional site visit for cervical injection followed by PET/CT imaging with a total duration of two hours (including waiting time of \~60 minutes). The preoperative injection with 68Ga-tilmanocept while patient is awake adds minimal discomfort to the patient. The extra administration of 10 MBq 68Ga-tilmanocept followed by PET/CT, resulting in a radiation of 6.3 mSv, is considered an acceptable radiation burden to the subjects. Adverse reactions after injection of radiolabelled tilmanocept rarely occur. No additional blood samples, follow-up visits or physical examinations are needed during this study. The additional site visit does not delay the scheduled standard care.

Subjects may benefit from this study since the SLN detection rate could be increased and/or faster by adding 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT to the diagnostic procedure.

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Conditions studied

  • Endometrial Cancer

Keywords

  • Endometrial cancer
  • Sentinel lymph node mapping
  • Image guided surgery
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In context

Endometrial Neoplasms

1,325 studies on the registry are indexed under Endometrial Neoplasms; 447 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 70 across 941 interventional studies indexed under Endometrial Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

UMC Utrecht is the lead sponsor of 350 studies on the registry; 80 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical FIGO 2012 stage I-II high/high-intermediate risk endometrial cancer;
  • Scheduled for robot-assisted full pelvic and para-aortic staging;
  • Age ≥18 years and able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or current breastfeeding;
  • Prior severe allergic reaction to iodine;
  • Severe renal insufficiency (stage 3 or 4);
  • Clinical or radiological evidence of metastatic disease.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT

    All participants receive 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT imaging in adjunct to standard-of-care (SLN mapping with intraoperative ICG).

    Drug: Gallium-68-tilmanocept

Interventions

  • DrugGallium-68-tilmanocept

    All participants receive a cervical injection with 10 MBq 68Ga-tilmanocept in an outpatient setting (at least one week) before surgery. Within 30-90 minutes post-injection a PET with contrast enhanced CT is performed (PET/CT). Data (i.e. detection rate) from the imaging modalities are collected.

    Also known as: 68Ga-tilmanocept

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility of 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT for SLN mapping

    Assessed by the SLN detection rate with 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT. Overall SLN detection rate is defined as the proportion of patients in which at least one SLN is detected. Bilateral SLN detection rate is defined as the proportion of patients with at least one SLN detected in each hemipelvis or para-aortic side.

    Time frame: One week post-PET/CT

Secondary outcomes

  1. Correlation between SLN detection rate and anatomical location with preoperative 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT versus intraoperative ICG with near-infrared fluorescence.

    Preoperative and intraoperative localisation of the detected SLNs will be reported according to a fixed format.

    Time frame: Intraoperative

  2. Pathological status of SLNs

    Assessed as: tumour negative, macrometastasis (diameter \>2.0 mm), micrometastasis (diameter between 0.2 and 2.0 mm) or isolated tumour cells (diameter \<0.2 mm or individual tumour cells).

    Time frame: One week post-surgery

  3. Adverse events related to SLN mapping with 68Ga-tilmanocept PET/CT

    Graded by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) v5.0)

    Time frame: Up to one hour post-PET/CT

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Cornelis G Gerestein
    Utrecht, 3584CX, Netherlands
    • Cornelis G Gerestein, MD, PhD · Contact · C.G.Gerestein-2@umcutrecht.nl · +31616770541
    • Cornelis G. Gerestein, MD,PhD · Principal investigator
    • Ilse G.T. Baeten, MD · Sub investigator
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 1, 2023, 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
NCT05446324
Lead sponsor
UMC Utrecht
Responsible party
Ronald Zweemer (Prof. dr. Ronald P. Zweemer, UMC Utrecht) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 6, 2022
Start date
Feb 15, 2023
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Sep 1, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 1, 2023

Study contacts

Cornelis G Gerestein, MD, PhD
Contact
C.G.Gerestein-2@umcutrecht.nl
+31616770541
Ilse G.T. Baeten, MD
Contact
i.g.t.baeten@umcutrecht.nl
Cornelis G Gerestein, MD, PhD
principal investigator · UMC Utrecht

Oversight

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