A Phase 2 interventional study of 18F-fluciclovine injection and 18F-FDG PET/CT in Multiple Myeloma, Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (NDMM) and Relapsed and/or Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM), sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI). Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-10.
Sponsored by National Cancer Institute (NCI) · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
Background:
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable cancer of certain blood cells. MM often returns after treatment, and most people survive only 5 to 8 years after diagnosis. To improve survival, researchers need to find ways to identify returning disease earlier.
Objective:
To find out if the radiotracer 18F-fluciclovine (a substance injected into the blood during imaging scans) is better at detecting MM than the one (18F-FDG) currently used for this purpose.
Eligibility:
Adults aged 18 years or older with MM. The MM may be newly diagnosed (NDMM); or it may have returned or failed to respond after at least 1 prior line of treatment (RRMM).
Design:
Participants will be screened. They will have blood tests. They will have a positron emission tomography (PET) or computed tomography (CT) scan using 18F-FDG. The radiotracer will be injected into a vein. Then participants will lie on a table while the PET/CT scan takes images of their body.
All participants will have 3 study visits. During each visit they will have:
Two PET/CT scans. One with 18F-FDG, one with 18F-fluciclovine.
An optional magnetic resonance imaging scan.
A bone marrow biopsy. An area on the hip will be numbed; a needle will be inserted to draw out a sample of the soft tissue from inside the bone.
These tests may be spread over 30 days for each visit.
NDMM participants will have their second study visit 2 to 4 weeks after they complete their usual treatment for the disease. RRMM participants will have their second visit 6 months after their first.
All participants will have a third study visit after 5 years or when their disease progresses....
Background:
Objective:
To determine the concordance between 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT in participants with multiple myeloma
Eligibility:
Participants fit criteria for one of the following categories:
Design:
This is an open-label, single center phase 2 study evaluating 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT imaging in up to 50 participants with multiple myeloma. Participants will be enrolled into one of two cohorts based on disease status; newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM) participants will be enrolled into Cohort 1 and relapsed refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) participants will be enrolled into Cohort 2. All subjects will undergo an 18F-fluciclovine injection followed by a static whole-body PET/CT at three time points: Timepoint #1, Timepoint #2 (after induction for NDMM or at 6 months for RRMM) and Timepoint #3 (at progression or at 5 years). Results will be compared to 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging at those same timepoints.
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Participants must have a documented diagnosis of MM defined by the IMWG Criteria. Participants at diagnosis must have had a serum M-protein >= 3 g/dL and/or bone marrow plasma cells >= 10% and at least one of the following:
Participants must have defined by any one of the following:
Participants fit criteria for one of the following categories:
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.
A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.
“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
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Measurable disease
The amount of disease can be tracked with a defined measurement, so the study can see whether it shrinks or grows. It might be a tumour measured on a scan or, in some blood cancers such as myeloma, a marker measured in blood or urine.
The criteria or the study team say which measurement counts — having no tumour visible on a scan does not by itself rule you out.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Relapsed and refractory
Relapsed: the illness came back after treatment had worked. Refractory: it did not respond to treatment, or stopped responding while still on it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Line of therapy
A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.
“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECOG performance status
A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.
Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Evaluate 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT in participants with multiple myeloma at Timepoint #1, Timepoint #2 ( after induction treatment (NDMM) or six months (RRMM)) and at Timepoint #3 (the time of progression or 5 years).
Drug: 18F-fluciclovine injection · Procedure: 18F-FDG PET/CT
370 MBq (10 mCi)(+/-20%) as a bolus intravenous injection.
All participants will undergo 18F-FDG PET/CT within 30 days of the 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT scan
To determine the concordance between 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT and 18F-FDG PET/CT in participants with multiple myeloma.
The performance of 18F-fluciclovine PET/CT is assessed by concordance with the 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging in scan positivity. A positive lesion is defined as focal uptake greater than background associated with abnormal CT findings (i.e., lytic bone lesions or extramedullary tissue.) The point estimates and 95% confidence intervals of the concordance rate in scan positivity between 18F-fluciclovine and 18F-FDG PET/CT will be reported.
Time frame: After 50 evaluable participants have completed baseline scans.
Evaluate the efficacy of 18F-fluciclovine in measuring disease volume as compared to other indicators of disease volume such as serum M protein, serum free-light chains, urine M protein, B2 microglobulin, and bone marrow plasma cell percentage.
Disease volumes measured by 18F-fluciclovine will be correlated with other indicators of disease volume such as serum M protein, serum free-light chains, urine M protein, B2 microglobulin, and bone marrow plasma cell percentage by Spearman rank correlation.
Time frame: Between Timepoint #1 and Timepoint #3
Evaluate the ability of 18F-fluciclovine to identify minimal residual disease (MRD) as compared to MRD status determined by bone marrow flow cytometry or next generation sequencing (NGS).
Status of minimal residual disease (MRD) identified by 18F-fluciclovine will be compared to MRD status determined by bone marrow flow cytometry or next generation sequencing (NGS).
Time frame: Between Timepoint #1 and Timepoint #3
Evaluate the ability for 18F-fluciclovine to evaluate response after treatment as compared to the IMWG response criteria.
Response after treatment determined by 18F-fluciclovine will be compared to the IMWG response criteria by McNemar test.
Time frame: Between Timepoint #1 and Timepoint #3
Evaluate the safety of 18F-fluciclovine as a radiotracer in patients with multiple myeloma.
All participants will be evaluable for toxicity from the time at each 18F-fluciclovine dose through 3 days after each dose. Safety of the agents will be assessed by determining the type, grade, and frequency of adverse events noted in each participant who receives at least one dose of each of the study treatments. Safety data will be presented in a summary.
Time frame: From the time at each 18F-fluciclovine dose through 3 days after each dose.
Plan to share: Yes — All collected IPD will be shared. In addition, all large scale genomic sequencing data will be shared with subscribers to dbGaP.
Supporting information: Study protocol, Statistical analysis plan, Informed consent form
Time frame: Clinical data will be made available during the study and indefinitely. Genomic data are available once genomic data are uploaded per protocol GDS plan for as long as database is active.
Access criteria: Clinical data will be made available upon request and with the permission of the study PI. Genomic data are made available via dbGAP through requests to the data custodians.
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