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RecruitingNCT07899892Updated Oct 28, 2026

A Study of 68Ga-FAPI Breast PET/MRI Scans in People With Breast Cancer

A Phase 1 interventional study of 68Ga-FAPI-PET/MRI in Breast Cancer and Invasive Breast Cancer, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Recruiting at 8 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-28.

Sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Phase 1, Interventional, and Diagnostic

Updated Oct 28, 2026Newly registeredGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether it is practical (feasible) to use a new type of imaging scan called 68Ga-FAPI PET/MRI (positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging) to evaluate how well breast cancer responds to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Cancer
  • Invasive Breast Cancer

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Keywords

  • Breast Cancer
  • Invasive Breast Cancer
  • 68Ga-FAPI
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • 26-320
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

14,825 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 3,319 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 10 is below the median of 72 across 10,896 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is the lead sponsor of 1,964 studies on the registry; 327 are open to participants now.

Of its 135 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 71 (53%) have results posted.

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
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥ 18
  • Performance Status of ≤ 2
  • Ability to review and signed
  • confirmed, newly diagnosed invasive breast cancer
  • Lymph node (either histologically confirmed or radiographic evidence of lymph node metastases).
  • Planned to undergo SOC NAC prior to surgical resection as outlined in section 4.1

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or lactation.
  • Patients who cannot undergo PET/MRI scanning because of:

    • devices or implants that are not MRI safe
    • or known allergy to gadolinium-based contrast agents
    • physical fitness not allowing scanning in prone for 30 minutes
    • weight limits (450 lb. weight limit)
  • Severe kidney disfunction (estimated \< 30 ml/min/1.73 m2) (CKD-EPI (2021))
  • Imaging features suspicious for concomitant in-situ cancer (LCIS/DCIS), such as nonbiopsied groups of microcalcifications
  • Distant ( for NAC)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(7)

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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.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

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.

Informed consent

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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.

Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

Your pathology report is the document that shows this.

Metastases

Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

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Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Participants with Breast Cancer

    Participants with histologically confirmed, newly diagnosed invasive breast cancer

    Diagnostic Test: 68Ga-FAPI-PET/MRI

Interventions

  • Diagnostic test68Ga-FAPI-PET/MRI

    68Ga-FAPI-PET/MRI is conducted 3 times in every participant.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants able to complete all 3 planned scans

    The primary aim of the study is to assess the feasibility to non-invasively assess response to NAC with 68Ga-FAPI-PET/MRI. Feasibility is given if a participant is able to complete all 3 planned scans.

    Time frame: Up to 1 year

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Study locations

8 of 8 sites recruiting
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities)
    Basking Ridge, New Jersey 07920, United States
    Recruiting
    • Somali Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited protocol activities)
    Middletown, New Jersey 07748, United States
    Recruiting
    • Somali Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities)
    Montvale, New Jersey 07645, United States
    Recruiting
    • Somali Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited protocol activity)
    Commack, New York 11725, United States
    Recruiting
    • Simone Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk-Commack (Limited Protocol Activity)
    Commack, New York 11725, United States
    Recruiting
    • Somali Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities)
    Harrison, New York 10604, United States
    Recruiting
    • Simone Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)
    New York, New York 10065, United States
    Recruiting
    • Somali Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activites)
    Rockville Centre, New York 11553, United States
    Recruiting
    • Simone Gavane, MD · Contact212-639-2403
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center supports the international committee of medical journal editors (ICMJE) and the ethical obligation of responsible sharing of data from clinical trials. The protocol summary, a statistical summary, and informed consent form will be made available on clinicaltrials.gov when required as a condition of Federal awards, other agreements supporting the research and/or as otherwise required. Requests for deidentified individual participant data can be made following one year after publication and for up to 36 months later. Deidentified individual participant data reported in the manuscript will be shared under the terms of a Data Use Agreement and may only be used for approved proposals. Requests may be made to: crdatashare@mskcc.org.

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Oct 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Oct 2028, 24 months after the start.

Of 371 non-industry phase 1 interventional studies under Breast Neoplasms, half reached primary completion within 48 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 28 and three quarters within 77. This study's planned 24 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 759 studies reached it within 44 months; a quarter within 25 and three quarters within 66.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 21, 2026
First posted
Oct 28, 2026
StartActual
Oct 20, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Oct 20, 2028
CompletionEst.
Oct 20, 2028
Last update
Oct 28, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Registered
First appeared on the registry. No changes since
Oct 28, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 28, 2026
    First appeared on the registry

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07899892
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 28, 2026
Start date
Oct 20, 2026
Primary completion
Oct 20, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 20, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 28, 2026

Study contacts

Somali Gavane, MD
Contact
GavaneS@mskcc.org
212-639-2403
Roberto Valentin, MD
Contact
ValentR2@mskcc.org
Somali Gavane, MD
principal investigator · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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