T-Cell PET Imaging With [18F]F-AraG in Lung Cancer
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03311672 |
Recruitment Status :
Withdrawn
(Low Accrual)
First Posted : October 17, 2017
Last Update Posted : October 21, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non-small Cell Lung Cancer | Drug: [18F]F-Ara-G Drug: Pembrolizumab Radiation: PET/CT scan | Phase 2 |
This is a single-center cross-sectional imaging study in patients with localized lung cancer undergoing immunotherapy with or without stereotactic radiation therapy as part of the companion clinical trial (NCT03217071; Pembrolizumab With and Without Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer). Each patient will undergo a single [18F]F-AraG PET exam as part of this study. [18F]F-AraG will be administered at a single time point intravenously prior to PET imaging. Whole-body PET will be acquired along with a whole body low dose CT (PET/CT) used for attenuation correction and anatomic localization of [18F]F-AraG uptake, SUV calculation, and volumetric selection for radiomic analyses.
A total of 20 patients will be enrolled over an accrual period of approximately 12 months. Approximately 10 patients will be enrolled in the immunotherapy alone cohort and approximately 10 patients will be enrolled in the immunotherapy and stereotactic radiation therapy cohort.
Patients will be evaluated one day and one week via telephone after each radiopharmaceutical injection for safety follow-up. All adverse events will be recorded. Due to the noninvasive and non-therapeutic nature of the study, potential risks of the study are anticipated to be low.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 0 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | T-Cell PET Imaging With [18F]F-AraG and Radiomics to Guide Combined Radiation and Systemic Immune Modulating Therapies |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 26, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 15, 2019 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 15, 2019 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cohort 1 - Immunotherapy Alone
Approximately 10 patients will be enrolled in the immunotherapy alone cohort under a larger two-year industry-funded, investigator-initiated single-institution, phase II, open-label clinical trial (NCT03217071; Pembrolizumab With and Without Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer) in which patients with stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are randomized to receive two cycles of systemic immunotherapy (pembrolizumab, a PD-1 inhibitor) with or without immune-priming stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT, 12 Gy) to the lateral half of the primary lung tumor prior to resection.
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Drug: [18F]F-Ara-G
Administered after two cycles of immunotherapy +/- stereotactic radiation therapy as part of the PET/CT scan.
Other Name: 2'-deoxy-2'-[18F]fluoro-9-β-Darabinofuranosylguanine Drug: Pembrolizumab All study participants will receive pembrolizumab every 3 weeks, for 2 cycles.
Other Name: Keytruda Radiation: PET/CT scan Scan will be done after two cycles of immunotherapy +/- stereotactic radiation therapy. |
Experimental: Cohort 2 - Immunotherapy with Stereotactic Radiation
Approximately 10 patients will be enrolled in the immunotherapy with stereotactic radiation therapy cohort under a larger two-year industry-funded, investigator-initiated single-institution, phase II, open-label clinical trial (NCT03217071; Pembrolizumab With and Without Radiotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer) in which patients with stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are randomized to receive two cycles of systemic immunotherapy (pembrolizumab, a PD-1 inhibitor) with or without immune-priming stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT, 12 Gy) to the lateral half of the primary lung tumor prior to resection.
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Drug: [18F]F-Ara-G
Administered after two cycles of immunotherapy +/- stereotactic radiation therapy as part of the PET/CT scan.
Other Name: 2'-deoxy-2'-[18F]fluoro-9-β-Darabinofuranosylguanine Drug: Pembrolizumab All study participants will receive pembrolizumab every 3 weeks, for 2 cycles.
Other Name: Keytruda Radiation: PET/CT scan Scan will be done after two cycles of immunotherapy +/- stereotactic radiation therapy. |
- The correlation between number of infiltrating CD3+ T cells/μm2 in the non-small cell lunger cancer thoracotomy specimen as quantified by immunohistochemistry and the activated T-cell concentration as determined by [18F]F-AraG PET (SUVmax) [ Time Frame: Baseline (after two cycles of pembrolizumab) ]The correlation between number of infiltrating CD3+ T cells/μm2 in the non-small cell lunger cancer thoracotomy specimen as quantified by immunohistochemistry and the activated T-cell concentration as determined by [18F]F-AraG PET (SUVmax)
- The detection of out-of-target radiation-mediated immune modulation in lymph nodes using [18F]F-AraG PET [ Time Frame: Baseline (after two cycles of pembrolizumab) ]The detection of out-of-target radiation-mediated immune modulation in lymph nodes using [18F]F-AraG PET

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years
- Histologically or cytologically documented stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
- Eligible for with plan to undergo immunotherapy alone or both immunotherapy and stereotactic radiation therapy as part of NCT03217071
- In female patients, negative pregnancy test with no plans to become pregnant during the duration of the study
- Able to provide informed consent and follow the study guidelines
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03311672
Principal Investigator: | Sue Yom, MD | University of California, San Francisco |
Responsible Party: | University of California, San Francisco |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03311672 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
176513 NCI-2018-02158 ( Other Identifier: NCI Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) ) |
First Posted: | October 17, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 21, 2019 |
Last Verified: | October 2019 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Lung Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms |
Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Pembrolizumab Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological Antineoplastic Agents |