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Targeted Therapy to Increase RAI Uptake in Patients With Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

NCT ID: NCT05024929Sponsor: Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaLast updated: 2025-11-14

Summary

Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is a common type of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in children and represents the second most common cancer in adolescent females. Recently targeted drugs that block many of the genetic drivers of DTC have become available. While Investigators know that these drugs shrink DTC tumors in many cases, the impact on radioactive iodine (RAI) avidity has not been systematically studied.

Detailed description

This is an observational cohort study that will enroll patients with DTC metastatic to the lungs who will receive oncogene-specific targeted therapy as part of routine clinical care or a separate therapeutic clinical trial. After approximately 4 weeks of therapy, patients will have a whole body scan to determine the change in RAI-avidity of their tumor from baseline. Subsequent therapy will be at the discretion of the treating physician or according to the therapeutic trial on which the patient is enrolled.

Arms & interventions

  • ProcedureWhole body scan

    Patients will receive oncogene-specific molecularly targeted therapy independently of this protocol either via commercial supply of an FDA approved agent, or as part of a separate therapeutic clinical trial/compassionate use protocol/single patient investigational new drug (IND). During screening, patients will undergo a baseline RAI-whole body scan (WBS) to assess RAI-avidity of their tumor per standard of care. Following approximately 28 days of targeted therapy, the WBS will be repeated to determine whether this therapy is associated with an increase in RAI-avidity of their tumor.

Outcome measures

Primary

  • Proportion of patients with increased tumor RAI-avidity after receiving oncogene-specific, targeted therapy

    The primary outcome measure is to determine the proportion of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer metastatic to the lungs for whom oncogene-specific, targeted therapy increases tumor RAI-avidity.

    Time frame: up to 5 years

Eligibility criteria

Sex: AllAge: 0 Years and olderHealthy volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria (Prospective Cohort): 1. Patients with a histologic diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer 2. Presence of an neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptors (NTRK)-fusion, RET-fusion, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-fusion, BRAF V600 mutation, BRAF-fusion or other targetable alteration identified in a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments/College of American Pathologists (CLIA/CAP) laboratory 3. Anatomically evaluable disease on chest Computed tomography (CT) meeting oneo f the following criteria (obtained within 180 days of enrollment): 1. multiple (10 or more) noncalcified solid pulmonary nodules visible on CT and/or 2. enlarging, discrete pulmonary nodules visible on CT of any number consistent with metastatic disease 4. Patients for whom systemic therapy with an oncogene-specific kinase inhibitor is planned from commercial supply or as part of a separate therapeutic clinical trial (that does not include data sharing with this protocol)/compassionate access protocol/single patient investigational new drug (IND). Such agents include, but are not limited to: 1. Larotrectinib, entrectinib, selitrectinib, and repotrectinib for NTRK fusions 2. Selpercatinib and pralsetinib for RET fusions 3. Crizotinib, lorlatinib, repotrectinib, and alectinib for ALK fusions 4. Dabrafenib and/or trametinib for BRAF V600 mutations 5. Oncogene-specific kinase inhibitors other than those specifically delineated above must be approved by the overall study PI prior to enrollment Inclusion Criteria (Data Sharing Cohort): 1\. Patients enrolled on other oncogene-specific targeted therapy trials who undergo whole body thyroid scan approximately 28 days after beginning targeted therapy and agree to data sharing as part of the consent process for that trial. Exclusion Criteria (All Cohorts): 1. No prior oncogene-specific targeted therapy allowed. However, patients may enroll within 4 weeks of starting oncogene-specific therapy if a pre-therapy WBS is available. Prior therapy with non-oncogene specific multi-thyrosine kinase inhibitors (such as sorafenib, lenvatinib, and/or cabozantanib) is allowed. 2. Females who are pregnant or breastfeeding are excluded due to the potential risks of the RAI used in the WBS to the fetus/neonate. 3. Patients who require sedation/general anesthesia to complete a WBS are excluded. 4. U.S. Military Personnel are excluded due to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements.

Study locations (8)

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94143

Recruiting
Arun Rangaswami, MD · Contact
Karina Wong · Contact

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

Recruiting
Brianna Patterson, MD · Contact

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115

Recruiting
Junne Kamihara, MD · Contact
Junne Kamihara, MD · Principal Investigator

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104

Recruiting
Meghan T Donnelly · Contact
James Robinson · Contact
Theodore Laetsch, MD · Principal Investigator

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, Tennessee, 38105

Recruiting
Sara Helmig, MD · Contact

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030

Recruiting
Steven Waguespack, MD · Contact
Steven Waguespack, MD · Principal Investigator

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas, 77030

Recruiting
Rajkumar Venkatramani, MD · Contact
Priya Mahajan, MD · Principal Investigator

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, 98105

Recruiting
Tyler Ketterl, MD, MS · Contact
Tyler Ketterl, MD, MS · Principal Investigator
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