Granzyme B-PET: Predicting Immunotherapy Efficacy in TNBC
Study on Using Granzyme B-PET Imaging to Predict the Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Fudan University
30 participants
May 28, 2025
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study plans to enroll 30 patients with locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who are scheduled to receive at least two cycles of a regimen containing an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI). All ICI treatments must be administered in accordance with current clinical indications. For patients who intend to participate in a clinical trial involving an ICI, they must meet the eligibility criteria of that specific trial protocol. After screening and enrollment, participants will undergo a \[68Ga\]Ga-DOTA-GSI PET/CT (Granzyme B PET/CT) scan before initiating the ICI-containing regimen and again after Cycle 2 (C2). Participants will continue the ICI regimen until disease progression, with tissue biopsies performed as needed. By integrating patients' baseline clinical characteristics, treatment outcomes, and prognostic information, this study aims to conduct a comprehensive analysis. The objective is to investigate whether the following factors, as assessed by Granzyme B PET/CT, can serve as early predictors of response to immunotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer: baseline Granzyme B expression levels, immunotherapy-activated Granzyme B levels after C2, and the heterogeneity of Granzyme B expression at baseline and after C2.
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Interventions
Granzyme B is a highly specific cytotoxic molecule. By binding to Granzyme B, Granzyme B-PET can visualize the distribution and activity of this enzyme within the tumor microenvironment on PET images. Performing Granzyme B-PET scans before and after immunotherapy allows for the monitoring of changes in active intratumoral immune cells during treatment. This, in turn, helps to assess whether the therapy has effectively activated the immune system and the extent of tumor cell killing. Granzyme B-PET images provide a measure of intratumoral Granzyme B uptake, thereby enabling an objective evaluation of the cytotoxic capacity of immune cells.
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NCT07705438