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NCT03457948
PHASE2

Pembrolizumab With Liver-Directed or Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy for Neuroendocrine Tumors and Liver Metastases

Sponsor: Nicholas Fidelman, MD

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Summary

This pilot phase II trial studies how effective pembrolizumab and liver-directed therapy or peptide receptor radionuclide therapy are at treating patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors and symptomatic and/or progressive tumors that have spread to the liver (liver metastases). Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer, and may interfere with the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Liver-directed therapies such as radiofrequency ablation, transarterial embolization, yttrium-90 microsphere radioembolization, and cryoablation may help activate the immune system in order to shrink tumors that are not being directly targeted. Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy is a form of targeted treatment that is performed by the use of a small molecule, which carries a radioactive component attached to a peptide. Once injected into the body, this small molecule binds to some specific sites on tumor cells called receptors and emit medium energy radiation that can destroy cells. Because this radionuclide is attached to the peptide, which binds receptors on tumor lesions, the radiation can preferably be targeted to the tumor cells in order to destroy them. Giving pembrolizumab in combination with liver-directed therapy or peptide receptor radionuclide therapy may work better than pembrolizumab alone.

Official title: A Pilot Study of Pembrolizumab and Liver-Directed Therapy or Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy for Patients With Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors and Symptomatic and/or Progressive Metastases

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - Any

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

32

Start Date

2018-08-27

Completion Date

2026-05-31

Last Updated

2025-09-03

Healthy Volunteers

No

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Arterial Embolization

Undergo TAE

BIOLOGICAL

Pembrolizumab

Given IV

BIOLOGICAL

Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) using 177Lu-DOTA0-Tyr3-Octreotate

Given IV

DEVICE

Yttrium-90 Microsphere Radioembolization

Undergo yttrium-90 microsphere RE

Locations (1)

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, United States