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A New Imaging Technique (18F-DCFPyL-PSMA PET/CT) for Detecting Cancer in Patients Planning to Receive 177Lu-Vipivotide Tetraxetan Therapy for Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Trial Status: active

This phase IV trial studies how well 18F-DCFPyL prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET)/ computed tomography (CT) imaging works to detect cancer in patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and who are planned to receive standard of care 177Lu-vipivotide tetraxetan therapy. 18F-DCFPyL is a radioactive drug (tracer) that targets PSMA. PSMA is a protein found on the surface of most prostate cancer cells. PET is an established imaging technique that utilizes small amounts of radioactivity attached to very minimal amounts of tracer, in the case of this research, 18F-DCFPyL. Because some cancers take up 18F-DCFPyL, it can be seen with PET. CT images provide an exact outline of organs and potential inflammatory tissue where it occurs in patient’s body. This trial evaluates whether 18F-DCFPyL PSMA PET/CT imaging works as well as standard of care imaging techniques (68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT) to detect cancer in patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.