18F-Clofarabine PET/CT for the Measurement of DCK Activity in Metastatic Cancer
This clinical trial tests whether an imaging study, called 18F-clofarabine (CFA) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT), may be used to image cancer pyrimidine metabolism in patients with cancer that has spread to other places in the body (metastatic). PET imaging is a way of looking at cancers that can reveal cancer metabolism. Presently, however, there are no imaging agents in routine use to look at an aspect of cancer metabolism (pyrimidine metabolism) that dictates whether certain cancer drugs, such as gemcitabine, are likely to be taken into the cancer cells. CFA is an investigational (experimental) drug that is also called a radioactive imaging drug (sometimes called a radiotracer or radiopharmaceutical) that is injected into a vein in the arm. The imaging drug is attracted to and taken into certain cells in the body, including cancer cells. This clinical trial tests whether CFA could be an imaging agent to measure pyrimidine metabolism in cancer cells.