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PET Imaging Using 64Cu-Tz-SarAr and hu5B1-TCO in People with Pancreatic, Bladder or Colorectal Cancer or Solid Tumors with Elevated CA19.9 Levels

Trial Status: withdrawn

This phase I trial tests best new dose, timing and effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using 64Cu-sarophagine-labeled tetrazine radioligand (64Cu-Tz-SarAr) and trans-cyclooctene-modified humanized 5B1 immunoconjugate (hu5B1-TCO) in patients with pancreatic, bladder or colorectal cancer or solid tumors with elevated CA 19.9 levels that have spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes (locally advanced) or that have spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic). A PET scan is a procedure in which a small amount of radioactive tracer is injected into a vein, and a scanner is used to make detailed, computerized pictures of areas inside the body where the tracer is taken up. Because tumor cells can often take up more tracer than normal cells, the pictures can be used to find tumor cells in the body. 64Cu-Tz-SarAr is a type of radioactive tracer that gives off a small amount of radioactivity as it travels through the body. Hu5B1-TCO, a protein made by the immune system to help fight infections and other harmful processes/cells/molecules, is an antibody that attaches to a protein on pancreatic tumor cells called CA19-9. 64CuTz-SarAr then attaches to hu5B1-TCO and gives off a small amount of radioactivity, making it easier for the PET scanner to find tumor cells that are CA19-9 positive. Using this method of imaging may provide a better way of viewing and monitoring locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic, bladder, colorectal cancer or solid tumors with elevated CA 19.9 levels.