General information
  • Disease category Other (BASEC)
  • Study Phase Phase 2 (ICTRP)
  • Recruitment status recruitment ongoing (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Trial sites
    Lausanne
    (BASEC)
  • Contact Christine Geldhof christine.geldhof@chuv.ch (BASEC)
  • Data Source(s) BASEC: Import from 18.08.2025 ICTRP: Import from 23.05.2026
  • Last update 23.05.2026 02:00
HumRes60987 | SNCTP000005165 | BASEC2022-00425 | NCT05499637

Pilot study to evaluate the accuracy of cardiac PET/CT with [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor in the diagnosis of three clinical entities of acute myocarditis

  • Disease category Other (BASEC)
  • Study Phase Phase 2 (ICTRP)
  • Recruitment status recruitment ongoing (BASEC/ICTRP)
  • Trial sites
    Lausanne
    (BASEC)
  • Contact Christine Geldhof christine.geldhof@chuv.ch (BASEC)
  • Data Source(s) BASEC: Import from 18.08.2025 ICTRP: Import from 23.05.2026
  • Last update 23.05.2026 02:00

Summary description of the study

The project aims to study the effectiveness of nuclear imaging PET/CT using a new radiopharmaceutical product, [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor. We want to investigate whether this single examination provides similar information on the presence of cellular markers of inflammation of the heart muscle, compared to those collected by the multiple standard follow-up examinations of your disease. This new product is not currently approved in Switzerland.

(BASEC)

Intervention under investigation

Participation in the study consists of a PET/CT examination with [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor: the injection of the radiopharmaceutical product is followed by a one-hour rest period and the acquisition of images for about 25 minutes.

All patients will have the same PET/CT imaging with [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor.

The standard follow-up and standard examinations related to the pathology will be carried out in a standard manner and will differ by patient group, being adapted to each pathology.

(BASEC)

Disease under investigation

Acute myocarditis: patients in follow-up during their first year post heart transplantation OR patients with clinical suspicion of cardiac sarcoidosis OR patients with clinical suspicion of immunotherapy-induced myocarditis

(BASEC)

Criteria for participation in trial
- signature of consent - aged ≥ 18 years - patients in the first year following heart transplantation (group I), patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis based on clinical findings (group II) and patients with immunotherapy-induced myocarditis (group III) - standard follow-up in the cardiology department of CHUV (BASEC)

Exclusion criteria
- claustrophobia - documented myocardial ischemia by non-invasive testing or coronary angiography - unstable clinical conditions - pregnant or breastfeeding women - women with intent to become pregnant during the study (BASEC)

Trial sites

Lausanne

(BASEC)

Switzerland (ICTRP)

Sponsor

CHUV

(BASEC)

Contact

Contact Person Switzerland

Christine Geldhof

+41 79 556 01 47

christine.geldhof@chuv.ch

CHUV

(BASEC)

General Information

University of Lausanne Hospitals,

+44795568702;+41 (0)21-3144348

john.prior@chuv.ch

(ICTRP)

General Information

University of Lausanne Hospitals

+44795568702+41 (0)21-3144348

john.prior@chuv.chjohn.prior@chuv.ch

(ICTRP)

Scientific Information

University of Lausanne Hospitals,

+44795568702;+41 (0)21-3144348

john.prior@chuv.ch

(ICTRP)

Name of the authorising ethics committee (for multicentre studies, only the lead committee)

Ethics Committee Vaud

(BASEC)

Date of authorisation

06.10.2022

(BASEC)


ICTRP Trial ID
NCT05499637 (ICTRP)

Official title (approved by ethics committee)
cf section 1 (BASEC)

Academic title
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Accuracy of [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor PET/CT in the Diagnosis of Three Clinical Entities of Acute Myocardial Inflammation (ICTRP)

Public title
[68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor PET/CT in Acute Myocardial Inflammation (ICTRP)

Disease under investigation
Acute Cellular Graft RejectionCardiac SarcoidosisMyocarditis Due to Drug (ICTRP)

Intervention under investigation
Drug: [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor PET/CT (ICTRP)

Type of trial
Interventional (ICTRP)

Trial design
Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: None (Open Label). (ICTRP)

Inclusion/Exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- signed written informed consent

- male or female

- age >= 18 years

- patients with suspicion CS (group II) or ICIM (group III) or in their regular
follow-up in their first year after HT (group I)

- SOC clinical follow-up at the cardiology department in CHUV.

Exclusion Criteria:

The presence of any one of the following exclusion criteria will lead to exclusion of the
participant:

- absence of a signed written informed consent

- patients aged < 18 years

- claustrophobia

- myocardial ischemia in non-invasive perfusion test or coronarography in group II and
III

- clinically unstable cardiovascular conditions, including:

- clinically unstable brady-tachyarrhythmia

- severe and symptomatic hypo- or hypertension with documented systolic blood
pressure < 90 mmHg or >=220 mmHg respectively

- cardiogenic shock.

- women who are pregnant or breast feeding

- intention to become pregnant during the course of the study in group II

- previous enrolment into the current study

- moderate to severe renal insufficiency (GFR < 45 mL/min/1,73 m2), with
contra-indication to the administration of Gadolinium in group II and III

- enrollment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other
dependent persons

- history of any disease or relevant physical or psychiatric condition or abnormal
physical finding which may interfere with the study objectives at the investigator
judgment

- insufficient knowledge of project language, inability to give consent or to follow
procedures

- the patient makes use of his/her "right not to know" and refuses to be informed
about incidental findings (ICTRP)

not available

Primary and secondary end points
Imaging results obtained by [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor PET/CT - lesion number;Imaging results obtained by [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor PET/CT - lesion site;Imaging results obtained by [68Ga]Ga-PentixaFor PET/CT - SUV (ICTRP)

to assess toxicity data (ICTRP)

Registration date
not available

Incorporation of the first participant
not available

Secondary sponsors
not available

Additional contacts
John O Prior, MD, PhD;John O Prior, MD, PhD;John O. Prior, MD, PhD, john.prior@chuv.ch, +44795568702;+41 (0)21-3144348, University of Lausanne Hospitals, (ICTRP)

Secondary trial IDs
2022-00425 (ICTRP)

Results-Individual Participant Data (IPD)
not available

Further information on the trial
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05499637 (ICTRP)

Results of the trial

Results summary

not available

Link to the results in the primary register

not available