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DRUG:

Rencarex (girentuximab)

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Other names: WX-G250, cG250
Associations
Company:
Esteve, Heidelberg Pharma, Merck (MSD)
Drug class:
Carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitor
Associations
22d
Preclinical evaluation and automated synthesis of [89Zr]ZrDFOSquaramide-girentuximab for diagnostic imaging of carbonic anhydrase IX positive tumours. (PubMed, EJNMMI Radiopharm Chem)
[89Zr]ZrDFOSq-girentuximab has high uptake in CAIX positive tumours. An automated procedure for the synthesis of [89Zr]ZrDFOSq-girentuximab using [89Zr]ZrCl4 as a starting material has been developed. This automated process could be readily adapted to other antibodies.
Preclinical • Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
3ms
Imaging in Renal Cell Carcinoma Detection. (PubMed, Diagnostics (Basel))
There will be significant change in the field of imaging in RCC as molecular imaging becomes increasingly popular, which reflects a shift in management to a more conservative approach, especially for small renal masses (SRMs). There is the hope that the improvement in imaging will result in less unnecessary invasive surgeries or biopsies being performed for benign or indolent renal lesions.
Review • Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
3ms
[89Zr]Zr-girentuximab for PET-CT imaging of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma: a prospective, open-label, multicentre, phase 3 trial. (PubMed, Lancet Oncol)
Our results suggest that [89Zr]Zr-girentuximab PET-CT has a favourable safety profile and is a highly accurate, non-invasive imaging modality for the detection and characterisation of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, which has the potential to be practice changing.
P3 data • Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
5ms
Molecular imaging for non-invasive risk stratification of renal masses. (PubMed, Diagn Interv Imaging)
On the other end of the spectrum, carbonic anhydrase IX agents, most notably the monoclonal antibody girentuximab - which can be labeled with positron emission tomography radionuclides such as zirconium-89 - are effective at identifying renal masses that are likely to be aggressive clear cell renal cell carcinomas...The combination of molecular imaging and biopsy in selected patients with other advanced imaging methods, such as artificial intelligence/machine learning and the abstraction of radiomics features, offers the optimal way forward for maximization of the information to be gained from risk stratification of indeterminate renal masses. With the proper application of those methods, inappropriately aggressive therapy for benign and indolent renal masses may be curtailed.
Review • Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
6ms
Evaluation of PET/CT imaging with [89Zr]Zr-DFO-girentuximab: a phase 1 clinical study in Japanese patients with renal cell carcinoma (Zirdac-JP). (PubMed, Jpn J Clin Oncol)
This study demonstrates that [89Zr]Zr-DFO-girentuximab administered to Japanese patients with suspected RCC has a favorable safety profile and is well tolerated and has a similar dosimetry profile to previously studied populations.
P1 data • Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
8ms
Evaluate The Utility Of 124I-cG250 for The Early Detection Of Response to Therapy In Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (clinicaltrials.gov)
P=N/A, N=17, Active, not recruiting, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Trial completion date: Apr 2024 --> Apr 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2024 --> Apr 2025
Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date • Metastases
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sunitinib • Rencarex (girentuximab)
9ms
Efficacy Assessment of Post-nephrectomy Adjuvant Therapies in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma. (PubMed, Ann Surg Oncol)
Our results suggest that post-nephrectomy RCC patients with sarcomatoid differentiation and high PD-L1 expression were more responsive to ICIs. Furthermore, pembrolizumab monotherapy exhibited superior DFS and OS results over other adjuvant therapies.
Journal • PD(L)-1 Biomarker • IO biomarker
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PD-L1 (Programmed death ligand 1)
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PD-L1 expression • PD-L1 overexpression
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Keytruda (pembrolizumab) • Opdivo (nivolumab) • Tecentriq (atezolizumab) • Yervoy (ipilimumab) • sorafenib • sunitinib • Rencarex (girentuximab)
10ms
Tumor targeted alpha particle therapy with an actinium-225 labelled antibody for carbonic anhydrase IX. (PubMed, Chem Sci)
This new H2MacropaSqOEt chelator was used to modify a monoclonal antibody, girentuximab (hG250), that binds to carbonic anhydrase IX, an enzyme that is overexpressed on the surface of cancers such as clear cell renal cell carcinoma...Evaluation of [225Ac]Ac(MacropaSq-hG250) in a mouse xenograft model, that overexpresses carbonic anhydrase IX, demonstrated a highly significant therapeutic response. It is likely that H2MacropaSqOEt could be used to modify other antibodies providing a readily adaptable platform for other actinium-225 based therapeutics.
Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 overexpression • CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
10ms
Phase 1b/2 Study of Combination 177Lu Girentuximab Plus Cabozantinib and Nivolumab in Treatment naïve Patients With Advanced Clear Cell RCC (clinicaltrials.gov)
P1/2, N=100, Active, not recruiting, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Suspended --> Active, not recruiting | Phase classification: P2 --> P1/2
Enrollment closed • Phase classification • Metastases
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Cabometyx (cabozantinib tablet) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
11ms
Trial suspension • Metastases
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Cabometyx (cabozantinib tablet) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
12ms
Phase classification • Metastases
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Cabometyx (cabozantinib tablet) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
1year
Phase 1b/2 study of combination 177Lu girentuximab plus cabozantinib and nivolumab in treatment naive patients with advanced clear cell RCC. (ASCO-GU 2024)
The combination of nivolumab plus cabozantinib was recently approved for the first-line treatment of ccRCC based on the CheckMate 9ER phase 3 study demonstrating improved progression-free survival (PFS) & objective response rate (ORR) in comparison to sunitinib...To explore the effects of the treatment on inducing activated T cell infiltration, patients will undergo pre/post-treatment PET scan with [18F]F-AraG radiotracer as well as biopsies for single cell, spatial transcriptomics and proteomics studies. Clinical trial information: NCT05239533.
Clinical • P1/2 data • Metastases
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • sunitinib • Cabometyx (cabozantinib tablet) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
1year
S100P as a potential biomarker for immunosuppressive microenvironment in pancreatic cancer: a bioinformatics analysis and in vitro study. (PubMed, BMC Cancer)
These findings suggest that S100P could serve as a promising biomarker for immunosuppressive microenvironment, which may provide a novel therapeutic way for pancreatic cancer.
Preclinical • Journal • Tumor mutational burden • IO biomarker
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TMB (Tumor Mutational Burden) • CD8 (cluster of differentiation 8) • CTLA4 (Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Associated Protein 4) • HAVCR2 (Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2) • TIGIT (T Cell Immunoreceptor With Ig And ITIM Domains 2) • BTLA (B And T Lymphocyte Associated) • S100P (S100 calcium binding protein P)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over1year
Phase 1b/2 Study of Combination 177Lu Girentuximab Plus Cabozantinib and Nivolumab in Treatment naïve Patients With Advanced Clear Cell RCC (clinicaltrials.gov)
P1b/2, N=100, Recruiting, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Not yet recruiting --> Recruiting | Initiation date: May 2024 --> Jun 2023
Enrollment open • Trial initiation date • Metastases
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Cabometyx (cabozantinib tablet) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
over1year
Trial initiation date • Metastases
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Cabometyx (cabozantinib tablet) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
over1year
P3 data
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over1year
Clinical • P1/2 data • Metastases
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Cabometyx (cabozantinib tablet) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
over1year
Insights into Renal Cell Carcinoma with Novel Imaging Approaches. (PubMed, Hematol Oncol Clin North Am)
Additionally, newer modalities, such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound, dual energy computed tomography, and molecular imaging, will be discussed in conjunction with emerging radiomics and artificial intelligence techniques. Current diagnostic algorithms combined with newer approaches may be an effective way to overcome existing limitations in renal mass and RCC characterization.
Review • Journal
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over1year
Evaluate The Utility Of 124I-cG250 for The Early Detection Of Response to Therapy In Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (clinicaltrials.gov)
P=N/A, N=17, Active, not recruiting, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Trial completion date: Apr 2023 --> Apr 2024 | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2023 --> Apr 2024
Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date • Metastases
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sunitinib • Rencarex (girentuximab)
over1year
89Zr-DFO-girentuximab for PET/CT Imaging of Indeterminate Renal Masses - Results from Phase 3 ZIRCON Study (AUA 2023)
Coprimary objectives were to evaluate both the sensitivity and specificity of TLX250-CDx PET/CT imaging in detecting ccRCC in patients with IDRM, using histology as standard of truth. 89 Zr-DFO-girentuximab PET/CT is well tolerated and can accurately and noninvasively identify and characterize IDRMs, showing promising utility for guiding surgical and treatment decisions.
P3 data • Late-breaking abstract
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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177Lu-DOTA-girentuximab (TLX250) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
almost2years
OPALESCENCE: Imaging Performance Assessment of 89Zirconium-labelled Girentuximab (89Zr-TLX250) PET-CT in Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients (clinicaltrials.gov)
P2, N=12, Recruiting, Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest | Trial completion date: Dec 2022 --> Jun 2024 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2022 --> Mar 2024
Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date • Metastases
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HER-2 (Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) • ER (Estrogen receptor) • PGR (Progesterone receptor) • CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
almost2years
Trial completion
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
almost2years
89Zr-DFO-girentuximab for PET imaging of solid tumors likely to express high levels of carbonic anhydrase IX. (ASCO-GU 2023)
89Zr-DFO-girentuximab (hereafter referred to as TLX250-CDx) is a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical for PET imaging that targets CAIX and has demonstrated clinical success in ccRCC imaging. Statistics will be descriptive with no formal hypothesis. The study is ongoing.
IO biomarker
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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177Lu-DOTA-girentuximab (TLX250) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
almost2years
Clinical • P2 data • Metastases
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
2years
89Zr-TLX250 for PET/CT Imaging of ccRCC- ZIRCON Study (clinicaltrials.gov)
P3, N=252, Active, not recruiting, Telix International Pty Ltd | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting | Trial completion date: May 2022 --> May 2023 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2021 --> Dec 2022
Enrollment closed • Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over2years
Combination of sunitinib and Lu-labeled antibody cG250 targeted radioimmunotherapy: A promising new therapeutic strategy for patients with advanced renal cell cancer. (PubMed, Neoplasia)
Enhanced therapeutic efficacy was achieved when two agents ([Lu]Lu-cG250 RIT and sunitinib) that on their own did not induce satisfactory response levels, are combined. Our findings provide a promising new therapeutic strategy for patients with advanced RCC.
Journal • IO biomarker
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MET (MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase) • AXL (AXL Receptor Tyrosine Kinase) • FLT1 (Fms-related tyrosine kinase 1) • VEGFD (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D) • VEGFB (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B) • VEGFC (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C) • PDGFA (Platelet Derived Growth Factor Subunit A)
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MET expression • VEGFA expression • FLT1 expression
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sunitinib • Rencarex (girentuximab)
over2years
STARLITE 2: Phase 2 study of nivolumab plus 177Lutetium-labeled anti-carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) monoclonal antibody girentuximab (177Lu-girentuximab) in patients (pts) with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). (ASCO 2022)
In addition, whole body planar and SPECT imaging are performed after each 177Lu-girentuximab dose to evaluate distribution, lesion uptake and dosimetry of 177Lu-girentuximab. The trial is currently accruing to the safety lead-in phase.
Clinical • P2 data
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Opdivo (nivolumab) • Rencarex (girentuximab)
over2years
Adjuvant systemic treatment for renal cancer after surgery: a network meta-analysis (AUA 2022)
Results : We included thirteen studies with the following adjuvant therapies: Axitinib, Girentuximab, interferon-alpha, interleukin-2, Pazopanib, Pembrolizumab, Sorafenib, Sunitinib and Thalidomide. Conclusions : Pembrolizumab and pazopanib were the only two adjuvant agents that improved time to disease recurrence compared to observation, with the former likely being the most efficacious. None of the treatments improved overall survival and almost all increased severe adverse events.
Retrospective data
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IL2 (Interleukin 2)
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Keytruda (pembrolizumab) • sorafenib • sunitinib • pazopanib • Inlyta (axitinib) • thalidomide • Rencarex (girentuximab)
3years
Clinical • Enrollment open
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
3years
OPALESCENCE: Imaging Performance Assessment of 89Zirconium-labelled Girentuximab (89Zr-TLX250) PET-CT in Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer Patients (clinicaltrials.gov)
P2, N=12, Recruiting, Institut Cancerologie de l'Ouest | Trial completion date: Aug 2021 --> Dec 2022 | Initiation date: May 2021 --> Sep 2021 | Trial primary completion date: Aug 2021 --> Dec 2022
Clinical • Trial completion date • Trial initiation date • Trial primary completion date
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HER-2 (Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) • ER (Estrogen receptor) • PGR (Progesterone receptor) • CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over3years
Clinical • New P1 trial
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over3years
Imaging carbonic anhydrase IX as a method for monitoring hypoxia-related radioresistance in preclinical head and neck cancer models. (PubMed, Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol)
Atovaquone decreased CAIX expression only in the FaDu tumor model. [In]-girentuximab-F(ab') specifically targets CAIX-expressing areas in HNSCC xenografts, but differences in vessel density and necrosis most likely affected tracer uptake in the tumors and therefore complicated quantification of changes in CAIX expression.
Preclinical • Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab) • atovaquone
over3years
ZIRDAC-JP: Evaluation of Safety, Biodistibution and Sensitivity/Specificity of PET/CT Imaging With 89Zr-TLX250 in Subjects With RCC (clinicaltrials.gov)
P1, N=6, Completed, Telix International Pty Ltd | Recruiting --> Completed | Phase classification: P1/2 --> P1 | N=40 --> 6 | Trial completion date: Aug 2021 --> Apr 2021 | Trial primary completion date: Jun 2021 --> Oct 2020
Clinical • Trial completion • Phase classification • Enrollment change • Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over3years
Clinical • New P1/2 trial
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over3years
89Zr-TLX250 for PET/CT Imaging of ccRCC- ZIRCON Study (clinicaltrials.gov)
P3, N=252, Recruiting, Telix International Pty Ltd | Trial completion date: Oct 2021 --> May 2022 | Trial primary completion date: May 2021 --> Dec 2021
Clinical • Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over3years
Targeted PET/CT imaging for clear cell renal cell carcinoma with radiolabeled antibodies: recent developments using girentuximab. (PubMed, Curr Opin Urol)
89Zr-girentuximab PET/CT has the ability to diagnose ccRCC in localized disease. In metastatic disease, it enables the differentiation of ccRCC from non-ccRCC cancers and the evaluation of disease extent. 89Zr-girentuximab PET/CT diagnostic accuracy is currently evaluated in a multicenter phase III trial.
Journal
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over3years
Clinical • New P1 trial
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over3years
Clinical • Enrollment open
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HER-2 (Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) • ER (Estrogen receptor) • PGR (Progesterone receptor) • CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
almost4years
Clinical • New P2 trial
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HER-2 (Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) • ER (Estrogen receptor) • PGR (Progesterone receptor) • CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
4years
89Zr-TLX250 for PET/CT Imaging of ccRCC- ZIRCON Study (clinicaltrials.gov)
P3, N=252, Recruiting, Telix International Pty Ltd | Trial completion date: Jun 2021 --> Oct 2021 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2020 --> May 2021
Clinical • Trial completion date • Trial primary completion date
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)
over4years
Clinical • New P1/2 trial
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CA9 (Carbonic anhydrase 9)
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CA9 expression
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Rencarex (girentuximab)