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NCT04410133: REVELATE

Study to Establish the Diagnostic Performance of 18F Fluciclovine PET in Detecting Recurrent Brain Metastases

Completed Phase 3 Results posted Last updated 28 August 2025
What this trial tests

Phase 3 trial testing 18F fluciclovine in Brain Metastases in 151 participants. Completed in 5 June 2023.

Timeline
26 October 2020
Primary endpoint
5 June 2023
5 June 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorBlue Earth Diagnostics
PhasePhase 3
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposediagnostic
Enrollment151
Start date26 October 2020
Primary completion5 June 2023
Estimated completion5 June 2023
Sites19 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Blue Earth Diagnostics — full company profile →

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Brain Metastases. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Positive Percent Agreement (PPA) and Negative Percent Agreement (NPA) Subject Level Primary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Subject-level PPA and NPA (equivalent to sensitivity and specificity, respectively) of 18F-fluciclovinePET in detecting recurrent brain metastases.

GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (PPA)23.812.1 – 39.5
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (PPA)34.120.1 – 50.6
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (PPA)36.622.1 – 53.1
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)82.674.1 – 89.2
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)70.961.5 – 79.2
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)70.961.5 – 79.2
Subject Level Positive Predictive Value (PPV) and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) Secondary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Subject-level PPV and NPV of 18F-fluciclovine PET for detecting recurrent brain metastases

GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)34.517.9 – 54.3
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)30.417.7 – 45.8
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)31.919.1 – 47.1
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)73.865.0 – 81.3
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)74.364.8 – 82.5
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)75.065.6 – 83.0
Lesion-level Positive Percent Agreement (PPA) and Negative Percent Agreement (NPA) Secondary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

To assess lesion-level PPA \& NPA diagnostic performance of 18F-fluciclovine PET in detecting recurrent brain metastases.

GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (PPA)18.47.3 – 29.4
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (PPA)28.615.8 – 41.4
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (PPA)30.617.7 – 43.5
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)84.177.4 – 90.7
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)74.666.6 – 82.7
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)73.265.0 – 81.4
Lesion-level Positive Predictive Value (PPV) and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) Secondary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

To assess lesion-level PPV \& NPV diagnostic performance of 18F-fluciclovine PET in detecting recurrent brain metastases.

GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)29.012.1 – 45.9
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)28.615.2 – 42.0
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)28.815.3 – 42.4
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)74.465.5 – 83.2
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)74.665.4 – 83.9
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)74.865.8 – 83.8
Subject-level Positive Percent Agreement (PPA) & Negative Percent Agreement (NPA) Diagnostic Performance of Fluciclovine (18F) PET in Detecting Recurrent Brain Metastases in Different Clinical Settings - Tumor Type Secondary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Sub-group analyses of subject-level PPA \& NPA of fluciclovine (18F) PET, according to primary tumor type.

Melanoma
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)50.01.3 – 98.7
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)50.01.3 – 98.7
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)0.00.0 – 84.2
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)83.358.6 – 96.4
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)72.246.5 – 90.3
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)66.741.0 – 86.7
Breast
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)10.00.3 – 44.5
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)30.06.7 – 65.3
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)40.012.2 – 73.8
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)78.356.3 – 92.5
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)65.242.7 – 83.6
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)73.951.6 – 89.8
Lung Cancer
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)29.212.6 – 51.1
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)39.119.7 – 61.5
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)43.523.2 – 65.5
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)85.472.2 – 93.9
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)69.454.6 – 81.8
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)67.352.5 – 80.1
Non Lung/Breast/Melanoma
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)16.70.4 – 64.1
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)16.70.4 – 64.1
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)16.70.4 – 64.1
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)80.056.3 – 94.3
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)80.056.3 – 94.3
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)80.056.3 – 94.3
Subject-level Positive Predictive Value (PPV) & Negative Predictive Value (NPV) Diagnostic Performance of Fluciclovine (18F) PET in Detecting Recurrent Brain Metastases in Different Clinical Settings - Tumor Type Secondary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Sub-group analyses of subject-level PPV \& NPV of fluciclovine (18F) PET, according to primary tumor type.

Melanoma
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)25.00.6 – 80.6
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)16.70.4 – 64.1
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)0.00.0 – 45.9
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)93.869.8 – 99.8
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)92.966.1 – 99.8
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)85.757.2 – 98.2
Breast
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)16.70.4 – 64.1
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)27.36.0 – 61.0
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)40.012.2 – 73.8
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)66.746.0 – 83.5
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)68.245.1 – 86.1
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)73.951.6 – 89.8
Lung Cancer
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)50.023.0 – 77.0
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)37.518.8 – 59.4
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)38.520.2 – 59.4
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)70.757.3 – 81.9
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)70.855.9 – 83.1
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)71.756.5 – 84.0
Non Lung/Breast/Melanoma
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)20.00.5 – 71.6
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)20.00.5 – 71.6
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)20.00.5 – 71.6
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)76.252.8 – 91.8
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)76.252.8 – 91.8
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)76.252.8 – 91.8
Subject-level Positive Percent Agreement (NPA) & Negative Percent Agreement (NPA) Diagnostic Performance of Fluciclovine (18F) PET in Detecting Recurrent Brain Metastases in Different Clinical Settings - Concurrent Immunotherapy Secondary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Sub-group analyses of subject-level PPA \& NPA of fluciclovine (18F) PET, according to concurrent immunotherapy.

Received Concurrent Immunotherapy
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)0.00.0 – 45.9
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)16.70.4 – 64.1
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)16.70.4 – 64.1
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)100.088.4 – 100.0
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)86.769.3 – 96.2
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)90.073.5 – 97.9
Did Not Receive Concurrent Immunotherapy
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)27.814.2 – 45.2
Reader 2 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)37.121.5 – 55.1
Reader 3 - Positive Percent Agreement (NPA)40.023.9 – 57.9
Reader 1 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)75.965.0 – 84.9
Reader 2 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)65.053.5 – 75.3
Reader 3 - Negative Percent Agreement (NPA)63.852.2 – 74.2
Subject-level Positive Predictive Value (PPV) & Negative Predictive Value (NPV) Diagnostic Performance of Fluciclovine (18F) PET in Detecting Recurrent Brain Metastases in Different Clinical Settings - Concurrent Immunotherapy Secondary · MRI for anatomical correlation within 3 days of IMP and PET scan, followed by surgical intervention (if applicable) post-PET scan and follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Sub-group analyses of subject-level PPV \& NPV of fluciclovine (18F) PET, according to Concurrent Immunotherapy.

Received Concurrent Immunotherapy
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)20.00.5 – 71.6
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)25.00.6 – 80.6
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)83.367.2 – 93.6
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)83.966.3 – 94.6
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)84.467.2 – 94.7
Did Not Receive Concurrent Immunotherapy
GroupValue95% CI
Reader 1 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)34.517.9 – 54.3
Reader 2 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)31.718.1 – 48.1
Reader 3 - Positive Predictive Value (PPV)32.619.1 – 48.5
Reader 1 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)69.858.9 – 79.2
Reader 2 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)70.358.5 – 80.3
Reader 3 - Negative Predictive Value (NPV)70.858.9 – 81.0
Clinical Usefulness Secondary · Follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Number of days taken by the site to establish presence/absence of metastasis by clinical follow-up.

GroupValue95% CI
Subjects Receiving Single IV Administration of 18F Fluciclovine for PET Scan11277.0 – 142.0
Clinical Usefulness Secondary · Follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Proportion of subjects with additional metastases identified on fluciclovine (18F) PET in addition to SoC brain MRI

GroupValue95% CI
Subjects Receiving Single IV Administration of 18F Fluciclovine for PET Scan1.30.2 – 4.7
Clinical Usefulness Secondary · Follow up through 6 months after PET scan.

Proportion of subjects whose prospective diagnostic management plan changed following fluciclovine (18F) PET.

GroupValue95% CI
Subjects Receiving Single IV Administration of 18F Fluciclovine for PET Scan26.519.7 – 34.3
Inter-reader Reproducibility Secondary · PET Scan Day 1

Pairwise comparisons of the central reads for the 3 readers (i.e. Reader 1 vs Reader 2, Reader 1 vs Reader 3, and Reader 2 vs Reader 3) at the subject-level. The percentage of results in agreement (i.e. Positive \[1st reader\] / Positive \[2nd reader\], Negative/Negative) is presented.

Reader 1 vs Reader 2
GroupValue95% CI
Subjects Receiving Single IV Administration of 18F Fluciclovine for PET Scan86.1
Reader 1 vs Reader 3
GroupValue95% CI
Subjects Receiving Single IV Administration of 18F Fluciclovine for PET Scan84.1
Reader 2 vs Reader 3
GroupValue95% CI
Subjects Receiving Single IV Administration of 18F Fluciclovine for PET Scan91.4

Adverse events — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Time frame: Treatment emerging AEs were captured within 48 hours.. Reporting threshold: 0%. Adverse-event reports describe events observed during the trial — not all are caused by the drug.

Subjects Receiving Single IV Administration of 18F Fluciclovine for PET Scan
Serious: 2/151 (1%)
Deaths: 0/151

Serious adverse events (2 terms)

ReactionSystemSubjects Receiving Single …
SeizureNervous system disorders
Metastases to central nervous systemNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)
Other adverse events (16 terms — click to expand)

ReactionSystemSubjects Receiving Single …
FatigueGeneral disorders
DizzinessNervous system disorders
NauseaGastrointestinal disorders
Infusion site bruisingGeneral disorders
Injection site reactionGeneral disorders
HeadacheNervous system disorders
ParaesthesiaNervous system disorders
SeizureNervous system disorders
VomitingGastrointestinal disorders
HordeolumInfections and infestations
ArthralgiaMusculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Metastases to central nervous systemNeoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps)
InsomniaPsychiatric disorders
PruritusSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
RashSkin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
HypertensionVascular disorders

Most-reported serious reactions: Seizure, Metastases to central nervous system.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04410133 adverse events section.

Sponsor's own description

An open-label, single dose, single arm, prospective, multicenter Phase 3 study to establish the diagnostic performance of 18F fluciclovine positron emission tomography (PET) in detecting recurrent brain metastases after radiation therapy

Publications & conference data

8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. The dilemma of radiation necrosis from diagnosis to treatment in the management of brain metastases.
    Mayo ZS, Billena C, Suh JH, Lo SS, et al · · 2024 · cited 34× · PMID 38437665 · DOI 10.1093/neuonc/noad188
  2. Investigational PET tracers in neuro-oncology-What's on the horizon? A report of the PET/RANO group.
    Galldiks N, Langen KJ, Albert NL, Law I, et al · · 2022 · cited 26× · PMID 35674736 · DOI 10.1093/neuonc/noac131
  3. Novel Mechanisms and Future Opportunities for the Management of Radiation Necrosis in Patients Treated for Brain Metastases in the Era of Immunotherapy.
    Vaios EJ, Winter SF, Shih HA, Dietrich J, et al · · 2023 · cited 18× · PMID 37173897 · DOI 10.3390/cancers15092432
  4. Multidisciplinary management strategies for recurrent brain metastasis after prior radiotherapy: An overview.
    Kotecha R, La Rosa A, Brown PD, Vogelbaum MA, et al · · 2025 · cited 6× · PMID 39495010 · DOI 10.1093/neuonc/noae220
  5. Letter regarding "Contribution of PET imaging to radiotherapy planning and monitoring in glioma patients-a report of the PET/RANO group": 18F-fluciclovine and target volume delineation.
    Kotecha R, Aboian M, Nabavizadeh SA, Parent EE, et al · · 2021 · cited 1× · PMID 34081125 · DOI 10.1093/neuonc/noab097
  6. P15.11.A 18F-Fluciclovine PET/CT to distinguish radiation necrosis from tumour progression in brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery: results of a prospective pilot study
    · 2022
  7. P15.10.B A multicenter phase 3 trial in progress: diagnostic performance of18F-fluciclovine PET for the detection of recurrent brain metastases after radiation therapy (REVELATE)
    · 2022
  8. P15.13.B Role and accuracy of FET-PET in gliomas, and its significance in the differential diagnosis among progression, pseudoprogression, and response to treatments
    · 2022

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