CAT-VHL Exploring the Role of Carbonic Anhydrase IX as Diagnostic and Theranostic Target in Von-Hippel Lindau Disease

The study is a phase 2, non-comparative and non-randomized, single arm, national clinical trial testing the hypothesis that CAIX-PET has diagnostic and theranostic potential in VHL disease and in VHL-/- tumors. Participants will receive a single dose of the diagnostic radiopharmaceutical \[89Zr\]Zr-DFO-Girentuximab and subsequently will be subjected to imaging with an hybrid PET/CT scanner. Sensitivity and diagnostic accuracy of experimental imaging will be assessed against standard of truth derived from standard of care procedures such as MRI or pathology following surgery. A theranostic approach will be simulated by replacing the physical decay of the diagnostic isotope \[89Zr\]Zr with the physical decay of therapeutic isotopes and evaluating tissue dosimetry.