PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:
I. Correlate uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab (copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab) PET by individual tumors with subsequent tumor response to ado-trastuzumab emtansine as assessed by serial 18F-fludeoxyglucose (FDG) (fludeoxyglucose F 18)/PET-computed tomography (CT).
II. Compare tumor uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab PET between patients who do and patients who do not respond to ado-trastuzumab emtansine.
III. Obtain tumor tissue for subsequent assessment of the presence of putative molecular mechanisms of resistance (MMRs) to ado-trastuzumab emtansine. When funding becomes available, those samples will be used to explore the correlation between the presence of MMRs as assessed by histopathology and tumor response to ado-trastuzumab emtansine both in univariate analysis and in combination with tumor uptake of 64Cu-DOTA-trastuzumab as measured with PET/CT.
OUTLINE:
Patients undergo whole body fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT. Patients then receive trastuzumab intravenously (IV) over 15 minutes immediately before receiving copper Cu 64-DOTA-trastuzumab IV and then undergo PET scans at 24 and 48 hours. Patients then receive ado-trastuzumab emtansine IV every 3 weeks until complete response or disease progression at the discretion of the treating oncologist. Patients undergo restaging by whole body fludeoxyglucose F 18 PET/CT every 6 weeks for 1 year after initiation of treatment until disease progression.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up for 1 year.
