Telix Doses First Patient in Phase 3 BiPASS Trial: PSMA-PET Imaging for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, NASDAQ: TLX, “Telix”) today announces it has dosed the first patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial aimed at expanding the indications for Illuccix® and Gozellix® (kits for the preparation of gallium-68 (68Ga) gozetotide injection) to include prostate cancer diagnosis.
BiPASS™ (Biopsy of the Prostate Avoidance Stratification Study1) is the first registration-enabling study to evaluate whether the combination of MRI2 and PSMA-PET3 imaging can improve sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values in diagnosing prostate cancer. The aim of the study is to demonstrate that some patients can be effectively stratified to either avoid a biopsy altogether or undergo a single PSMA-PET guided biopsy instead. Telix plans to enrol 204 patients in Australia and the United States (U.S.) for the single arm, multicenter, prospective, open label, longitudinal Phase 3 study.
The first BiPASS™ patient was dosed under the supervision of Principal Investigator Professor Tony Costello AM at the Australian Prostate Centre (APC), and imaged by Professor Rodney Hicks AM, at the Melbourne Theranostic Innovation Centre (MTIC). The first patient biopsy was performed by BiPASS™ Investigator and Clinical Director at APC, Mr. Phil Dundee.
Prof. Costello, Founder and Director, APC said, “Urologists are often faced with the dilemma of whether or not to biopsy. This invasive and often painful procedure carries risks, with many men refusing it altogether. From a clinical perspective, when the biopsy shows low to intermediate risk cancer, it’s unclear whether this represents the true burden of disease or sampling error. Combining MRI and PSMA-PET imaging has the potential to improve both the patient experience and diagnostic accuracy. As such, being part of this study is very important to the APC and our patients.”
Prof. Hicks, Founder, Chair and Chief Medical Officer, MTIC added, “PSMA-PET plus MRI has the potential to fundamentally change prostate cancer diagnosis. Using existing technologies with proven performance in lesion detection at the start of the patient journey could improve the way we stratify patients – safely de-escalating treatment or using a single precision biopsy for diagnosis.”
In the current diagnosis pathway, men with elevated PSA4 values can be recommended for MRIs which are often inconclusive. A prostate template biopsy, which typically involves 12 – 20 needle biopsies, is commonly the next step, even in patients deemed as low risk on MRI. However, this non-specific procedure can still miss significant prostate cancer, and can be painful and subject to complications, with many found to be unnecessary. While more than 1 million biopsies are performed in the U.S. each year, up to 75% are negative5. Moreover, one in four patients refuse a recommended biopsy6.
Adding an indication for prostate cancer diagnosis has the potential to significantly expand the U.S. market for Telix’s twin commercial PSMA-PET imaging agents by approximately 800,000 scans7.
BiPASS™ builds on a promising body of research, including the PRIMARY8. and PRIMARY29 studies, which demonstrated the advantages of MRI + PSMA-PET imaging in defining or ruling out prostate cancer, or in recommending participants undergo active surveillance before an invasive biopsy is performed. Professor Louise Emmett, Principal Investigator for PRIMARY, will continue her pioneering work as a BiPASS™ Steering Committee member and an Investigator on the study.
Prof. Emmett, Director of Theranostics and Nuclear Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, said, “My colleagues and I have built a significant body of research on the benefits of PSMA-PET and MRI, documented in the PRIMARY studies and we are pleased to see Telix expand on this research with this registration-enabling study. BiPASS™ has the potential to positively impact all men by changing clinical practice and guidelines to facilitate earlier, more accurate prostate cancer diagnosis.”
About Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutic and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals and associated medical technologies. Telix is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with international operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Europe (Belgium and Switzerland), and Japan. Telix is developing a portfolio of clinical and commercial stage products that aims to address significant unmet medical needs in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX) and the Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ: TLX).
Illuccix® (kit for the preparation of gallium-68 (68Ga) gozetotide injection), Telix’s first generation PSMA-PET imaging agent, has been approved in multiple markets globally. Gozellix® (kit for the preparation of gallium-68 (68Ga) gozetotide injection) has been approved by the U.S. FDA10.
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1 ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT07052214.
2 Magnetic resonance imaging.
3 Imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen with positron emission tomography.
4 Prostate-specific antigen.
5 Vickers et al. J Clin Oncol. 2010.
6 Schaufler C et al. Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. 2022.
7 Based on positive scans for PI-RADS (Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data system) scores 2-4 (NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Prostate Cancer V.2.2025), includes negative scans at a ratio of 3.1 scans per positive case (Landa et al. PLOS ONE. 2024).
8 Emmett et al., Eur Urol. 2021.
9 ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05154162. Sponsor: Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia.
10 Telix ASX disclosure 21 March 2025.
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