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Lin Z, Zhu W, Zhang J, Miao W, Yao S, Huo L. Head-to-Head Comparison of 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in Patients with Metastatic, Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors: Interim Analysis of a Prospective Bicenter Study. J Nucl Med 2023; 64:1406-1411. [PMID: 37474267 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.122.264890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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The current study aimed to compare 68Ga-NODAGA-Cpa-cyclo(d-Cys-amino-Phe-hydroorotic acid-d-4-amino-Phe(carbamoyl)-Lys-Thr-Cys)-d-Tyr-NH2 (JR11) and 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT in patients with metastatic, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. Methods: A prospective bicenter study aimed at enrolling 100 patients with histologically proven, metastatic or unresectable, well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors was conducted. The first 48 patients represented the study cohort. Each patient received 68Ga-DOTATATE on the first day and 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 on the second day. Whole-body PET/CT scans were performed at 40-60 min after injection. Normal-organ uptake, lesion numbers, lesion uptake, and sensitivity were compared. The potential impact on clinical management was also determined. Results: Overall, 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 demonstrated lower background uptake in normal organs. Compared with 68Ga-DOTATATE, 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 detected significantly more liver lesions (673 vs. 584, P = 0.002). The target-to-background ratio of liver lesions was significantly higher on 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 (6.4 ± 8.7 vs. 3.1 ±2.6, P = 0.000). Comparable uptake was observed for primary tumors, bone lesions, and lymph node metastases. In total, 180 lesions were detected on conventional imaging in 15 patients; 165 and 139 lesions of them were positive on 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 and 68Ga-DOTATATE, leading to a sensitivity of 91.7% and 77.2%, respectively. In 14.5% (7/48) of patients, 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 PET might have a potential impact on clinical management. Conclusion: 68Ga-NODAGA-JR11 shows better sensitivity and a higher target-to-background ratio than 68Ga-DOTATATE. The detection of more lesions by the antagonist may have a potential impact on clinical management in a subgroup of patients.
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- Zefang Lin
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China; and
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Center for Rare Diseases Research, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China; and
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China; and
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China; and
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Center for Rare Diseases Research, and Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Grey N, Silosky M, Lieu CH, Chin BB. Current status and future of targeted peptide receptor radionuclide positron emission tomography imaging and therapy of gastroenteropancreatic-neuroendocrine tumors. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28:1768-1780. [PMID: 35633909 PMCID: PMC9099199 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i17.1768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Theranostics is the highly targeted molecular imaging and therapy of tumors. Targeted peptide receptor radionuclide therapy has taken the lead in demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of this molecular approach to treating cancers. Metastatic, well-differentiated gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors may be most effectively imaged and treated with DOTATATE ligands. We review the current practice, safety, advantages, and limitations of DOTATATE based theranostics. Finally, we briefly describe the exciting new areas of development and future directions of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor theranostics.
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- Neil Grey
- Radiology-Nuclear Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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- Medical Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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- Department of Radiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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Zhu W, Jia R, Yang Q, Cheng Y, Zhao H, Bai C, Xu J, Yao S, Huo L. A prospective randomized, double-blind study to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors: compared with 68Ga-DOTATATE. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2021; 49:1613-1622. [PMID: 34874478 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-021-05512-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of 68 Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68 Ga-DOTA-LM3 and compare them with 68 Ga-DOTATATE in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. METHODS Patients were prospectively recruited and equally randomized into two arms: Arm A, patients would undergo a whole-body 68 Ga-NODAGA-LM3 PET/CT scan on the 1st day and 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT scan on the 2nd day; Arm B, patients would undergo a whole-body 68 Ga-DOTA-LM3 PET/CT scan on the 1st day and 68 Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT scan on the 2nd day. Biodistribution in normal organs, lesion detection ability, and tumor uptake were compared between antagonist and agonist in each arm. RESULTS A total of 40 patients with well-differentiated NETs, 20 in each arm, were recruited in the study. 68 Ga-NODAGA-LM3 showed a similar pattern as 68 Ga-DOTATATE, while 68 Ga-DOTA-LM3 demonstrated significantly lower uptake in almost all normal organs compared to 68 Ga-DOTATATE. Both 68 Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68 Ga-DOTA-LM3 showed superiority in lesion detection compared to 68 Ga-DOTATATE on lesion-based and patient-based comparison. 68 Ga-NODAGA-LM3 showed a significantly higher tumor uptake (median SUVmax 29.1 versus 21.6, P < 0.05) and tumor-to-background ratio (median tumor-to-liver ratio 5.0 versus 2.9, P < 0.05) compared to 68 Ga-DOTATATE. 68 Ga-DOTA-LM3 showed comparable uptake (median SUVmax 16.1 versus 17.8, P = 0.714) and higher tumor-to-background ratio (median tumor-to-liver ratio 5.2 versus 2.1, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Both 68 Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68 Ga-DOTA-LM3 are promising SSTR2 antagonists for neuroendocrine tumors. They demonstrated superiority in diagnostic efficacy compared to agonist 68 Ga-DOTATATE. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04318561.
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- Wenjia Zhu
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, the Fifth Medical Center, General Hospital of PLA, No. 8, East Avenue, Fengtai District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, the Fifth Medical Center, General Hospital of PLA, No. 8, East Avenue, Fengtai District, Beijing, China
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- Department Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350005, Fujian, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
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Simultaneous Visualization of 161Tb- and 177Lu-Labeled Somatostatin Analogues Using Dual-Isotope SPECT Imaging. Pharmaceutics 2021; 13:pharmaceutics13040536. [PMID: 33921467 PMCID: PMC8070648 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13040536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The decay of terbium-161 results in the emission of β¯-particles as well as conversion and Auger electrons, which makes terbium-161 interesting for therapeutic purposes. The aim of this study was to use dual-isotope SPECT imaging in order to demonstrate visually that terbium-161 and lutetium-177 are interchangeable without compromising the pharmacokinetic profile of the radiopharmaceutical. The 161Tb- and 177Lu-labeled somatostatin (SST) analogues DOTATOC (agonist) and DOTA-LM3 (antagonist) were tested in vitro to demonstrate equal properties regarding distribution coefficients and cell uptake into SST receptor-positive AR42J tumor cells. The radiopeptides were further investigated in AR42J tumor-bearing nude mice using the method of dual-isotope (terbium-161/lutetium-177) SPECT/CT imaging to enable the visualization of their distribution profiles in the same animal. Equal pharmacokinetic profiles were demonstrated for either of the two peptides, irrespective of whether it was labeled with terbium-161 or lutetium-177. Moreover, the visualization of the sub-organ distribution confirmed similar behavior of 161Tb- and 177Lu-labeled SST analogues. The data were verified in quantitative biodistribution studies using either type of peptide labeled with terbium-161 or lutetium-177. While the radionuclide did not have an impact on the organ distribution, this study confirmed previous data of a considerably higher tumor uptake of radiolabeled DOTA-LM3 as compared to the radiolabeled DOTATOC.
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Zhu W, Cheng Y, Jia R, Zhao H, Bai C, Xu J, Yao S, Huo L. A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study to Evaluate the Safety, Biodistribution, and Dosimetry of 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 in Patients with Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors. J Nucl Med 2021; 62:1398-1405. [PMID: 33579804 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.120.253096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 (where LM3 is p-Cl-Phe-cyclo(d-Cys-Tyr-d-4-amino-Phe(carbamoyl)-Lys-Thr-Cys)d-Tyr-NH2) and 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 are somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (SSTR2)-specific antagonists used for PET/CT imaging. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety, biodistribution, and dosimetry of 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors. Methods: Patients were equally randomized into 2 arms, with arm A receiving 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and arm B receiving 68Ga-DOTA-LM3. Serial PET scans were acquired at 5, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 120 min after 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 (200 MBq ± 11 MBq/40 μg of total peptide mass) or 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 (172 MBq ± 21 MBq/40 μg of total peptide mass) injection. The biodistribution in normal organs, tumor uptake, and safety were assessed. Radiation dosimetry was calculated using OLINDA/EXM (version 1.0). Results: Sixteen patients, 8 in each arm, were recruited in the study. Both tracers were well tolerated in most patients. Two patients in arm B had nausea (grade 2), and one of them had vomiting (grade 1). The PET images of the other 14 patients were further analyzed. Significantly lower organ uptake was observed in the pituitary, parotids, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenal, stomach, small intestine, and kidneys with 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 than with 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3. In total, 38 lesions were analyzed, including 18 with 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 20 with 68Ga-DOTA-LM3. Both tracers showed good tumor uptake and retention. With 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3, the tracer accumulation in tumor lesions increased by 138%, from an average SUVmax of 31.3 ± 19.7 at 5 min to 74.6 ± 56.3 at 2 h. With 68Ga-DOTA-LM3, the tumor uptake rapidly reached a high level at 5 min after injection, with an average SUVmax of 36.6 ± 23.6, and continued to increase to 45.3 ± 29.3 until 30 min after injection. The urinary bladder wall was the organ receiving the highest absorbed dose in both arms. The mean effective dose was 0.026 ± 0.003 mSv/MBq for 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 0.025 ± 0.002 mSv/MBq for 68Ga-DOTA-LM3. Conclusion: Both 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68Ga-DOTA-LM3 show favorable biodistribution, high tumor uptake, and good tumor retention, resulting in high image contrast. The dosimetric data are comparable to those for other 68Ga-labeled SSTR2 antagonists. Further studies are required to look into the potential antagonistic effects of 68Ga-NODAGA-LM3 and 68Ga-DOTA-LM3.
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- Wenjia Zhu
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Fifth Medical Center, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China; and
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- Department of Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Fifth Medical Center, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
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- Department Nuclear Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy in Nuclear Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing, China;
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