Early-phase 18F-Flortaucipir tau-PET as a proxy of brain metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease: a comparison with 18F-FDG-PET and early-phase amyloid-PET

IF 8.6 1区医学 Q1 RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Pub Date : 2025-01-24 DOI:10.1007/s00259-024-07063-4

Cecilia Boccalini, Debora Elisa Peretti, Gregory Mathoux, Leonardo Iaccarino, Federica Ribaldi, Max Scheffler, Daniela Perani, Giovanni B. Frisoni, Valentina Garibotto

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Abstract

Purpose

As dual-phase amyloid-PET can evaluate amyloid (A) and neurodegeneration (N) with a single tracer injection, dual-phase tau-PET might be able to provide both tau (T) and N. Our study aims to assess the association of early-phase tau-PET scans and ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET and their comparability in discriminating Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients and differentiating neurodegenerative patterns.

Methods

58 subjects evaluated at the Geneva Memory Center underwent dual-phase ¹⁸F-Flortaucipir-PET with early-phase acquisition (eTAU) and ¹⁸F-FDG-PET within 1 year. A subsample of 36 participants also underwent dual-phase amyloid-PET (eAMY). Standardized uptake value ratios (SUVRs) were calculated to assess the correlation of eTAU and their respective ¹⁸F-FDG-PET and eAMY scans. Hypometabolism and hypoperfusion maps and their spatial overlap were also evaluated at the individual level visually and semiquantitatively. Receiver operating characteristic analyses were performed to compare the discriminative power of eTAU, FDG, and eAMY SUVR between A-/T- and A+/T + participants.

Results

Strong positive correlations were found between eTAU and FDG SUVRs (r = 0.84, p < 0.001) and eTAU and eAMY SUVRs (r > 0.87, p < 0.001). Clusters of significant hypoperfusion with good correspondence to hypometabolism topographies were found at the individual level, independently of the underlying neurodegenerative patterns. Both eTAU and FDG SUVRs significantly distinguished A+/T + from A-/T- individuals (AUC_eTAU=0.604, AUC_FDG=0.748) with FDG performing better than eTAU (p = 0.04). eAMY and eTAU SUVR showed comparable discriminative power.

Conclusion

Early-phase ¹⁸F-Flortaucipir-PET can provide perfusion information closely related to brain regional glucose metabolism and perfusion measured by early-phase amyloid-PET, even if less accurate than FDG-PET as a biomarker for neurodegeneration.

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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 医学-核医学

CiteScore

15.60

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9.90%

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392

审稿时长

3 months

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