Mark G MacAskill, Catriona Wimberley, Timaeus E F Morgan, Carlos J Alcaide-Corral, David E Newby, Christophe Lucatelli, Andrew Sutherland, Sally L Pimlott, Adriana A S Tavares
{"title":"Correction to: Modelling [<sup>18</sup>F]LW223 PET data using simplified imaging protocols for quantification of TSPO expression in the rat heart and brain.","authors":"Mark G MacAskill, Catriona Wimberley, Timaeus E F Morgan, Carlos J Alcaide-Corral, David E Newby, Christophe Lucatelli, Andrew Sutherland, Sally L Pimlott, Adriana A S Tavares","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06781-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06781-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369047/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141330562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collection on clinical photoacoustic imaging.","authors":"J Vonk, F Knieling, S Kruijff","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06780-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06780-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141237360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter George Maliha, Masatoshi Hotta, Andrea Farolfi, Tristan Grogan, Rejah Alano, Andrea Limon, Ethan Lam, Giuseppe Carlucci, Shadfar Bahri, Ali Salavati, Matthias Benz, Daniel Silverman, Pawan Gupta, Andrew Quon, Martin Allen-Auerbach, Johannes Czernin, Jeremie Calais
{"title":"FAPI PET uptake patterns after invasive medical interventions: a single center retrospective analysis.","authors":"Peter George Maliha, Masatoshi Hotta, Andrea Farolfi, Tristan Grogan, Rejah Alano, Andrea Limon, Ethan Lam, Giuseppe Carlucci, Shadfar Bahri, Ali Salavati, Matthias Benz, Daniel Silverman, Pawan Gupta, Andrew Quon, Martin Allen-Auerbach, Johannes Czernin, Jeremie Calais","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06733-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06733-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-inhibitor (FAPI)-PET tracers allow imaging of the FAP-expressing cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) and also the normal activated fibroblasts (NAF) involved in inflammation/fibrosis that may be present after invasive medical interventions. We evaluated [68Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 uptake patterns post-medical/invasive non-systemic interventions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This single-center retrospective analysis was conducted in 79 consecutive patients who underwent [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 PET/CT. Investigators reviewed prior patient medical/invasive interventions (surgery, endoscopy, biopsy, radiotherapy, foreign body placement (FBP) defined as implanted medical/surgical material present at time of scan) and characterized the anatomically corresponding FAPI uptake intensity both visually (positive if above surrounding background) and quantitatively (SUVmax). Interventions with missing data/images or confounders of [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 uptake (partial volume effect, other cause of increased uptake) were excluded. Available correlative FDG, DOTATATE and PSMA PET/CTs were analyzed when available.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>163 medical/invasive interventions (mostly surgeries (49%), endoscopies (18%) and non-surgical biopsies (10%)) in 60 subjects were included for analysis. 43/163 (26%) involved FBP. FAPI uptake occurred in 24/163 (15%) of interventions (average SUVmax 3.2 (mild), range 1.5-5.1). The median time-interval post-intervention to FAPI-PET was 47.5 months and was shorter when FAPI uptake was present (median 9.5 months) than when absent (median 60.1 months; p = 0.001). Cut-off time beyond which no FAPI uptake would be present post-intervention without FBP was 8.2 months, with a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 82, 90, 99 and 31% respectively. No optimal cutoff point could be determined when considering interventions with FBP. No significant difference was detected between frequency of [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 and [<sup>18</sup>F]FDG uptake in intervention sites. Compared to [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA-11, [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 revealed more frequent and intense post-interventional tracer uptake.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>[<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-FAPI-46 uptake from medical/invasive interventions without FBP appears to be time dependent, nearly always absent beyond 8 months post-intervention, but frequently present for years with FBP.</p>","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140944595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stefan Stangl, Nghia Trong Nguyen, Julia Brosch-Lenz, Jakub Šimeček, Wolfgang A Weber, Susanne Kossatz, Johannes Notni
{"title":"Efficiency of succinylated gelatin and amino acid infusions for kidney uptake reduction of radiolabeled αvβ6-integrin targeting peptides: considerations on clinical safety profiles.","authors":"Stefan Stangl, Nghia Trong Nguyen, Julia Brosch-Lenz, Jakub Šimeček, Wolfgang A Weber, Susanne Kossatz, Johannes Notni","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06738-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06738-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong><sup>68</sup>Ga-Trivehexin is an investigational PET radiopharmaceutical (NCT05799274) targeting αvβ6-integrin for PET imaging of carcinomas. <sup>177</sup>Lu-D0301 is a structurally related therapeutic peptide tetramer. However, it showed considerable kidney uptake in rodents, impeding clinical applicability. We therefore evaluated the impact of different kidney protection strategies on the biodistribution of both agents in normal and tumor-bearing mice.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ex-vivo biodistribution of <sup>68</sup>Ga-Trivehexin (90 min p.i.) and <sup>177</sup>Lu-D0301 (90 min and 24 h p.i.) was determined in healthy C57BL/6N and H2009 (human lung adenocarcinoma) xenografted CB17-SCID mice without and with co-infusion of 100 µL of solutions containing 2.5% arginine + 2.5% lysine (Arg/Lys), 4% succinylated gelatin (gelofusine, gelo), or combinations thereof. Arg/Lys was injected either i.p. 30 min before and after the radiopharmaceutical, or i.v. 2 min before the radiopharmaceutical. Gelo was administered either i.v. 2 min prior activity, or pre-mixed and injected together with the radiopharmaceutical (n = 5 per group). C57BL/6N mice were furthermore imaged by PET (90 min p.i.) and SPECT (24 h p.i.).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Kidney uptake of <sup>68</sup>Ga-Trivehexin in C57BL/6N mice was reduced by 15% (Arg/Lys i.p.), 25% (Arg/Lys i.v.), and 70% (gelo i.v.), 90 min p.i., relative to control. <sup>177</sup>Lu-D0301 kidney uptake was reduced by 2% (Arg/Lys i.p.), 41% (Arg/Lys i.v.), 61% (gelo i.v.) and 66% (gelo + Arg/Lys i.v.) 24 h p.i., compared to control. Combination of Arg/Lys and gelo provided no substantial benefit. Gelo furthermore reduced kidney uptake of <sup>177</sup>Lu-D0301 by 76% (90 min p.i.) and 85% (24 h p.i.) in H2009 bearing SCID mice. Since tumor uptake was not (90 min p.i.) or only slightly reduced (15%, 24 h p.i.), the tumor/kidney ratio was improved by factors of 3.3 (90 min p.i.) and 2.6 (24 h p.i.). Reduction of kidney uptake was demonstrated by SPECT, which also showed that the remaining activity was located in the cortex.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The kidney uptake of both investigated radiopharmaceuticals was more efficiently reduced by gelofusine (61-85%) than Arg/Lys (25-41%). Gelofusine appears particularly suitable for reducing renal uptake of αvβ6-integrin targeted <sup>177</sup>Lu-labeled peptide multimers because its application led to approximately three times higher tumor-to-kidney ratios. Since the incidence of severe adverse events (anaphylaxis) with succinylated gelatin products (reportedly 0.0062-0.038%) is comparable to that of gadolinium-based MRI or iodinated CT contrast agents (0.008% and 0.04%, respectively), clinical use of gelofusine during radioligand therapy appears feasible if similar risk management strategies as for contrast agents are applied.</p>","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140876206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lihua Sun, Tuulia Malén, Jouni Tuisku, Valtteri Kaasinen, Jarmo A Hietala, Juha Rinne, Pirjo Nuutila, Lauri Nummenmaa
{"title":"Seasonal variation in D2/3 dopamine receptor availability in the human brain.","authors":"Lihua Sun, Tuulia Malén, Jouni Tuisku, Valtteri Kaasinen, Jarmo A Hietala, Juha Rinne, Pirjo Nuutila, Lauri Nummenmaa","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06715-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06715-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Brain functional and physiological plasticity is essential to combat dynamic environmental challenges. The rhythmic dopamine signaling pathway, which regulates emotion, reward and learning, shows seasonal patterns with higher capacity of dopamine synthesis and lower number of dopamine transporters during dark seasons. However, seasonal variation of the dopamine receptor signaling remains to be characterized.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on a historical database of healthy human brain [<sup>11</sup>C]raclopride PET scans (n = 291, 224 males and 67 females), we investigated the seasonal patterns of D2/3 dopamine receptor signaling. Daylength at the time of scanning was used as a predictor for brain regional non-displaceable binding of the radiotracer, while controlling for age and sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Daylength was negatively correlated with availability of D2/3 dopamine receptors in the striatum. The largest effect was found in the left caudate, and based on the primary sample, every 4.26 h (i.e., one standard deviation) increase of daylength was associated with a mean 2.8% drop (95% CI -0.042 to -0.014) of the receptor availability.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Seasonally varying D2/3 receptor signaling may also underlie the seasonality of mood, feeding, and motivational processes. Our finding suggests that in future studies of brain dopamine signaling, especially in high-latitude regions, the effect of seasonality should be considered.</p>","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140904240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Betül Altunay, Agnieszka Morgenroth, Mohsen Beheshti, Andreas Vogg, Nicholas C L Wong, Hong Hoi Ting, Hans-Jürgen Biersack, Elmar Stickeler, Felix M Mottaghy
{"title":"Correction to: HER2-directed antibodies, affibodies and nanobodies as drug-delivery vehicles in breast cancer with a specific focus on radioimmunotherapy and radioimmunoimaging.","authors":"Betül Altunay, Agnieszka Morgenroth, Mohsen Beheshti, Andreas Vogg, Nicholas C L Wong, Hong Hoi Ting, Hans-Jürgen Biersack, Elmar Stickeler, Felix M Mottaghy","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06792-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06792-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11368968/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141426562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Meindl, Artem Zatcepin, Johannes Gnörich, Maximilian Scheifele, Mirlind Zaganjori, Mattes Groß, Simon Lindner, Rebecca Schaefer, Marcel Simmet, Sebastian Roemer, Sabrina Katzdobler, Johannes Levin, Günter Höglinger, Ann-Cathrin Bischof, Henryk Barthel, Osama Sabri, Peter Bartenstein, Thomas Saller, Nicolai Franzmeier, Sibylle Ziegler, Matthias Brendel
{"title":"Assessment of [<sup>18</sup>F]PI-2620 Tau-PET Quantification via Non-Invasive Automatized Image Derived Input Function.","authors":"Maria Meindl, Artem Zatcepin, Johannes Gnörich, Maximilian Scheifele, Mirlind Zaganjori, Mattes Groß, Simon Lindner, Rebecca Schaefer, Marcel Simmet, Sebastian Roemer, Sabrina Katzdobler, Johannes Levin, Günter Höglinger, Ann-Cathrin Bischof, Henryk Barthel, Osama Sabri, Peter Bartenstein, Thomas Saller, Nicolai Franzmeier, Sibylle Ziegler, Matthias Brendel","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06741-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06741-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>[<sup>18</sup>F]PI-2620 positron emission tomography (PET) detects misfolded tau in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). We questioned the feasibility and value of absolute [<sup>18</sup>F]PI-2620 PET quantification for assessing tau by regional distribution volumes (V<sub>T</sub>). Here, arterial input functions (AIF) represent the gold standard, but cannot be applied in routine clinical practice, whereas image-derived input functions (IDIF) represent a non-invasive alternative. We aimed to validate IDIF against AIF and we evaluated the potential to discriminate patients with PSP and AD from healthy controls by non-invasive quantification of [<sup>18</sup>F] PET.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the first part of the study, we validated AIF derived from radial artery whole blood against IDIF by investigating 20 subjects (ten controls and ten patients). IDIF were generated by manual extraction of the carotid artery using the average and the five highest (max5) voxel intensity values and by automated extraction of the carotid artery using the average and the maximum voxel intensity value. In the second part of the study, IDIF quantification using the IDIF with the closest match to the AIF was transferred to group comparison of a large independent cohort of 40 subjects (15 healthy controls, 15 PSP patients and 10 AD patients). We compared V<sub>T</sub> and V<sub>T</sub> ratios, both calculated by Logan plots, with distribution volume (DV) ratios using simplified reference tissue modelling and standardized uptake value (SUV) ratios.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AIF and IDIF showed highly correlated input curves for all applied IDIF extraction methods (0.78 < r < 0.83, all p < 0.0001; area under the curves (AUC): 0.73 < r ≤ 0.82, all p ≤ 0.0003). Regarding the V<sub>T</sub> values, correlations were mainly found between those generated by the AIF and by the IDIF methods using the maximum voxel intensity values. Lowest relative differences (RD) were observed by applying the manual method using the five highest voxel intensity values (max5) (AIF vs. IDIF manual, avg: RD = -82%; AIF vs. IDIF automated, avg: RD = -86%; AIF vs. IDIF manual, max5: RD = -6%; AIF vs. IDIF automated, max: RD = -26%). Regional V<sub>T</sub> values revealed considerable variance at group level, which was strongly reduced upon scaling by the inferior cerebellum. The resulting V<sub>T</sub> ratio values were adequate to detect group differences between patients with PSP or AD and healthy controls (HC) (PSP target region (globus pallidus): HC vs. PSP vs. AD: 1.18 vs. 1.32 vs. 1.16; AD target region (Braak region I): HC vs. PSP vs. AD: 1.00 vs. 1.00 vs. 1.22). V<sub>T</sub> ratios and DV ratios outperformed SUV ratios and V<sub>T</sub> in detecting differences between PSP and healthy controls, whereas all quantification approaches performed similarly in comparing AD and healthy controls.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </str","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11368995/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140876205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Zhang, Xinrui Ma, Muyun Xu, Jinghua Cai, Jianhua Cai, Yanguang Cao, Zhihao Zhang, Xin Ji, Jian He, German Oscar Fonseca Cabrera, Xuedan Wu, Weiling Zhao, Zhanhong Wu, Jin Xie, Zibo Li
{"title":"Chelator boosted tumor-retention and pharmacokinetic properties: development of <sup>64</sup>Cu labeled radiopharmaceuticals targeting neurotensin receptor.","authors":"Tao Zhang, Xinrui Ma, Muyun Xu, Jinghua Cai, Jianhua Cai, Yanguang Cao, Zhihao Zhang, Xin Ji, Jian He, German Oscar Fonseca Cabrera, Xuedan Wu, Weiling Zhao, Zhanhong Wu, Jin Xie, Zibo Li","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06754-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06754-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Accumulating evidence suggests that neurotensin (NTS) and neurotensin receptors (NTSRs) play key roles in lung cancer progression by triggering multiple oncogenic signaling pathways. This study aims to develop Cu-labeled neurotensin receptor 1 (NTSR1)-targeting agents with the potential for both imaging and therapeutic applications.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A series of neurotensin receptor antagonists (NRAs) with variable propylamine (PA) linker length and different chelators were synthesized, including [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-CB-TE2A-iPA-NRA ([<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4a-c, i = 1, 2, 3), [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-NOTA-2PA-NRA ([<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4d), [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-DOTA-2PA-NRA ([<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4e, also known as [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-3BP-227), and [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-DOTA-VS-2PA-NRA ([<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4f). The series of small animal PET/CT were conducted in H1299 lung cancer model. The expression profile of NTSR1 was also confirmed by IHC using patient tissue samples.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>For most of the compounds studied, PET/CT showed prominent tumor uptake and high tumor-to-background contrast, but the tumor retention was strongly influenced by the chelators used. For previously reported 4e, [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-labeled derivative showed initial high tumor uptake accompanied by rapid tumor washout at 24 h. The newly developed [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4d and [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4f demonstrated good tumor uptake and tumor-to-background contrast at early time points, but were less promising in tumor retention. In contrast, our lead compound [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4b demonstrated 9.57 ± 1.35, 9.44 ± 2.38 and 9.72 ± 4.89%ID/g tumor uptake at 4, 24, and 48 h p.i., respectively. Moderate liver uptake (11.97 ± 3.85, 9.80 ± 3.63, and 7.72 ± 4.68%ID/g at 4, 24, and 48 h p.i.) was observed with low uptake in most other organs. The PA linker was found to have a significant effect on drug distribution. Compared to [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4b, [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4a had a lower background, including a greatly reduced liver uptake, while the tumor uptake was only moderately reduced. Meanwhile, [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4c showed increased uptake in both the tumor and the liver. The clinical relevance of NTSR1 was also demonstrated by the elevated tumor expression in patient tissue samples.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Through the side-by-side comparison, [<sup>64</sup>Cu]Cu-4b was identified as the lead agent for further evaluation based on its high and sustained tumor uptake and moderate liver uptake. It can not only be used to efficiently detect NTSR1 expression in lung cancer (for diagnosis, patient screening, and treatment monitoring), but also has the great potential to treat NTSR-positive lesions once chelating to the beta emitter <sup>67</sup>Cu.</p>","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11368631/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141070857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful radioiodine redifferentiation with selpercatinib in RET fusion-positive papillary thyroid carcinoma.","authors":"Daniela Weiler, Maria Del Sol Pérez Lago","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06747-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06747-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141065199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnostic efficacy of [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-GPFAPI-04 in patients with solid tumors in a head-to-head comparison with [<sup>18</sup>F]F-FDG: results from a prospective clinical study.","authors":"Hui Yuan, Entao Liu, Guojin Zhang, Chaoquan Lai, Qing Zhang, Yuxiang Shang, Zhen Cheng, Lei Jiang","doi":"10.1007/s00259-024-06756-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00259-024-06756-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To identify the biodistribution and diagnostic performance of a novel fibroblast activation protein (FAP) targeted positron emission tomography (PET) tracer, [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-GPFAPI-04, in patients with solid tumors in a head-to-head comparison with [<sup>18</sup>F]F-FDG.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-six patients histologically proven with cancers of nasopharyngeal (n = 5), esophagus (n = 5), gastro-esophagus (n = 1), stomach (n = 7), liver (n = 3), and colorectum (n = 5) were recruited for [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-GPFAPI-04 and [<sup>18</sup>F]F-FDG PET/CT scans on consecutive days. The primary endpoint was the diagnostic efficacy, with the histological diagnosis and the follow-up results selected as the gold standard. The secondary endpoint was the background uptake pattern. Two experienced nuclear medicine physicians who were blinded to the gold standard results while having essential awareness of the clinical context reviewed the images and labeled lesions by consensus for subsequent software-assisted lesion segmentation. Additionally, background organs were automatically segmented, assisted by artificial intelligence. Volume, mean, and maximum standard uptake values (SUVmean and SUVmax) of all segmentations were recorded. P < 0.05 was deemed as statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant glandular uptake of [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-GPFAPI-04 was detected in the thyroid, pancreas, and submandibular glands, while moderate uptake was observed in the parotid glands. The myocardium and myometrium exhibited 2-3 times higher uptake of the radiotracer than that of the background levels in blood and liver. A total of 349 targeted lesions, consisting of 324 malignancies and 25 benign lesions, were segmented. [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-GPFAPI-04 is more sensitive than [<sup>18</sup>F]F-FDG, especially for abdominopelvic dissemination (1.000 vs. 0.475, P < 0.001). Interestingly, [<sup>18</sup>F]F-FDG demonstrated higher sensitivity for lung metastasis compared to [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-GPFAPI-04 (0.845 vs. 0.682, P = 0.003). The high glandular uptake made it difficult to delineate lesions in close proximity and masked two metastatic lesions in these organs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite prominent glandular uptake, [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-DOTA-GPFAPI-04 demonstrates favorable diagnostic performance. It is a promising probe scaffold for further development of FAP-targeted tumor theranostic agents.</p>","PeriodicalId":11909,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":8.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140897688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}