Hossein Jadvar, Amir Iravani, Lisa Bodei, Jeremie Calais
{"title":"Challenges with <sup>177</sup>Lu-PSMA-617 Radiopharmaceutical Therapy in Clinical Practice.","authors":"Hossein Jadvar, Amir Iravani, Lisa Bodei, Jeremie Calais","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268023","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1851-1854"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142304908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kai Jannusch, Lale Umutlu, Julian Kirchner, Nils-Martin Bruckmann, Janna Morawitz, Ken Herrmann, Wolfgang Peter Fendler, Ann-Kathrin Bittner, Oliver Hoffmann, Svjetlana Mohrmann, Eugen Ruckhäberle, Martin Stuschke, Werner Schmid, Frederik Giesel, Lena Häberle, Irene Esposito, Wilfried Budach, Johannes Grueneisen, Christiane Matuschek, Bernd Kowall, Andreas Stang, Gerald Antoch, Christian Buchbender
{"title":"Impact of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI on Therapeutic Management of Women with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: Results from a Prospective Double-Center Trial.","authors":"Kai Jannusch, Lale Umutlu, Julian Kirchner, Nils-Martin Bruckmann, Janna Morawitz, Ken Herrmann, Wolfgang Peter Fendler, Ann-Kathrin Bittner, Oliver Hoffmann, Svjetlana Mohrmann, Eugen Ruckhäberle, Martin Stuschke, Werner Schmid, Frederik Giesel, Lena Häberle, Irene Esposito, Wilfried Budach, Johannes Grueneisen, Christiane Matuschek, Bernd Kowall, Andreas Stang, Gerald Antoch, Christian Buchbender","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268065","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our rationale was to investigate whether <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI in addition to (guideline-recommended) conventional staging leads to changes in therapeutic management in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer and compare the diagnostic accuracy of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI with that of conventional staging for determining the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) stage. <b>Methods:</b> In this prospective, double-center study, 208 women with newly diagnosed, therapy-naïve invasive breast cancer were enrolled in accordance with the inclusion criteria. All patients underwent guideline-recommended conventional staging and whole-body <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI with a dedicated breast examination. A multidisciplinary tumor board served to determine 2 different therapy recommendations for each patient, one based on conventional staging alone and another based on combined assessment of conventional staging and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI examinations. Major changes in therapy recommendations and differences between the conventional staging algorithm and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI for determining the correct UICC stage were reported and evaluated. <b>Results:</b> Major changes in therapeutic management based on combined assessment of conventional staging and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI were detected in 5 of 208 patients, amounting to changes in therapeutic management in 2.4% (95% CI, 0.78%-5.2%) of the study population. In determining the UICC stage, the guideline-based staging algorithm and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI were concordant in 135 of 208 (64.9%; 95% CI, 58%-71.4%) patients. The conventional guideline algorithm correctly determined the UICC stage in 130 of 208 (62.5%; 95% CI, 55.5%-69.1%) patients, and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI correctly determined the UICC stage in 170 of 208 (81.9%; 95% CI, 75.8%-86.7%) patients. <b>Conclusion:</b> Despite the diagnostic superiority of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI over conventional staging in determining the correct UICC stage, the current (guideline-recommended) conventional staging algorithm is sufficient for adequate therapeutic management of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer, and <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/MRI does not have an impact on patient management.</p>","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1855-1861"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel Bardiès, Glenn Flux, Katarina Sjögreen Gleisner
{"title":"The Translation of Dosimetry into Clinical Practice: What It Takes to Make Dosimetry a Mandatory Part of Clinical Practice.","authors":"Manuel Bardiès, Glenn Flux, Katarina Sjögreen Gleisner","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267742","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267742","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1846-1847"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142142206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oncologist, Business Leader, and Investor Arie S. Belldegrun Discusses a Career in Innovative Medical Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Ken Herrmann and Johannes Czernin.","authors":"Arie S Belldegrun, Ken Herrmann, Johannes Czernin","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268904","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268904","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1821-1823"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mina Swiha, Sarennya Pathmanandavel, Nathan Papa, Zahra Sabahi, Sherrington Li, Alex Zheng, Sobia Khan, Maria Ayers, Shikha Sharma, Megan Crumbaker, Andrew Nguyen, Lyn Chan, Narjess Ayati, Louise Emmett
{"title":"Comparison of Posttherapy 4- and 24-Hour [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT and Pretherapy PSMA PET/CT in Assessment of Disease in Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.","authors":"Mina Swiha, Sarennya Pathmanandavel, Nathan Papa, Zahra Sabahi, Sherrington Li, Alex Zheng, Sobia Khan, Maria Ayers, Shikha Sharma, Megan Crumbaker, Andrew Nguyen, Lyn Chan, Narjess Ayati, Louise Emmett","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267606","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267606","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is an effective treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT 24 h after injection has shown potential as a response biomarker for [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA therapy but is not convenient for patients. This study investigated 4-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT as an alternative to 24-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT for evaluation of treatment response. <b>Methods:</b> This prospective analysis enrolled 23 patients diagnosed with mCRPC commencing [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA-I&T therapy. Two patients were excluded because of incomplete imaging data. Posttherapy SPECT/CT was performed at 4 and 24 h after the first dose and 4 h after the second dose. Baseline [<sup>68</sup>Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT and 4- and 24-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT were analyzed both visually and semiquantitatively. Bland-Altman plots assessed agreement of semiquantitative parameters from the 4- and 24-h scans. Quantitative assessment of the change in the total tumor volume (TTV) on the 4-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT after the first and second doses was correlated to patient outcomes. <b>Results:</b> All patients had mCRPC previously treated with an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor, and 11 (52%) received prior taxane chemotherapy. Median age was 78 y, and median prostate-specific antigen level was 54 ng/mL. On visual analysis, disease distribution was unchanged among the 3 imaging methods. Eleven patients (52%) had a median of 1 lesion not identified on 4-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT compared with 24-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT. All missed lesions on the 4-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu SPECT/CT were smaller than 2 cm. Mean differences and agreement between 4- and 24-h SPECT/CT quantitative parameters were within acceptable bounds for lesion number, SUV<sub>max</sub>, and SUV<sub>mean</sub>, with higher variation observed for TTV. The change in TTV between dose 1 and 2 [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT predicted prostate-specific antigen progression-free survival. <b>Conclusion:</b> [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT at 4 h after injection appears a promising alternative to 24-h [<sup>177</sup>Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT for treatment response assessment, with improved patient convenience.</p>","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1939-1944"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sean C Dougherty, William L Flowers, Elizabeth M Gaughan
{"title":"Precision Oncology in Melanoma: Changing Practices.","authors":"Sean C Dougherty, William L Flowers, Elizabeth M Gaughan","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267781","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.267781","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the last 2 decades, significant progress has been made in our understanding of the genomics, tumor immune microenvironment, and immunogenicity of malignant melanoma. Historically, the prognosis for metastatic melanoma was poor because of limited treatment options. However, after multiple landmark clinical trials displaying the efficacy of combined <i>BRAF/MEK</i> inhibition for <i>BRAF</i>-mutant melanoma and the application of immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the programmed death-1, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4, and lymphocyte activation gene-3 molecules, overall survival rates have dramatically improved. The role of immune checkpoint inhibition has since expanded to the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings with multiple regimens in routine use. Personalized therapies, including tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes that are extracted from a patient's melanoma and eventually reinfused into the patient, and messenger RNA vaccines used to target neoantigens unique to a patient's tumor, show promise. Improvements in accompanying imaging modalities, particularly within the field of nuclear medicine, have allowed for more accurate staging of disease and assessment of treatment response. Continued growth in the role of nuclear medicine in the evaluation of melanoma, including the incorporation of artificial intelligence into image interpretation and use of radiolabeled tracers allowing for intricate imaging of the tumor immune microenvironment, is expected in the coming years.</p>","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1838-1845"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142635205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federico Zagni, Luigia Vetrone, Andrea Farolfi, Maria Vadalà, Elisa Lodi Rizzini, Arber Golemi, Lidia Strigari, Stefano Fanti
{"title":"Feasibility of <sup>177</sup>Lu-PSMA Administration as Outpatient Procedure for Prostate Cancer.","authors":"Federico Zagni, Luigia Vetrone, Andrea Farolfi, Maria Vadalà, Elisa Lodi Rizzini, Arber Golemi, Lidia Strigari, Stefano Fanti","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268062","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268062","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1848-1849"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11619580/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CT Enhancement of a Nasal Leech After Thrombectomy.","authors":"Kaiwu Meng, Dian He","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268796","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268796","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1983"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142549803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masatoshi Hotta, Grace Hyun J Kim, Vilasinee Rerkpichaisuth, Pang Yu Teng, Wesley R Armstrong, Giuseppe Carlucci, Magnus Dahlbom, Fereidoun Abtin, Shahrzad M Lari, Gregory A Fishbein, Johannes Czernin, Elizabeth R Volkmann, S Sam Weigt, Jeremie Calais
{"title":"Correlation of FAPI PET Uptake with Immunohistochemistry in Explanted Lungs from Patients with Advanced Interstitial Lung Disease.","authors":"Masatoshi Hotta, Grace Hyun J Kim, Vilasinee Rerkpichaisuth, Pang Yu Teng, Wesley R Armstrong, Giuseppe Carlucci, Magnus Dahlbom, Fereidoun Abtin, Shahrzad M Lari, Gregory A Fishbein, Johannes Czernin, Elizabeth R Volkmann, S Sam Weigt, Jeremie Calais","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268351","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268351","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recent studies have demonstrated promising results of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) inhibitor (FAPI) PET in prognosticating and monitoring interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). As a first step toward successful translation, our primary aim was to validate the FAPI PET uptake through immunohistochemistry in patients with advanced ILD who underwent lung transplantation after a FAPI PET scan. <b>Methods:</b> This is a preliminary analysis of a single-center, open-label, single-arm, prospective exploratory biodistribution study of <sup>68</sup>Ga-FAPI-46 PET imaging in patients with ILD (NCT05365802). Patients with ILD confirmed by high-resolution CT and scheduled for lung transplant were included. Tissue samples of explanted lungs were obtained from both the central and peripheral lung parenchyma of each lobe. Additional samples were obtained from areas of the lung corresponding to regions of FAPI PET activity. Immunohistochemical staining was performed with an anti-FAP antibody. Percentages of FAP immunohistochemistry-positive area were measured semiautomatically using QuPath software. SUVs in the areas of pathologic samples were measured on FAPI PET/CT by referencing the gross photomap of the explanted lung. A Spearman correlation coefficient test was used to assess the relationship between FAPI PET uptake and FAP immunohistochemical expression in each specimen. <b>Results:</b> Four patients with advanced ILD who underwent FAPI PET/CT before lung transplantation were included. The types of ILD were idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (<i>n</i> = 2), rheumatoid arthritis-associated ILD (<i>n</i> = 1), and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (<i>n</i> = 1). FAPI uptake was visualized mainly in the fibrotic area on CT. Twenty-nine surgical pathology samples from 3 patients were analyzed. FAP staining was predominantly positive in fibroblastic foci. FAPI PET SUV<sub>max</sub> and SUV<sub>mean</sub> showed a positive correlation with the immunohistochemical FAP expression score (SUV<sub>max</sub>: <i>r</i> = 0.57, <i>P</i> = 0.001; SUV<sub>mean</sub>: <i>r</i> = 0.54, <i>P</i> = 0.002). <b>Conclusion:</b> In this analysis conducted in patients who underwent lung transplantation after a FAPI PET scan, FAPI PET uptake was positively correlated with FAP immunohistochemistry. These findings provide a rationale for further investigation of FAPI PET as a potential imaging biomarker for ILD.</p>","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1789-1794"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harshad R Kulkarni, Kevin A Maupin, Tina Brennan, Jens Forsberg, Dan Rogers, Mark Olson, Brandon R Mancini, Anthony Chang, Sreenivasa R Chandana, Ryohei Kobayashi
{"title":"First-in-Human Total-Body PET/CT Imaging Using <sup>89</sup>Zr-Labeled MUC5AC Antibody in a Patient with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.","authors":"Harshad R Kulkarni, Kevin A Maupin, Tina Brennan, Jens Forsberg, Dan Rogers, Mark Olson, Brandon R Mancini, Anthony Chang, Sreenivasa R Chandana, Ryohei Kobayashi","doi":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268074","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnumed.124.268074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94099,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"1815"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142142205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}