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- Title
F-18 labelled PSMA-1007: biodistribution, radiation dosimetry and histopathological validation of tumor lesions in prostate cancer patients.
- Authors
Giesel, Frederik; Hadaschik, B.; Cardinale, J.; Radtke, J.; Vinsensia, M.; Lehnert, W.; Kesch, C.; Tolstov, Y.; Singer, S.; Grabe, N.; Duensing, S.; Schäfer, M.; Neels, O.; Mier, W.; Haberkorn, U.; Kopka, K.; Kratochwil, C.
- Abstract
Purpose: The prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted positron-emitting-tomography (PET) tracer Ga-PSMA-11 shows great promise in the detection of prostate cancer. However, Ga has several shortcomings as a radiolabel including short half-life and non-ideal energies, and this has motivated consideration of F-labelled analogs. F-PSMA-1007 was selected among several F-PSMA-ligand candidate compounds because it demonstrated high labelling yields, outstanding tumor uptake and fast, non-urinary background clearance. Here, we describe the properties of F-PSMA-1007 in human volunteers and patients. Methods: Radiation dosimetry of F-PSMA-1007 was determined in three healthy volunteers who underwent whole-body PET-scans and concomitant blood and urine sampling. Following this, ten patients with high-risk prostate cancer underwent F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT (1 h and 3 h p.i.) and normal organ biodistribution and tumor uptakes were examined. Eight patients underwent prostatectomy with extended pelvic lymphadenectomy. Uptake in intra-prostatic lesions and lymph node metastases were correlated with final histopathology, including PSMA immunostaining. Results: With an effective dose of approximately 4.4-5.5 mSv per 200-250 MBq examination, F-PSMA-1007 behaves similar to other PSMA-PET agents as well as to other F-labelled PET-tracers. In comparison to other PSMA-targeting PET-tracers, F-PSMA-1007 has reduced urinary clearance enabling excellent assessment of the prostate. Similar to F-DCFPyL and with slightly slower clearance kinetics than PSMA-11, favorable tumor-to-background ratios are observed 2-3 h after injection. In eight patients, diagnostic findings were successfully validated by histopathology. F-PSMA-1007 PET/CT detected 18 of 19 lymph node metastases in the pelvis, including nodes as small as 1 mm in diameter. Conclusion: F-PSMA-1007 performs at least comparably to Ga-PSMA-11, but its longer half-life combined with its superior energy characteristics and non-urinary excretion overcomes some practical limitations of Ga-labelled PSMA-targeted tracers.
- Subjects
RADIATION dosimetry; PROSTATE cancer; POSITRON emission tomography; COMPUTED tomography; RADIOLABELING
- Publication
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging, 2017, Vol 44, Issue 4, p678
- ISSN
1619-7070
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00259-016-3573-4