Posted by Kevin Yang ⎜ Nov 5, 2018 ⎜ Industry
Radiolabeled somatostatin analog therapy has become an established treatment method for patients with well to moderately differentiated unresectable or metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). The most frequently used somatostatin analogs in clinical practice are octreotide and octreotate. However, both peptides showed suboptimal retention within tumors. The aim of this first-inhumans study is to explore the safety and dosimetry of a long-acting radiolabeled somatostatin analog, 177Lu-1, 4, 7, 10-tetra-azacyclododecane-1, 4, 7, 10-tetraacetic acid-Evans blue-octreotate (177Lu-DOTA-EB-TATE).
Results: Administration of 177Lu-DOTA-EB-TATE was well tolerated, with no adverse symptoms being noticed or reported in any of the patients. Compared with 177Lu-DOTATATE, 177Lu-DOTA-EB-TATE showed extended circulation in the blood and achieved a 7.9-fold increase of tumor dose delivery. The total-body effective doses were 0.205 ± 0.161mSv/MBq for 177Lu-DOTA-EB-TATE and 0.174 ± 0.072 mSv/MBq for 177Lu- DOTATATE. Significant dose delivery increases to the kidneys and bone marrow were also observed in patients receiving 177Lu-DOTAEB-TATE compared with those receiving 177Lu-DOTATATE (3.2 and 18.2-fold, respectively).
Conclusion: By introducing an albumin-binding moiety, 177Lu-DOTA-EB-TATE showed remarkably higher uptake and retention in NETs as well as significantly increased accumulation in the kidneys and red marrow. It has great potential to be used in peptide receptor radionuclide therapy for NETs with lower dose and less frequency of administration.
Jingjing Zhang, Hao Wang, Orit Jacobson2, Yuejuan Cheng, Gang Niu2, Fang Li, Chunmei Bai, Zhaohui Zhu, and Xiaoyuan Chen
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