Application of 68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD PET/CT in the evaluation of neuroendocrine neoplasms
10.3760/cma.j.cn321828-20230905-00039
- VernacularTitle:68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD PET/CT在神经内分泌肿瘤中的应用
- Author:
Yuanyuan JIANG
1
;
Yumin ZHENG
;
Zhaohui ZHU
Author Information
1. 国家癌症中心、国家肿瘤临床医学研究中心、中国医学科学院肿瘤医院核医学科(PET/CT中心),北京 100021
- Keywords:
Neuroendocrine tumors;
Receptors, peptide;
Organometallic compounds;
Gallium radioisotopes;
Positron-emission tomography;
Tomography, X-ray computed
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2023;43(11):649-654
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the value of PET/CT imaging with 68Ga-1, 4, 7-triazacyclononane-1, 4, 7-triacetic acid-3 polyethylene glycol- D-Phe1-Tyr3-Thr8-octreotide Arg-Gly-Asp (NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD), a dual somatostatin receptor 2- and integrin α vβ 3- targeting tracer, in the evaluation of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN). Methods:From April 2021 to February 2022, 35 patients (19 males, 16 females; median age 54(41, 61) years) with histologically confirmed NEN in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were prospectively enrolled. All patients were scanned with both 68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD and 68Ga-1, 4, 7, 1 0-tetraazacyclododecane-1, 4, 7, 10-tetraacetic acid- D-Phe1-Tyr3-Thr8-octreotide (DOTATATE) PET/CT imaging within one week. The differences of the numbers of detected lesions, SUV max and tumor-to-background ratio (TBR) between the two imaging methods were compared by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results:Of the 35 patients, the total numbers of lesions detected by 68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD and 68Ga-DOTATATE were 1 190 and 1 106, respectively. 68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD and 68Ga-DOTATATE both detected 35 primary tumors and performed comparably in detecting lymph node metastases (4(1, 8) vs 4(1, 8); z=-0.45, P=0.655) and bone metastases (5(2, 60) vs 5(2, 66); z=-1.11, P=0.244). However, the number of liver lesions detected by 68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD was significantly higher than that by 68Ga-DOTATATE (17(6, 27) vs 8(3, 26); z=-2.31, P=0.021). 68Ga-DOTATATE demonstrated higher SUV max than 68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD (15.6(9.9, 24.9) vs 12.7(8.0, 18.4); z=-7.19, P<0.001), while the TBR of liver metastases was significantly lower (3.4(1.8, 5.5) vs 6.1(3.8, 10.8); z=-7.56, P<0.001). Conclusion:68Ga-NOTA-3P-TATE-RGD performs better than 68Ga-DOTATATE in the detection of liver metastases, while is comparable to 68Ga-DOTATATE in detecting lesions of other sites.