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Erschienen in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 11/2018

03.05.2018 | Original Article

68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT-derived metabolic parameters for determination of whole-body tumor burden and treatment response in prostate cancer

verfasst von: Christian Schmidkonz, Michael Cordes, Daniela Schmidt, Tobias Bäuerle, Theresa Ida Goetz, Michael Beck, Olaf Prante, Alexander Cavallaro, Michael Uder, Bernd Wullich, Peter Goebell, Torsten Kuwert, Philipp Ritt

Erschienen in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Ausgabe 11/2018

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Abstract

Purpose

We aimed at evaluating the role of 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT-derived metabolic parameters for assessment of whole-body tumor burden and its capability to determine therapeutic response in patients with prostate cancer.

Methods

A total of 142 patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer underwent PET/CT with [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC (68Ga-PSMA-11). Quantitative assessment of all 641 68Ga-PSMA-11-positive lesions in the field of view was performed to calculate PSMA-derived parameters, including whole-body PSMA tumor volume (PSMA-TV) and whole-body total lesion PSMA (TL-PSMA), as well as the established SUVmax and SUVmean values. All PET-derived parameters were tested for correlation with serum PSA levels and for association with Gleason scores.
In 23 patients who underwent 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT before and after therapy with either external beam radiation, androgen deprivation, or docetaxel chemotherapy, SUVmax and TL-PSMA were compared to radiographic response assessment of CT images based on RECIST 1.1 criteria and to biochemical response determined by changes of serum PSA levels.

Results

PSMA-TV and TL-PSMA demonstrated a significant correlation with serum PSA levels (P < 0.0001) and TL-PSMA was significantly different for different Gleason scores. The agreement rate between TL-PSMA derived from PET and biochemical response was 87% (95% confidence interval, 0.66–0.97; Cohen’s κ = 0.78; P < 0.01) and, thus, higher than for SUVmax, which was 74% (95% CI, 0.52–0.90; κ = 0.55; P < 0.01). Furthermore, agreement with PSA was higher for TL-PSMA and SUVmax than for CT-based response evaluation. Discordant findings between PET and CT were most likely due to limitations of CT and RECIST in rating small lymph nodes as metastases, as well as bone involvement, which was sometimes not detectable in CT.

Conclusion

68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT-derived metabolic tumor parameters showed promising results for evaluation of treatment response. Especially, TL-PSMA demonstrated higher agreement rates with biochemical response compared to SUVmax. Larger, ideally prospective trials are needed to help to reveal the full potential of metabolic parameters derived from PET imaging with 68Ga-PSMA-11.
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Metadaten
Titel
68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT-derived metabolic parameters for determination of whole-body tumor burden and treatment response in prostate cancer
verfasst von
Christian Schmidkonz
Michael Cordes
Daniela Schmidt
Tobias Bäuerle
Theresa Ida Goetz
Michael Beck
Olaf Prante
Alexander Cavallaro
Michael Uder
Bernd Wullich
Peter Goebell
Torsten Kuwert
Philipp Ritt
Publikationsdatum
03.05.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Ausgabe 11/2018
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Elektronische ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-018-4042-z

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