| Literature DB >> 1717669 |
H R Maxon1, L E Schroder, V S Hertzberg, S R Thomas, E E Englaro, R Samaratunga, H Smith, J S Moulton, C C Williams, G J Ehrhardt.
Abstract
Rhenium-186 (tin) hydroxyethylidene diphosphonate (HEDP) is a new radiopharmaceutical that simultaneously localizes in multiple skeletal metastases in patients with advanced cancer. A single intravenous administration of 30-35 mCi (1110-1295 MBq) is associated with a prompt, significant relief of osseous pain in about 80% of such patients. The efficacy of this new compound was evaluated further by utilizing a double-blind crossover comparison with 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) as a radioactive placebo. The new rhenium compound resulted in a significantly (p less than 0.05) greater decrease in pain than did treatment with the radioactive placebo. Rhenium-186(Sn)HEDP appears to be a useful new compound for the palliation of painful skeletal metastases.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1717669
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Nucl Med ISSN: 0161-5505 Impact factor: 10.057