Anna Zemczak1, Maciej Kołodziej2, Paweł Gut3, Leszek Królicki4, Beata Kos-Kudła5, Grzegorz Kamiński2, Marek Ruchała3, Dariusz Pawlak6, Jolanta Kunikowska4. 1. Department of Endocrinology and Neuroendocrine Tumours, Department of Pathophysiology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. aniazemczak@poczta.onet.pl. 2. Department of Endocrinology and Radioisotope Therapy, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland. 3. Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland. 4. Nuclear Medicine Department, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. 5. Department of Endocrinology and Neuroendocrine Tumours, Department of Pathophysiology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland. 6. Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Swierk, Poland.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) using radiolabelled somatostatin analogues is a treatment option for patients with disseminated neuroendocrine tumours (NET). The aim of the study was the evaluation of the role of [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT in predicting response, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) after tandem therapy [⁹⁰Y]Y/[¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-DOTATATE. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Seventy-five patients with histopathologically proven NET G1 and G2 were included in the study. Before treatment [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT was performed. Patients were treated with [⁹⁰Y]Y/[¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-DOTATATE (1:1) with mixed amino-acid infusion for kidney protection. RESULTS: Progression-free survival was 22.2 months for [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients and 59.3 months for [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients (p = 0.003). The OS from diagnosis (OS-D) and from the start of PRRT (OS-T) was not reached in [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients, and in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients it was 71.8 months and 55.8 months, respectively. The observed overall one-year survival in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive vs. [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients was 96.8% vs. 99.1%, two-year survival was 88.9% vs. 96%, and five-year survival was 58.8% vs. 88%, respectively. The one-year and two-year risk of progression was 15%vs. 58.9% in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients and 11% vs. 32% in [18F]FDG-negative patients. The objective response rate (ORR) [¹⁸F]FDG-positive vs. [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients was 41.7% vs. 17%. CONCLUSIONS: [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients have statistically significant shorter survival parameters than [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients. The risk of progression in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive vs. [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients in one-year follow-up is comparable, whereas in two-year follow-up it is nearly two times higher for [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT-positive patients.
INTRODUCTION: Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) using radiolabelled somatostatin analogues is a treatment option for patients with disseminated neuroendocrine tumours (NET). The aim of the study was the evaluation of the role of [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT in predicting response, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) after tandem therapy [⁹⁰Y]Y/[¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-DOTATATE. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Seventy-five patients with histopathologically proven NET G1 and G2 were included in the study. Before treatment [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT was performed. Patients were treated with [⁹⁰Y]Y/[¹⁷⁷Lu]Lu-DOTATATE (1:1) with mixed amino-acid infusion for kidney protection. RESULTS: Progression-free survival was 22.2 months for [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients and 59.3 months for [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients (p = 0.003). The OS from diagnosis (OS-D) and from the start of PRRT (OS-T) was not reached in [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients, and in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients it was 71.8 months and 55.8 months, respectively. The observed overall one-year survival in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive vs. [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients was 96.8% vs. 99.1%, two-year survival was 88.9% vs. 96%, and five-year survival was 58.8% vs. 88%, respectively. The one-year and two-year risk of progression was 15%vs. 58.9% in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients and 11% vs. 32% in [18F]FDG-negative patients. The objective response rate (ORR) [¹⁸F]FDG-positive vs. [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients was 41.7% vs. 17%. CONCLUSIONS: [¹⁸F]FDG-positive patients have statistically significant shorter survival parameters than [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients. The risk of progression in [¹⁸F]FDG-positive vs. [¹⁸F]FDG-negative patients in one-year follow-up is comparable, whereas in two-year follow-up it is nearly two times higher for [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT-positive patients.
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PRRT; [18F]FDG PET/CT; [90Y]Y/[177Lu]Lu-DOTATATE; neuroendocrine tumours; tandem therapy
Authors: Anna Zemczak; Paweł Gut; Dariusz Pawlak; Maciej Kołodziej; Leszek Królicki; Beata Kos-Kudła; Marek Ruchała; Grzegorz Kamiński; Jolanta Kunikowska Journal: Int J Endocrinol Date: 2021-01-23 Impact factor: 3.257