Freba Ahmaddy1, Caroline Burgard1, Leonie Beyer1, Viktoria Florentine Koehler2, Peter Bartenstein1,3,4, Matthias P Fabritius5, Thomas Geyer5, Vera Wenter1, Harun Ilhan1,3,4, Christine Spitzweg2,3,4, Andrei Todica1,3,4. 1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. 2. Department of Internal Medicine IV, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. 3. Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC LMU), University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. 4. Interdisciplinary Center for Thyroid Carcinoma (ISKUM), University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany. 5. Department of Radiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Lenvatinib represents one of the most effective therapeutic options in patients with advanced radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). We aimed to assess the role of 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose positron-emission-tomography/computed-tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) in the monitoring of functional tumor response compared to morphological response. METHODS: In 22 patients, a modified Positron Emission Tomography Response Criteria In Solid Tumors (mPERCIST) evaluation before treatment with Lenvatinib and at 3 and 6 month follow up was performed. Further PET-parameters and morphologic tumor response using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 were assessed and their prediction of progression-free survival (PFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) was evaluated. RESULTS: Most patients were rated stable in morphological evaluation and progressive using a metabolic response. All patients who responded to therapy through RECIST showed a decline in nearly all Positron Emission Tomography (PET)-parameters. For both time-points, non-responders according to mPERCIST showed significantly lower median PFS and DSS, whereas according to RECIST, only DSS was significantly lower. CONCLUSION: Tumor response assessment by 18F-FDG-PET outperforms morphological response assessment by CT in patients with advanced radioiodine refractory DTC treated with Lenvatinib, which seems to be correlated with clinical outcomes.
BACKGROUND: The tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Lenvatinib represents one of the most effective therapeutic options in patients with advanced radioiodine refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). We aimed to assess the role of 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose positron-emission-tomography/computed-tomography (18F-FDG-PET/CT) in the monitoring of functional tumor response compared to morphological response. METHODS: In 22 patients, a modified Positron Emission Tomography Response Criteria In Solid Tumors (mPERCIST) evaluation before treatment with Lenvatinib and at 3 and 6 month follow up was performed. Further PET-parameters and morphologic tumor response using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 were assessed and their prediction of progression-free survival (PFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) was evaluated. RESULTS: Most patients were rated stable in morphological evaluation and progressive using a metabolic response. All patients who responded to therapy through RECIST showed a decline in nearly all Positron Emission Tomography (PET)-parameters. For both time-points, non-responders according to mPERCIST showed significantly lower median PFS and DSS, whereas according to RECIST, only DSS was significantly lower. CONCLUSION:Tumor response assessment by 18F-FDG-PET outperforms morphological response assessment by CT in patients with advanced radioiodine refractory DTC treated with Lenvatinib, which seems to be correlated with clinical outcomes.
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