Daniel Roth1, Johan Gustafsson1, Carl Fredrik Warfvinge2, Anna Sundlöv1,2, Anna Åkesson3, Jan Tennvall2, Katarina Sjögreen Gleisner4. 1. Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. 2. Division of Oncology and Pathology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; and. 3. Clinical Studies Sweden, Forum South, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. 4. Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; katarina.sjogreen_gleisner@med.lu.se.
Abstract
Tumor dosimetry was performed for 177Lu-DOTATATE with the aims of better understanding the range and variation of the tumor-absorbed doses (ADs), how different dosimetric quantities evolve over the treatment cycles, and whether this evolution differs depending on the tumor grade. Such information is important for radiobiologic interpretation and may inform the design of alternative administration schemes. Methods: The data came from 41 patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of grade 1 (n = 23) or 2 (n = 18) who had received between 2 and 9 treatment cycles. Dosimetry was performed for 182 individual lesions, giving a total of 880 individual AD assessments across all cycles. Hybrid planar-SPECT/CT imaging was used, including quantitative SPECT reconstruction, voxel-based absorbed-dose-rate calculation, semiautomatic image segmentation, and partial-volume correction. Linear mixed-effect models were used to analyze changes in tumor ADs over cycles, absorbed-dose rates and activity concentrations on day 1, effective half-times, and tumor volumes. Tumors smaller than 8 cm3 were excluded from analyses. Results: Tumor ADs ranged between 2 and 77 Gy per cycle. On average, the AD decreased over the cycles, with significantly different rates (P < 0.05) of 6% and 14% per cycle for grade 1 and 2 NETs, respectively. The absorbed-dose rates and activity concentrations on day 1 decreased by similar amounts. The effective half-times were less variable but shorter for grade 2 than for grade 1 (P < 0.001). For grade 2 NETs, the tumor volumes decreased, with a similar tendency in grade 1. Conclusion: The tumor AD, absorbed-dose rate, and activity uptake decrease, in parallel with tumor volumes, between 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment cycles, particularly for grade 2 NETs. The effective half-times vary less but are lower for grade 2 than grade 1 NETs. These results may indicate the development of radiation-induced fibrosis and could have implications for the design of future treatment and dosimetry protocols.
Tumor dosimetry was performed for 177Lu-DOTATATE with the aims of better understanding the range and variation of the tumor-absorbed doses (ADs), how different dosimetric quantities evolve over the treatment cycles, and whether this evolution differs depending on the tumor grade. Such information is important for radiobiologic interpretation and may inform the design of alternative administration schemes. Methods: The data came from 41 patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of grade 1 (n = 23) or 2 (n = 18) who had received between 2 and 9 treatment cycles. Dosimetry was performed for 182 individual lesions, giving a total of 880 individual AD assessments across all cycles. Hybrid planar-SPECT/CT imaging was used, including quantitative SPECT reconstruction, voxel-based absorbed-dose-rate calculation, semiautomatic image segmentation, and partial-volume correction. Linear mixed-effect models were used to analyze changes in tumor ADs over cycles, absorbed-dose rates and activity concentrations on day 1, effective half-times, and tumor volumes. Tumors smaller than 8 cm3 were excluded from analyses. Results: Tumor ADs ranged between 2 and 77 Gy per cycle. On average, the AD decreased over the cycles, with significantly different rates (P < 0.05) of 6% and 14% per cycle for grade 1 and 2 NETs, respectively. The absorbed-dose rates and activity concentrations on day 1 decreased by similar amounts. The effective half-times were less variable but shorter for grade 2 than for grade 1 (P < 0.001). For grade 2 NETs, the tumor volumes decreased, with a similar tendency in grade 1. Conclusion: The tumor AD, absorbed-dose rate, and activity uptake decrease, in parallel with tumor volumes, between 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment cycles, particularly for grade 2 NETs. The effective half-times vary less but are lower for grade 2 than grade 1 NETs. These results may indicate the development of radiation-induced fibrosis and could have implications for the design of future treatment and dosimetry protocols.
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