TY - JOUR
T1 - Small Molecule, Multimodal, [18F]-PET and Fluorescence Imaging Agent Targeting Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen
T2 - First-in-Human Study
AU - Aras, Omer
AU - Demirdag, Cetin
AU - Kommidi, Harikrishna
AU - Guo, Hua
AU - Pavlova, Ina
AU - Aygun, Aslan
AU - Karayel, Emre
AU - Pehlivanoglu, Hüseyin
AU - Yeyin, Nami
AU - Kyprianou, Natasha
AU - Chen, Nandi
AU - Harmsen, Stefan
AU - Sonmezoglu, Kerim
AU - Lundon, Dara J.
AU - Oklu, Rahmi
AU - Ting, Richard
AU - Tewari, Ashutosh
AU - Akin, Oguz
AU - Sayman, Haluk B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Background: A first-in-human study of [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA, a small-molecule imaging agent that can be unimolecularly both positron emitting and fluorescent, is conducted to determine its safety, biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, feasibility in tumor detection by preoperative positron emission tomography (PET), as well as its intraoperative fluorescence imaging utility in patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen positive (PSMA+) tumors. Methods: Ten patients aged 66 ± 7 years received a 6.5 ± 3.2 mCi intravenous injection of [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA and underwent PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging. Radiation dosimetry of [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA, normal organ biodistribution, and tumor uptakes were examined. Two patients were prescheduled for radical prostatectomy (RP) with extended pelvic lymphadenectomy approximately 24 hours following [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA injection and imaging. Without reinjection, intraoperative fluorescence imaging was performed on freshly excised tissue during RP. Frozen sections of excised tissue during RP were submitted for confirmatory histopathology and multiphoton fluorescence and brightfield microscopy. Results: Absorbed doses by organs including the kidneys and salivary glands were similar to 68Ga-PSMA-11 imaging. [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA physiologic radiotracer accumulation and urinary/biliary excretion closely resembled the distribution of other published PSMA tracers including [18F]-JK-PSMA-7, [18F]-PSMA-1007, [18F]-DCFPyL, and [18F]-DCFBC. 19F-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA was retained in PSMA+ cancer tissues in patients for at least 24 hours, allowing for intraoperative fluorescence assessment of the prostate and of the embedded prostate cancer without contrast reinjection. After 24 hours, the imaging agent mostly decayed or cleared from the blood pool. Preoperative PET and fluorescence imaging findings were confirmed with final histopathology and multiphoton microscopy. Conclusion: Our first-in-human results demonstrate that [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA is safe and feasible in humans. Larger trials with this PET tracer are expected to further define its capabilities and its clinical role in the management of PSMA+ tumors, especially in prostate cancer.
AB - Background: A first-in-human study of [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA, a small-molecule imaging agent that can be unimolecularly both positron emitting and fluorescent, is conducted to determine its safety, biodistribution, radiation dosimetry, feasibility in tumor detection by preoperative positron emission tomography (PET), as well as its intraoperative fluorescence imaging utility in patients with prostate-specific membrane antigen positive (PSMA+) tumors. Methods: Ten patients aged 66 ± 7 years received a 6.5 ± 3.2 mCi intravenous injection of [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA and underwent PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging. Radiation dosimetry of [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA, normal organ biodistribution, and tumor uptakes were examined. Two patients were prescheduled for radical prostatectomy (RP) with extended pelvic lymphadenectomy approximately 24 hours following [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA injection and imaging. Without reinjection, intraoperative fluorescence imaging was performed on freshly excised tissue during RP. Frozen sections of excised tissue during RP were submitted for confirmatory histopathology and multiphoton fluorescence and brightfield microscopy. Results: Absorbed doses by organs including the kidneys and salivary glands were similar to 68Ga-PSMA-11 imaging. [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA physiologic radiotracer accumulation and urinary/biliary excretion closely resembled the distribution of other published PSMA tracers including [18F]-JK-PSMA-7, [18F]-PSMA-1007, [18F]-DCFPyL, and [18F]-DCFBC. 19F-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA was retained in PSMA+ cancer tissues in patients for at least 24 hours, allowing for intraoperative fluorescence assessment of the prostate and of the embedded prostate cancer without contrast reinjection. After 24 hours, the imaging agent mostly decayed or cleared from the blood pool. Preoperative PET and fluorescence imaging findings were confirmed with final histopathology and multiphoton microscopy. Conclusion: Our first-in-human results demonstrate that [18F]-BF3-Cy3-ACUPA is safe and feasible in humans. Larger trials with this PET tracer are expected to further define its capabilities and its clinical role in the management of PSMA+ tumors, especially in prostate cancer.
KW - Image-guided surgery
KW - PET imaging
KW - PSMA
KW - Positron emission tomography
KW - Prostate cancer
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clgc.2021.03.011
DO - 10.1016/j.clgc.2021.03.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 33879400
AN - SCOPUS:85104285450
SN - 1558-7673
VL - 19
SP - 405
EP - 416
JO - Clinical Genitourinary Cancer
JF - Clinical Genitourinary Cancer
IS - 5
ER -