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Crossover Study of ^99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT and ¹⁸F-FDOPA PET in Parkinson’s Disease Patients

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
² Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
³ Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
⁵ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

^99mTc-TRODAT-1 ([2-[[2-[[[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3,2,1]oct-2-yl]methyl](2-mercaptoethyl)amino]ethyl]amino]ethanethiolato(3-)-N2,N2',S2,S2']oxo-[1R-(exo-exo)]) is a potential agent for dopamine transporter (DAT) SPECT, whereas 6-¹⁸F-fluoro-L-dopa (¹⁸F-FDOPA) PET has been used for the quantitative assessment of presynaptic nigrostriatal dopaminergic function. The current study investigated the relationship between the 2 imaging modalities in evaluating patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: Twenty patients in whom PD was diagnosed by generally accepted criteria were recruited. In addition to visual inspection, specific uptake ratios (SURs) of ^99mTc-TRODAT-1 in the striatum and putamen were measured bilaterally. For PET, all patients received 100 mg of carbidopa 90 min before ¹⁸F-FDOPA (300 MBq) injection. Images were acquired between 120 and 150 min after injection, using a whole-body PET scanner with settings identical to those for the SPECT studies. The SURs for PET were calculated similarly to those for SPECT. Individual SURs of the striatum or putamen from SPECT were correlated with the corresponding PET values using linear regression. Results: A consistent image pattern between SPECT and PET was achieved by visual inspection except for 3 cases. In 1 case (a patient with Hoehn and Yahr Scale I PD), the SPECT images were more compatible with the patient’s clinical findings whereas PET showed nearly normal uptake. In the other 2 cases (both patients with Hoehn and Yahr Scale II PD), PET correlated better with the clinical findings. The caudate and putamen nuclei were more discernable on PET. An acceptable correlation of SUR, however, was found between SPECT and PET in both the striatum and the putamen (P < 0.01 for both). Conclusion: The comparability of ^99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT and ¹⁸F-FDOPA PET suggests that ^99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT may provide a reliable alternative to ¹⁸F-FDOPA PET in the evaluation of clinical PD patients.

Key Words: ^99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT • 6-¹⁸F-fluoro-L-dopa PET • Parkinson’s disease