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MIRD Dose Estimate Report No. 20: Radiation Absorbed-Dose Estimates for 111In- and 90Y-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan

Darrell R. Fisher, Sui Shen and Ruby F. Meredith
Journal of Nuclear Medicine April 2009, 50 (4) 644-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.108.057331
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    Anterior (A) and posterior (P) views of a non-Hodgkin lymphoma patient imaged using 111In-ibritumomab tiuxetan at 4 h, day 3, and day 6 after infusion, showing decrease in normal organ activity over time with increase in lymph node prominence. (Courtesy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.)

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    Biodistribution of 111In-ibritumomab in whole body and major organs with time after infusion. These decay-corrected (biologic) data plotted semilogarithmically represent mean values for 10 patients in this study (Table 5) to which single-exponential retention functions were applied.

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    TABLE 1

    Radiation Absorbed Doses per Unit Administered Activity from Intravenous Administration of 111In-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan

    Target organmGy/MBq
    Adrenals0.202 ± 0.041
    Brain0.082 ± 0.020
    Breasts0.080 ± 0.016
    Gallbladder wall0.229 ± 0.059
    Lower large intestine0.130 ± 0.027
    Small intestine0.145 ± 0.027
    Stomach wall0.139 ± 0.028
    Upper large intestine wall0.147 ± 0.027
    Heart wall0.195 ± 0.048
    Kidneys0.315 ± 0.071
    Liver0.467 ± 0.202
    Lungs0.152 ± 0.036
    Muscle0.103 ± 0.021
    Ovaries0.138 ± 0.028
    Pancreas0.199 ± 0.041
    Red marrow0.272 ± 0.065
    Osteogenic cells*0.312 ± 0.050
    Skin0.065 ± 0.015
    Spleen0.464 ± 0.193
    Testes0.175 ± 0.076
    Thymus0.114 ± 0.024
    Thyroid0.098 ± 0.024
    Urinary bladder wall0.113 ± 0.028
    Uterus0.132 ± 0.029
    Total body0.124 ± 0.022
    • ↵* Bone surfaces.

    • Data are mean ± SD. Three significant figures do not imply precision of 1 in 1,000.

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    TABLE 2

    Radiation Absorbed Doses per Unit Administered Activity from Intravenous Administration of 90Y-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan

    Target organmGy/MBq
    Adrenals0.379 ± 0.118
    Brain0.379 ± 0.118
    Breasts0.379 ± 0.118
    Gallbladder wall0.379 ± 0.118
    Lower large intestine0.379 ± 0.118
    Small intestine0.379 ± 0.118
    Stomach wall0.379 ± 0.118
    Upper large intestine wall0.379 ± 0.118
    Heart wall1.08 ± 0.394
    Kidneys2.44 ± 0.610
    Liver3.64 ± 1.389
    Lungs0.761 ± 0.488
    Muscle0.379 ± 0.118
    Ovaries0.379 ± 0.118
    Pancreas0.379 ± 0.118
    Red marrow2.73 ± 0.909
    Osteogenic cells*2.14 ± 0.519
    Skin0.379 ± 0.118
    Spleen4.65 ± 2.327
    Testes2.16 ± 0.842
    Thymus0.379 ± 0.118
    Thyroid0.379 ± 0.118
    Urinary bladder wall0.379 ± 0.118
    Uterus0.379 ± 0.118
    Total Body0.587 ± 0.107
    • ↵* Bone surfaces.

    • Data are mean ± SD. Three significant figures do not imply precision of 1 in 1,000.

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    TABLE 3

    Nuclear Data for 111In

    Equilibrium dose constant, Δi
    Principal radiationEi (keV)*ni(rad g μCi−1 h−1)(Gy kg Bq−1 s−1)
    Auger electron2.70.985.68E−034.27E−16
    19.30.1566.41E−034.82E−16
    Conversion electron144.60.0782.40E−021.80E−15
    167.30.01063.78E−032.84E−16
    170.50.002037.37E−045.54E−17
    171.20.0004241.55E−041.16E−17
    218.70.04932.30E−021.73E−15
    241.40.007854.04E−033.03E−16
    244.60.001517.87E−045.91E−17
    245.30.0003011.57E−041.18E−17
    x-ray3.10.0694.60E−043.46E−17
    230.2351.15E−028.64E−16
    23.20.4432.19E−021.64E−15
    26.10.1458.06E−036.06E−16
    γ171.30.9023.29E−012.47E−14
    245.40.944.91E−013.69E−14
    • ↵* Average electron energies.

    • Ei = mean energy per particle or photon; ni = mean number of particles or photons per nuclear transition; Δi = mean energy emitted per nuclear transition.

    • 111In has the following properties: physical half-life, 67.3 h; decay constant, 0.0103 h−1; and decay mode, electron capture.

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    Nuclear Data for 90Y

    Equilibrium dose constant, Δi
    Principal radiationEi (keV)*ni(rad g μCi−1 h−1)(Gy kg Bq−1 s−1)
    β185.60.0001154.55E−053.42E−18
    933.70.99991.99E+001.49E−13
    Auger electron2.020.0001185.08E−073.81E−20
    Conversion electron1,7430.0001023.79E−042.84E−17
    • ↵* Average β-energy.

    • 90Y has the following properties: physical half-life, 64.1 h; decay constant, 0.0108 h−1; and decay mode, β(−).

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    TABLE 5

    Biologic (Decay-Corrected) Data for 111In-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan

    SiteFraction initial uptake (±SD)Retention half-time (h ± SD)Residence time (h ± SD)
    Heart contents0.0640 ± 0.021248.1 ± 15.81.18 ± 0.557
    Kidneys0.0262 ± 0.00780106 ± 45.71.40 ± 0.351
    Liver0.145 ± 0.0253141 ± 76.012.9 ± 4.92
    Lungs0.0394 ± 0.012646.6 ± 11.71.41 ± 0.904
    Red marrow0.146 ± 0.0283286 ± 34711.7 ± 4.52
    Spleen0.0417 ± 0.0143106 ± 56.51.63 ± 0.814
    Testes0.00192 ± 0.0013367.4 ± 6.860.163 ± 0.0650
    Whole body1.0380 ± 162
    Remainder of whole body0.535 ± 0.0995>400 (long)51.8 ± 16.2
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    TABLE 6

    Comparison of Median Absorbed Doses per Unit Administered Activity from 90Y-Ibritumomab Tiuxetan for Selected Organs and Tissues

    90Y-ibritumomab tiuxetan absorbed dose (mGy/MBq) in…
    SiteThis studyIbritumomab tiuxetan package insert (online and printed versions (6))Cremonesi et al. (7) (method A)
    Heart wall1.0 (0.6–2.0)2.9 (1.5–3.2)2.1 (1.1–5.4)
    Lungs0.60 (0.31–1.6)2.0 (1.2–3.4)1.7 (0.3–3.5)
    Liver3.1 (2.3–6.6)4.8 (2.9–8.1)2.8 (1.8–10.6)
    Kidneys2.4 (1.4–3.9)0.1 (0.0–0.3)1.7 (0.6–3.8)
    Lower large intestinal wall0.36* (0.24–0.62)4.7 (3.1–8.2)Not reported
    Spleen4.3 (0.98–9.0)9.4 (1.8–20.0)1.9 (0.8–5.0)
    Red marrow2.4 (1.7–4.5)1.3 (0.6–1.8)0.8 (0.4–1.0)
    Testes1.8 (1.5–3.8)1.5 (1.0–4.3)2.8 (1.3–4.7)
    Whole body0.55 (0.44–0.81)0.5 (0.4–0.7)0.5 (0.4–0.8)
    • ↵* Included as 1 of “other organs” or remainder tissues.

    • Range is presented in parentheses.

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