PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Srinivasan Senthamizhchelvan AU - Robert F. Hobbs AU - Hong Song AU - Eric C. Frey AU - Zhe Zhang AU - Elwood Armour AU - Richard L. Wahl AU - David M. Loeb AU - George Sgouros TI - Tumor Dosimetry and Response for <sup>153</sup>Sm-Ethylenediamine Tetramethylene Phosphonic Acid Therapy of High-Risk Osteosarcoma AID - 10.2967/jnumed.111.096677 DP - 2012 Feb 01 TA - Journal of Nuclear Medicine PG - 215--224 VI - 53 IP - 2 4099 - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/53/2/215.short 4100 - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/53/2/215.full SO - J Nucl Med2012 Feb 01; 53 AB - 153Sm-ethylenediamine tetramethylene phosphonic acid (153Sm-EDTMP) therapy for osteosarcoma is being investigated. In this study, we analyzed the influence of 153Sm-EDTMP administered activity (AA), osteosarcoma tumor density, mass, and the shape of the tumor on absorbed dose (AD). We also studied the biologic implication of the nonuniform tumor AD distribution using radiobiologic modeling and examined the relationship between tumor AD and response. Methods: Nineteen tumors in 6 patients with recurrent, refractory osteosarcoma enrolled in a phase I or II clinical trial of 153Sm-EDTMP were analyzed using the 3-dimensional radiobiologic dosimetry (3D-RD) software package. Patients received a low dose of 153Sm-EDTMP (37.0–51.8 MBq/kg), followed on hematologic recovery by a second, high dose (222 MBq/kg). Treatment response was evaluated using either CT or MRI after each therapy. SPECT/CT of the tumor regions were obtained at 4 and 48 h or 72 h after 153Sm-EDTMP therapy for 3D-RD analysis. Mean tumor AD was also calculated using the OLINDA/EXM unit-density sphere model and was compared with the 3D-RD estimates. Results: On average, a 5-fold increase in the AA led to a 4-fold increase in the mean tumor AD over the high- versus low-dose–treated patients. The range of mean tumor AD and equivalent uniform dose (EUD) for low-dose therapy were 1.48–14.6 and 0.98–3.90 Gy, respectively. Corresponding values for high-dose therapy were 2.93–59.3 and 1.89–12.3 Gy, respectively. Mean tumor AD estimates obtained from OLINDA/EXM were within 5% of the mean AD values obtained using 3D-RD. On an individual tumor basis, both mean AD and EUD were positively related to percentage tumor volume reduction (P = 0.031 and 0.023, respectively). Conclusion: The variations in tumor density, mass, and shape seen in these tumors did not affect the mean tumor AD estimation significantly. The tumor EUD was approximately 2- and 3-fold lower than the mean AD for low- and high-dose therapy, respectively. A dose–response relationship was observed for transient tumor volume shrinkage.