RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 <sup>68</sup>Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 PET/CT for Integrin Imaging in Patients with Lung Cancer
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine
JO J Nucl Med
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 1823
OP 1827
DO 10.2967/jnumed.115.160648
VO 56
IS 12
A1 Kun Zheng
A1 Naixin Liang
A1 Jingjing Zhang
A1 Lixin Lang
A1 Wei Zhang
A1 Shanqing Li
A1 Jun Zhao
A1 Gang Niu
A1 Fang Li
A1 Zhaohui Zhu
A1 Xiaoyuan Chen
YR 2015
UL http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/12/1823.abstract
AB This study was designed to assess the diagnostic value of 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 (NOTA-PRGD2 is NOTA-PEG4-E[c(RGDfK)]2) PET/CT in lung cancer. Methods: Ninety-one patients (48 men and 43 women; age, 22–82 y) with suspected lung lesions on CT were enrolled with informed consent. Immediately after intravenous injection of 117.7 ± 37.7 MBq of 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2, 15 patients underwent dynamic whole-body PET/CT scans for 1–2 h, and the remaining 76 patients underwent whole-body PET/CT scans at 30 ± 10 min after bolus injection. Each patient also underwent standard 18F-FDG PET/CT for comparison. Results: No side effect was found after 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 injection. 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 was rapidly cleared from the blood pool and primarily excreted through the urinary system. The standardized uptake values of proven malignancies were significantly higher than those of the benign ones. With an average standardized uptake value of greater than 1.3 being considered malignant, the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 PET/CT in diagnosing lung cancer were 83.8% (57/68), 91.3% (21/23), and 85.7% (78/91), respectively. The diagnostic value of 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 for lung cancer is comparable to that of 18F-FDG PET/CT. However, 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 PET/CT is more specific than 18F-FDG PET/CT in assessing lymph node metastasis, with positive and negative predictive values of 90.0% (27/30) and 93.8% (121/129), respectively, whereas those of 18F-FDG PET/CT were 30.2% (29/96) and 90.5% (57/63), respectively. Conclusion: This study indicates the efficacy of 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 PET/CT in lung cancer diagnosis. 68Ga-NOTA-PRGD2 PET/CT shows significant advantage over 18F-FDG PET/CT in judging metastatic lymph nodes with higher specificity.