TY - JOUR T1 - Quantitative <sup>68</sup>Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT parameters for the prediction of therapy response in patients with progressive metastatic neuroendocrine tumors treated with <sup>177</sup>Lu-DOTATATE JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine JO - J Nucl Med DO - 10.2967/jnumed.120.256727 SP - jnumed.120.256727 AU - Claudia Ortega AU - Rebecca KS Wong AU - Joshua Schaefferkoetter AU - Patrick Veit-Haibach AU - Sten Myrehaug AU - Rosalyn Juergens AU - David Laidley AU - Reut Anconina AU - Zhihui Amy Liu AU - Ur Metser Y1 - 2021/02/01 UR - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/early/2021/02/12/jnumed.120.256727.abstract N2 - PURPOSE: To determine whether quantitative PET parameters on baseline 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT (bPET) and interim PET (iPET) performed prior to second cycle of therapy are predictive of therapy response and progression free survival (PFS). PATIENTS &amp; METHODS: Ninety-one patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors (mean Ki67, 8.3%) underwent 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT (DT- PET) to determine suitability for peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) as part of a prospective multicenter study. Mean follow-up was 12.2 months. Of them, 36 patients had iPET. Tumor metrics evaluated: 1. Marker lesion-based measures: mean SUVmax and ratio to liver/spleen; 2. Segmented DT tumor volume (DTTV) measures: DTTV; SUVmax and SUVmean using liver and spleen as thresholds; 3. Heterogeneity parameters (coefficient of variance, kurtosis, and skewness). Wilcoxon rank sum test was used for association between continuous variables and therapy response as determined by clinical response. Univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards model were used for association with PFS. RESULTS: There were 71 responders and 20 non-responders. Using marker lesions, higher mean SUVmax and mean SUVmax(Tumor/Liver) were predictors of therapy response (P = 0.018 &amp; 0.024, respectively). For DTTV, higher SUVmax and SUVmean using liver as threshold and lower kurtosis were predictors of favorable response (P = 0.025, 0.0055 &amp; 0.031, respectively. These also correlated with longer PFS. iPET DTTV SUVmean using liver threshold and ratio iPET mean SUVmax using target lesions correlated with therapy response (P = 0.024 &amp; 0.048, respectively) but not PFS. From the multivariable analysis adjusting for age, primary site and Ki67, mean SUVmax (P = 0.019), SUVmax T/L (P = 0.018), SUVmax T/S (P = 0.041), DTTV SUVmean Liver (P = 0.0052) and skewness (P = 0.048) remain significant predictors of PFS. CONCLUSION: Degree of somatostatin receptor expression and tumor heterogeneity as represented by several metrics in our analysis are predictive of therapy response and/or PFS. Change in these parameters after first cycle of PRRT did not correlate with clinical outcomes. ER -