EANM procedure guidelines for radionuclide therapy with 177Lu-labelled PSMA-ligands (177Lu-PSMA-RLT)
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is expressed in most prostate cancers and can be identified by PSMA-ligand imaging, which has already become clinically accepted in several countries in- and outside Europe. PSMA-directed radioligand therapy (PSMA-RLT) with Lutetium-177 (177Lu-PSMA) is curre...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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22 August 2019
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European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Year: 2019, Volume: 46, Issue: 12, Pages: 2536-2544 |
| ISSN: | 1619-7089 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00259-019-04485-3 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-019-04485-3
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| Author Notes: | Clemens Kratochwil, Wolfgang Peter Fendler, Matthias Eiber, Richard Baum, Murat Fani Bozkurt, Johannes Czernin, Roberto C. Delgado Bolton, Samer Ezziddin, Flavio Forrer, Rodney J. Hicks, Thomas A. Hope, Levant Kabasakal, Mark Konijnenberg, Klaus Kopka, Michael Lassmann, Felix M. Mottaghy, Wim Oyen, Kambiz Rahbar, Heiko Schöder, Irene Virgolini, Hans-Jürgen Wester, Lisa Bodei, Stefano Fanti, Uwe Haberkorn, Ken Herrmann |
| Summary: | Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is expressed in most prostate cancers and can be identified by PSMA-ligand imaging, which has already become clinically accepted in several countries in- and outside Europe. PSMA-directed radioligand therapy (PSMA-RLT) with Lutetium-177 (177Lu-PSMA) is currently undergoing clinical validation. Retrospective observational data have documented favourable safety and striking clinical responses. Recent results from a prospective clinical trial (phase II) have been published confirming high response rates, low toxicity and reduction of pain in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients who had progressed after conventional treatments. Such patients typically survive for periods less than 1.5 years. This has led some facilities to adopt compassionate or unproven use of this therapy, even in the absence of validation within a randomised-controlled trial. As a result, a consistent body of evidence exists to support efficacy and safety data of this treatment. The purpose of this guideline is to assist nuclear medicine specialists to deliver PSMA-RLT as an “unproven intervention in clinical practice”, in accordance with the best currently available knowledge. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1619-7089 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00259-019-04485-3 |