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. 2012 Nov 19;6:395–407. doi: 10.2147/BTT.S30413

Table 1.

Renal cell carcinoma-directed imaging using radiolabeled G250

Study Year Trial design Primary outcomes Patients n (n final) Imaging agent RCC stage Accuracy (primary/mRCC) Adverse events
Oosterwijk et al91 1993 I* Imaging and biodistribution characteristics 16 (15) 131I-mG250 All 12/12 ccRCC
1/3 non-ccRCC
>90% of primary and mRCC lesions
None
Steffens et al79 1997 I* Pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, immunogenicity, and imaging characteristics 16 131I-cG250 All 13/13 ccRCC
0/3 non-ccRCC
5/5 mRCC
HACA 2/16
Divgi et al78 1998 I/II Maximum tolerated dose and therapeutic efficacy (RIT) 33 131I-mG250 IV 100% lesions > 2 cm None
Steffens et al99 1999 I Maximum tolerated dose (RIT) 12 131I-cG250 IV Metastases visualized in 9/12 patients None
Brouwers et al92 2002 Open, nonrandomized Diagnostic efficacy (intrapatient comparison) 20 131I-cG250 vs 18F-FDG IV Metastases visualized in 77/112 18F-FDG
34/112 131I-cG250
None
Brouwers et al95 2003 Subanalysis of phase I/II trial Diagnostic efficacy (intrapatient comparison) 5 131I-cG250 vs 111In-cG250 IV 111In-cG250 47 lesions
131I-cG250 30 lesions
None
Divgi et al100 2004 I Maximum tolerated dose (fractionated RIT) 15 131I-cG250 IV 100% lesions > 2 cm 2/15 HACA
1/15 G2 allergic reaction
Brouwers et al94 2005 I/II Safety and therapeutic efficacy (RIT) 29 131I-cG250 IV CT/MRI 92 lesions
131I-cG250 138 lesions
None
Divgi et al20 2007 I* Characterization of tumor histology 26 (25) 124I-cG250 All 15/16 ccRCC
0/9 non-ccRCC
Sensitivity 94%
NPV 90%, PPV 100%
None
Uzzo et al108 2010 III* Characterization of tumor histology, comparison of diagnostic efficacy with CECT 204 (195) 124I-cG250 All 86% sensitivity
87% specificity
95% PPV
13.3% transient AEs
1/204 G3 hepatic dysfunction
56/198 HACA

Notes:

*

Presurgical imaging;

only adverse events related to the use of G250 for diagnostic or pretreatment purposes were reported.

Abbreviations: RCC, renal cell carcinoma; ccRCC, clear-cell RCC; mRCC, metastatic RCC; m, murine; c, chimeric; HACA, human antichimeric antibodies; CECT, contrast-enhanced computed tomography; RIT, radioimmunotherapy; G, grade; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; AE, adverse event.