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. 2020 Aug 12;9(9):864–873. doi: 10.1530/EC-20-0292

Table 3.

Comparison between progressive disease and controlled disease.

Parameters Progressive disease (PD) Controlled disease (PR + SD + MR) P-value (95% CI)
Mean age (years) 36.6 ± 22.5 42 ± 10.8 0.544
Tumor type PCC: 3 PCC (1), sPGL(4), HNPGL(5), sPGL + HNPGL: 1, sPGL + PCC: 1
0.004a
Hypertension, n (%) 3 (100) 7 (58.3) 0.20
Pre-therapy PFNMN (mean ± s.d.) 749 ± 1097
1321 ± 1369 0.93
Change in DDD (%), n = 3 + 7 (mean ± s.d.)
+207 ± 132 −50.2 ± 43.6 0.001a
Change in PFNMN (mean ±s.d.) +673 ± 597 −11.1 ± 31.4 0.000a
No of PRRT cycle ( mean ± s.d.) 3.5 ± 2.08 4.1 ± 1.8 0.63
Mean dose of Lu (GBq) ( mean ± s.d.) 23.6 ± 14.4 26.2 ± 1.9 0.49
Pre-therapy 68Ga-DOTATATE
SUVmax (mean), n = 13 (mean ± s.d.)
12.4 ± 6.0 72.4 ± 70.9 0.18
Baseline SUVmax>21, n = 14, n (%) 0 (n = 3) 90 (9/10) 0.004a
Baseline mean (T/L) ( mean ± s.d.) 1.2 ± 0.6 9.1 ± 9.4 0.18
Baseline mean (T/S) (mean ± s.d.) 0.49 ± 0.28 3.3 ± 4.2 0.28
Reduction of mean SUVmax (tumor) more than 15% (n = 13) 0/3 (0) 8/10 (80) 0.022a
Reduction mean SUVmax (T/L) > 15%, n (%) 0/3 (0) 5/8 (63) 0.07
Reduction mean SUVmax (T/S) > 15%, n (%) 2/3 (33) 4/8 (50) 0.63

aP-value <0.05.

DDD, defined daily dose; HNPGL, head and neck paraganglioma; MR, minor response; PCC, pheochromocytoma; PD, progressive disease; PFNMN, plasma-free normetanephrine; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease; sPGL, sympathetic paraganglioma; SUVmax, standard uptake value maximum; T/L, tumor/liver; T/S, tumor/spleen.