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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Apr;45(4):267–275. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002967

TABLE 1.

Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Patients Included in the Study

Patient ID 1 2 3 4 5 Median (range)
Clinical characteristics
Age (years) 44 62 43 53 31 44 (31:62)
Gender F M M M M
Ethnicity White White White White White
Overall survival (months) 25 9 7 10 4 9 (4:25)
Status Alive Alive Alive Dead Dead
Stage
AJCC classification M1c M1a M1c M1c M1c
Sites of Metastatic Disease Bone, lung, nodal, soft tissue Lymph nodes Soft tissue, liver lesion Lung, stomach, soft tissue Pleura
LDH UI/L 141 169 233 442 365 233 (141:442)
Treatment
Drug Pembrolizumab Pembrolizumab Pembrolizumab Pembrolizumab Pembrolizumab
Response 6 weeks (FLT-PET, PERCIST) PR PR SD SD PD
Response – 12 weeks (CT, RECIST) CR PR PR SD PD
Baseline FLT-PET
Uptake
SUV max 12.1 5.9 5,5 8.4 5.2 5.9 (5.2:12.1)
SUV peak 9.7 4.8 3,7 7.4 3.9 4.8 (3.7:9.7)
SUV mean 3.7 3.8 3,1 5.2 2.8 3.7 (2.8:5.2)
SUV SD 1 0.7 0,8 1.1 0.5 0.8 (0.5:1.1)
Tumor Burden
TLP 226 106 14 349 353 225 (14:353)
PTV 60 28 5 67 128 60 (5:128)
Healthy Hematopoietic Tissue Metabolism
SLR 34% 41% 33% 60% 61% 41% (33%:61%)
BLR 137% 125% 129% 98% 79% 125% (79%:137%)
6-week (Delta) FLT-PET
Uptake
Delta-SUV max −75% −40% −22% −14% 233% −22% (−75%:233%)
Delta-SUV peak −74% −53% −15% −15% 295% −15% (−74%:295%)
Delta-SUV mean −54% −52% −17% −17% 203% −17% (−54%:203%)
Delta-SD −89% −63% −17% −31% 5% −31% (−89%:5%)
Tumor Burden
Delta- TLP −91% −85% −32% 63% 8773% −32% (−91%:8773%)
Delta- PTV −79% −69% −18% 96% 2830% −18% (−79%:2830%)
Healthy Hematopoietic Tissue Metabolism
Delta-SLR 47% 0% −9% −27% 4% 0% (−27%:47%)
Delta-BLR −4% 12% 21% 38% 9% 12% (−4%:38%)