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. 2022 Mar 14;49(6):1778–1809. doi: 10.1007/s00259-022-05727-7

Table 6.

Summary of dosimetry data for salivary and lacrimal glands in [177Lu]Lu-PSMA treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

First author (year) Ligand # pats Method for activity quantification Method for AD calculation AD per unit of administered activity (Gy/GBq) (Mean ± SD) Mass (g) (mean ± SD) [range] No. of considered cycles Ref.
Delker (2016) PSMA-617 5 Planar: 1 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h Sphere S-values Salivary: 1.4 ± 0.5 38 ± 5 [3143] 2 [12]
Kabasakal (2015) PSMA-617 7 Planar: 4 h, 24 h, 48 h, 120 h

Sphere S-values

Mass from CT delineation

Parotid: 1.17 ± 0.31 - 1 (Pre-therapeutic tracer adm.) [18]
Kratochwil (2016) PSMA-617 4 Planar: 0.5 h, 3 h, 20 h, 44 h, 5−8 days

Sphere S-values

Mass from PET/CT delineation

Parotid: 1.28 ± 0.40

Submandibular: 1.48 ± 0.37

- 2 [54]
Baum (2016) PSMA I&T 30

Planar: 5 time-points 0.5 h to 118 h

SPECT/CT: between 45 h and 118 h

Olinda v.1 Parotid: 1.3 ± 2.3, max: 9.5 - 1 [187]
Scarpa (2017) PSMA-617 10

Hybrid (for abdomen): Planar: 0.5 h, 4 h, 24 h, 72 h, 96 h

SPECT/CT: 24 h

Sphere S-values

Mass from PET/CT delineation

Parotid: 0.56 ± 0.25, max: 1.040

Submandibular: 0.50 ± 0.15, max: 0.660

Lacrimal: 1.01 ± 0.69, max: 2.7

Volumes: Parotid: 24.98 mL, max: 34 mL

Submandibular: 8.63 mL, max:10.35 mL

1 [206]
Hohberg (2016) DKFZ-PSMA-617 9 Planar: 0.5 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, 168 h

Olinda v.1 ( AFs for thyroid with mass adjustment )

For lacrimal: sphere S-values

Fixed masses for salivary and lacrimal

Salivary (parotid + submandibular): 0.72 ± 0.14, max: 0.898

Lacrimal: 2.82 ± 0.76, max: 4.04

Salivary: 85

Lacrimal: 1.4

1 [67]
Fendler (2017) PSMA-617 10 SPECT/CT: 24 h, 48 h, 72 h No details Salivary: 1.0 ± 0.6 - 2 [22]
Kabasakal (2017) PSMA-617 6

Hybrid: Planar: 4 h, 24 h, 48 h, 120 h

SPECT/CT: 24 h

Sphere S-values

Mass from CT delineation

Parotid: 1.9 ± 1.19 - 1 [21]
Okamoto (2017) PSMA I&T 18 Planar: 30–120 min, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, 6–8 days

Sphere S-values

Mass from PET/CT delineation

Parotid: 0.55 ± 0.14, max: 0.84

Submandibular: 0.64 ± 0.40, max: 1.70

Lacrimal: 3.8 ±1.4, max: 7.03

For one gland:

Parotid: 19.1 ± 5.7 [8.0–35.6]

Submandibular: 8.2 ± 1.9 [4.2–14.3]

Lacrimal: 0.45 ± 0.12 [0.25–0.78]

From 1 to 4 [23]
Yadav (2017) DKFZ-PSMA-617 26 Planar: 0.5 h, 3.5 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h, 96 h, 120 h, 144 h, 168 h

Sphere S-values

Mass from SPECT/CT delineation

Parotid: 1.31 ± 0.22

Submandibular: 1.11 ± 0.39

Salivary glands (Parotid + Submandibular): 1.24 ± 0.27, max: 1.85

- 1 [188]
Violet (2019) PSMA-617 30 SPECT/CT: 1 h, 24 h, 96 h

2 methods: Voxel-based, VDK

Sphere S-values (mass from PET/CT delineation)

Parotid: 0.58 ± 0.43, max: 1.87

Submandibular: 0.44 ± 0.36, max: 1.75

Lacrimal: 0.36 ± 0.18, max: 0.81

- 1 [74]

AD, absorbed dose; VDK, voxel dose kernel