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

Table 7.

Summary of dosimetry data for neurodendocrine tumours treated with [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE, except where explicitly stated otherwise

First author (year) # pats Method for activity quantification Effective half-life washout (h) Method for AD calculation AD per unit administered activity (Gy/GBq) Ref.
Wehrmann (2007) 61 Planar: close to adm., 3 h, 20 h, 44 h, 68 h Mean ± SD: 75.5 ± 20.9 Sphere S-value. Volume/mass from CT delineation Mean ± SD: 9.7 ± 11 [171]

Wehrmann (2007)

[177Lu]Lu-DOTA-NOC

8 As above Mean ± SD: 66.7 ± 16.6 As above Mean ± SD: 7.5 ± 8.3
Garkavij (2010) 7

Hybrid: Planar: 1 h, 24 h, 96 h, 168 h

SPECT/CT: 24 h or 96 h

- LED, volume/mass from SPECT/CT delineation, mass from CT Median (range): 6.7 (0.1–20) [99]
Jackson (2013) 17 SPECT/CT: 4 h, 24 h, and 72 h - Voxel-based, DPK AD per cycle: 21.4 ± 9.7 Gy (6.6–10.2 GBq per cycle) [190]
Ilan (2015) 24 SPECT/CT: 24 h, 96 h, and 168 h - Sphere S-value, volume/mass from SPECT/CT delineation Median (range): 6.8 (1.3–23) (for first cycle) [72]
Kupitz (2017) 16 Planar and SPECT/CT: between 4 h and 168 h, all pats 4 h, 24 h, and 72 h - Sphere S-values. Volume/mass from CT delineation

Planar: mean ± SD: 5.3 ± 6.3

Median (range): 3.1 (0.18–25)

Hybrid planar-SPECT/CT: mean ± SD: 3.1 ± 2.2

Median (range): 2.7 (0.20–7.9)

SPECT/CT: mean ± SD: 2.6 ± 1.5

Median (range): 2.7 (0.16–5.4)

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Roth (2018) 6 Planar and SPECT/CT: 1 h, 24 h, 96 h, 168 h

From SPECT/CT:

Mean: 96 h

Range: 84 h – 117 h

LED, volume from SPECT/CT delineation, mass from CT

Hybrid planar-SPECT/CT: mean: 3.6

SPECT/CT: mean: 3.9

Range: 1.3–7.3

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Jahn (2019) 25 SPECT/CT: 24 h, 96 h, and 168 h - Sphere S-values. Volume/mass from SPECT/CT delineation

Mean: 4.7

Median (range): 3.8 (1.3–15.5)

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Rudisile (2019) 35 SPECT/CT: 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h - Sphere S-values. Volume/mass from SPECT/CT delineation Mean ± SD: 2.3 ± 1.83 [194]
Del Prete (2019) 34 SPECT/CT: 4 h, 24 h, and 72 h - Activity concentration, small VOI in high-uptake region. Sphere S-value Median (range): 4.4 (0.1–32.0) [40]
Jahn (2021) 48 SPECT/CT: 24 h, 96 h, and 168 h - Sphere S-values. Volume/mass from SPECT/CT delineation

Medians for cycles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (retrieved from graph)

Pancreatic (P): 6.6, 3.9, 2.8, 2.7, 2.6, 1.8

Small-intestine (SI): 4.6, 4.9, 4.1, 3.4, 4.1, 2.8

Range all cycles, grade P and SI: 0.7–23

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Roth (2021) 41 Hybrid: Planar: 1 h, 24 h, 96 h, 168 h SPECT/CT: 24 h

Grade 1 mean: 103 h, CI: 96–109 h

Grade 2 mean: 81 h, CI: 73–90 h

Voxel-based Monte Carlo, volume from SPECT/CT delineation, mass from CT

Medians for cycles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Grade 1: 4.4, 4.4, 4.1, 3.5, 3.8, 3.2

Grade 2: 3.6, 3.1, 2, 1.6, 1.1, 0.8

Range all cycles, grade 1 and 2: 0.3–10

[195]

AD, absorbed dose; DPK, dose-point kernel; CI, confidence interval