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ArticleOncotarget2016

Therapeutic response and side effects of repeated radioligand therapy with 177Lu-PSMA-DKFZ-617 of castrate-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar, Elisabeth Eppard, Stefan Kürpig, Rolf Fimmers, Anna Yordanova, Carl Diedrich Schlenkhoff, Florian Gärtner, Sebastian Rogenhofer, Markus Essler

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06972628 (177Lu-PSMA-617), which is not on this map. Cited by 124 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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124citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
35.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06972628 phase2recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

177Lu-PSMA-617 (Pluvicto) for the Treatment of Patients With Progressive PSMA-Positive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) and Super Scan Bone Scan

TypeinterventionalSponsorEbrahim S DelpassandRan2025 to 2029Enrolled30ConditionsMetastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Patients With Bone Metastasis, Prostate Cancer (CRPC), Prostate CancerArmsAdministering Lutetium-177-PSMA-617 (PLUVICTO)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

124 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 284 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Safety of PSMA-Targeted Molecular Radioligand Therapy withJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2021
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  5. Evaluation of Safety and Dosimetry ofJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2021
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  7. TheEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2017
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  8. PROQURE-I: a phase I study adding concurrent [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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  11. Internal Radiation Therapy.Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer · 2026
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  14. Randomized Phase 2 Trial of an Extended and Flexible Dosing Schedule ofJournal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2025
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  17. Use ofWiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2025
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  18. Study of predictive factors for response toFrontiers in medicine · 2025
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  20. Therapeutic response and safety of radioligand therapy withMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2024
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64 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hojjat AhmadzadehfarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Elisabeth EppardDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Stefan KürpigDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Rolf FimmersInstitute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Anna YordanovaDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Carl Diedrich SchlenkhoffDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Florian GärtnerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Sebastian RogenhoferDepartment of Urology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Markus EsslerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DEInstitut für Medizinische Biometrie, Informatik und Epidemiologie · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is highly expressed on prostate epithelial cells and strongly up-regulated in prostate cancer (PC), making it an optimal target for the treatment of metastasized PC. Radioligand therapy (RLT) with 177Lu-PSMA-DKFZ-617 (Lu-PSMA) is a targeted therapy for metastatic PC. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed the side effects and the response rate of 24 hormone and/or chemorefractory PC patients with a mean age of 75.2 years (range: 64-82) with distant metastases and progressive disease according to the PSA level, who were treated with Lu-PSMA. Median PSA was 522 ng/ml (range: 17-2360). Forty-six cycles of Lu-PSMA were performed. Of the 24 patients, 22 received two cycles. Eight weeks after the first cycle of Lu-PSMA therapy 79.1% experienced a decline in PSA level. Eight weeks after the second cycle of Lu-PSMA therapy 68.2% experienced a decline in PSA relative to the baseline value. Apart from two cases of grade 3 anemia, there was no relevant hemato- or nephrotoxicity (grade 3 or 4). These results confirmed that Lu-PSMA is a safe treatment option for metastatic PC patients and has a low toxicity profile. A positive response to therapy in terms of decline in PSA occurs in about 70% of patients.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overDipeptidesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingHumansLutetiumMaleMiddle AgedOrganometallic CompoundsPeptidesPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantRadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticalsRetrospective Studies177Lu-DKFZ-617DipeptidesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingLutetiumOrganometallic CompoundsPeptidesPluvictoProstate-Specific AntigenRadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticals177Luprostate cancerPSAPSMAradioligand therapy

Identifiers

PMID26871285
PMCPMC4914299
OpenAlexW2302508993

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