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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2022

Early molecular imaging response assessment based on determination of total viable tumor burden in [

Florian Rosar, Felix Wenner, Fadi Khreish, Sebastian Dewes, Gudrun Wagenpfeil, Manuela A Hoffmann, Mathias Schreckenberger, Mark Bartholomä, Samer Ezziddin

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Florian RosarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University - Medical Center, Kirrberger Str. 100, Geb. 50, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Felix WennerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University - Medical Center, Kirrberger Str. 100, Geb. 50, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Fadi KhreishDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University - Medical Center, Kirrberger Str. 100, Geb. 50, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Sebastian DewesDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University - Medical Center, Kirrberger Str. 100, Geb. 50, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Gudrun WagenpfeilDepartment of Biostatistics, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
Manuela A HoffmannDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Mathias SchreckenbergerDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany.
Mark BartholomäDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University - Medical Center, Kirrberger Str. 100, Geb. 50, 66421, Homburg, Germany.
Samer EzziddinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Saarland University - Medical Center, Kirrberger Str. 100, Geb. 50, 66421, Homburg, Germany. samer.ezziddin@uks.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-3375
Saarland University · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEUniversitätsklinikum des Saarlandes · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted radioligand therapy (PSMA-RLT), the predictive value of PSMA PET/CT-derived response is still under investigation. Early molecular imaging response based on total viable tumor burden and its association with overall survival (OS) was explored in this study.

methodsSixty-six mCRPC patients who received [

resultsBy molecular imaging, 40/66 (60.6%) patients showed partial remission (PR), 19/66 (28.7%) stable disease (SD), and 7/66 (10.6%) progressive disease (PD). Biochemical response assessment revealed PR in 34/66 (51.5%) patients, SD in 20/66 (30.3%), and PD in 12/66 (18.2%). Response assessments were concordant in 49/66 (74.3%) cases. On univariate analysis, both molecular and biochemical response (p = 0.001 and 0.008, respectively) as well as two baseline characteristics (ALP and ECOG) were each significantly associated with OS. The median OS of patients showing molecular PR was 24.6 versus 10.7 months in the remaining patients (with SD or PD). On multivariable analysis molecular imaging response remained an independent predictor of OS (p = 0.002), eliminating biochemical response as insignificant (p = 0.515).

conclusionThe new whole-body molecular imaging-derived biomarker, early change of total lesion PSMA (TLP), independently predicts overall survival in [

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Prostate-Specific AntigenProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantDipeptidesGallium RadioisotopesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingHumansLutetiumMaleMolecular ImagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProspective StudiesRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeTumor BurdenDipeptidesGallium RadioisotopesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingLutetiumProstate-Specific AntigenPSMA-617Metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancerMolecular imagingPSMA PET/CTRadioligand therapyResponse assessment

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