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Table 3 Summary of data obtained from different studies on kidney dosimetry for 177 Lu octreotate

From: Estimation of absorbed dose to the kidneys in patients after treatment with 177Lu-octreotate: comparison between methods based on planar scintigraphy

 

The present study, Gothenburg

Valkema et al., Rotterdam [ [18]]

Garkavij, et al., Lund [ [20]]

Sandström et al., Uppsala [ [19]]

Wehrmann et al., Bad Berka [ [17]]

Cremonesi et al., Milan [ [15]]

Kidney protection

Lysine, arginine

Lysine, arginine

Vamin

Vamin

Lysine, arginine

ND

Number of patients

33

37

16

24

61

10

A administered/treatment cycle (GBq) mean (range)

(3.4 to 8.2)

(1.8 to 7.4)

7.4

7.4

5.4 (2.5 to 7.4)

(3.7 to 7.4)

Treatment cycles per patient

1 to 5

3 to 7

2 to 4

Only first treatment cycle

1 to 4

ND

D/A administered (Gy/GBq) mean (SD)

0.80 (0.30), 0.60 (0.17)*

 

0.97 (0.24), 1.15 (0.29)*, 0.81 (0.21)**, 0.90 (0.21)***

0.98 (0.73), 0.71 (0.25)*, 0.65 (0.25)**

0.9 (0.3)

0.62 (median)

D/A administered (Gy/GBq) range

0.33 to 2.4 Gy/GBq, 0.29 to 1.2 Gy/GBq*

7.3 to 27 Gy

 

2.4 to 13 Gy (right)**

0.5 to 1.7 Gy/GBq

0.45 to 18 Gy/GBq (median range)

D/A administered for treatment cycle 1 (Gy/GBq) mean (range) (SD)

0.84 (0.38 to 1.7) (0.29)

  

0.98 (0.73), 0.71 (0.25)*, 0.65 (0.25)**

  

Imaging time points

1 h, days 1, 2, and 7

ND, but several days

0.5 h, days 1, 4, and 7 (treatment cycle 1 to 2) days 1,and 4 (treatment cycle 3 to 4) SPECT at day1 and/or day 4

1 h, days 1, 4, and 7 (treatment cycle 1) SPECT at all time points

0, 3, 20, 44, and 68 h

up to 48 h

Scintigraphic method

Planar imaging

Planar imaging

Planar imaging, SPECT

Planar imaging, SPECT

Planar imaging

Planar imaging

Quantification method

CV, *PA, CT for kidney mass

CV

CV attenuation map CT for kidney mass, *different background, **SPECT to scale the time-activity curve, ***SPECT for voxel dosimetry

*SPECT organ VOI, **SPECT small VOI (4 cm3)

CV

CV

Dosimetry

MIRD

MIRDOSE3

MIRD

OLINDA

MIRD 16, MEDISO, OLINDA with S values for absorbed dose calculation

OLINDA/EXM

  1. CV, conjugate-view method; PA, posterior-anterior view method; A administered, administered activity; D, mean absorbed dose; ND, not defined. Note that some studies give data in Gy and other in Gy/GBq, and some use mean values while other use median values. The asterisk (*) is for guiding the reader, which quantification method was used in providing the mean absorbed doses in each study compared.