68Ga-FAP-RGD PET/CT : Dosimetry and Preliminary Clinical Translational Studies in Cancer Patients

Overview

Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is highly expressed in the stroma of a variety of human cancers and is therefore considered promising for guiding targeted therapy. The recent development of quinoline-based PET tracers that act as FAP inhibitors (FAPIs) demonstrated promising results preclinically and already in a few clinical cases. Integrin αvβ3 is restrictedly expressed on angiogenic blood vessels and tumour cells. It plays a key role in angiogenesis for tumour growth and metastasis. RGD peptide can specifically recognise the integrin αvβ3, which serves as targeted molecular for anti-angiogenesis strategies. 68Ga-FAP-RGD is a novel dual targeting tracers. The present study aimed to evaluate the biodistribution, pharmacokinetics, and dosimetry of 68Ga-FAP-RGD, and performed a head-to-head comparison with 68Ga-FAPI-02 or 18F-FDG PET/CT scans in patients with various cancers.

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