The superior predictive value of 166Ho-scout compared with 99mTc-macroaggregated albumin prior to 166Ho-microspheres radioembolization in patients with liver metastases
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The superior predictive value of 166Ho-scout compared with 99mTc-macroaggregated albumin prior to 166Ho-microspheres radioembolization in patients with liver metastases
Abstract
Purpose: As an alternative to technetium-99m-macroaggregated albumin (99mTc-MAA), a scout dose of holmium-166 (166Ho) microspheres can be used prior to 166Ho-radioembolization. The use of identical particles for pre-treatment and treatment procedures may improve the predictive value of pre-treatment analysis of distribution. The aim of this study was to analyze the agreement between 166Ho-scout and 166Ho-therapeutic dose in comparison with the agreement between 99mTc-MAA and 166Ho-therapeutic dose.
Methods: Two separate scout dose procedures were performed (99mTc-MAA and 166Ho-scout) before treatment in 53 patients. First, qualitative assessment was performed by two blinded nuclear medicine physicians who visually rated the agreement between the 99mTc-MAA, 166Ho-scout, and 166Ho-therapeutic dose SPECT-scans (i.e., all performed in the same patient) on a 5-point scale. Second, agreement was measured quantitatively by delineating lesions and normal liver on FDG-PET/CT. These volumes of interest (VOIs) were co-registered to the SPECT/CT images. The predicted absorbed doses (based on 99mTc-MAA and 166Ho-scout) were compared with the actual absorbed dose on post-treatment SPECT.
Results: A total of 23 procedures (71 lesions, 22 patients) were included for analysis. In the qualitative analysis, 166Ho-scout was superior with a median score of 4 vs. 2.5 for 99mTc-MAA (p < 0.001). The quantitative analysis showed significantly narrower 95%-limits of agreement for 166Ho-scout in comparison with 99mTc-MAA when evaluating lesion absorbed dose (- 90.3 and 105.3 Gy vs. - 164.1 and 197.0 Gy, respectively). Evaluation of normal liver absorbed dose did not show difference in agreement between both scout doses and 166Ho-therapeutic dose (- 2.9 and 5.5 Gy vs - 3.6 and 4.1 Gy for 99mTc-MAA and 166Ho-scout, respectively).
Conclusions: In this study, 166Ho-scout was shown to have a superior predictive value for intrahepatic distribution in comparison with 99mTc-MAA.
Keywords: Dosimetry; Holmium-166 microspheres; Radioembolization; SIRT; Technetium-99m-MAA.
Conflict of interest statement
The Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine of the UMC Utrecht receives royalties and research support from Quirem Medical and Terumo. Marnix Lam is a consultant for BTG, Terumo and Quirem Medical. Maarten Smits has served as a speaker for Sirtex Medical, BTG and Terumo. Arthur Braat has served as a speaker for Sirtex Medical and Terumo. All other authors declare to have no conflicts of interest.
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