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Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition) "Utility of PET/CT with [18F] F-fluorocholine in assessing the response to antia...
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Vol. 44. Issue 2.
(March - April 2025)
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Vol. 44. Issue 2.
(March - April 2025)
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"Utility of PET/CT with [18F] F-fluorocholine in assessing the response to antiandrogenic therapy in patients with prostate cancer."
Utilidad de la PET/TC con [18F]F-fluorocolina en la valoración de respuesta a la terapia antiandrogénica en pacientes con cáncer de próstata
K. Quinteroa,
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kquintero@clinic.cat

Corresponding author.
, E. Vilab, L. Ferrer-Mileoc, D. Vasd, Maria J. Ribale, M. Garcia-Herrerosc, N. Navarroa, M. Tormo-Rateraa, C. Aversaf, A. Vilasecae, A. Farré-Meleroa, D. Fustera,g, P. Paredesa,g, grupo de Medicina Nuclear Clínic Barcelona (MNCB)
a Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
b Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
c Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
d Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
e Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
f Servicio de Oncología Médica, Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro, Vigo, Spain
g Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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Table 1. Characteristics and treatment received by the patients included in the study.
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Table 2. Evolution of response by choline PET/CT.
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Table 3. Biochemical behavior with respect to morphofunctional imaging.
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Objective

To evaluate the correlation between response assessment measured by PET/CT with [18F] F-fluorocholine (Choline PET/CT) and serum levels of PSA in patients with prostate cancer under antiandrogenic treatment.

Methodology

A retrospective study included patients with CRPC (castration-resistant prostate cancer) and HSPC (hormone sensitive prostate cancer) treated with enzalutamide, abiraterone, or apalutamide between June 2018 and July 2021, who underwent baseline and a follow-up Choline PET/CT. The difference in maximum SUVmax (ΔSUV) between both studies and the PSA value before and at follow-up were recorded. The response to treatment was compared by PSA vs. PET, assessing their association, agreement, and correlation.

Results

Thirty patients were included (median age 74 years, range 68–78), 12 with CSPC and 18 with CRPC; 22 had nodal disease, and 15 had active bone disease. The average time between pre-treatment and follow-up PET/CT was 11 months (range 3.5–23).

Patients with extra-nodal metastatic disease at the beginning of treatment showed a higher correlation between PSA and ΔSUV (OR 4.375). In patients with bone disease at the start of treatment, 80% were classified as non-responders on PET response assessment, while only 40% were non-responders by PSA.

The correlation between PET and PSA was mild (Kendall’s tau_b 0.26), and the classification into Responders/Non-responders had only slight agreement (Cohen’s kappa 0.30).

Conclusion

Choline PET/CT shows low concordance with the PSA values obtained during the follow-up of response to anti-androgen therapy, especially in patients with bone involvement.

Keywords:
[18F] F-fluorocholine
Enzalutamide
Abiraterone
Apalutamide
Treatment response
Resumen
Objetivo

Valorar la correlación de la respuesta medida mediante PET/TC con [18F]F-fluorocolina con la respuesta por PSA en pacientes con cáncer de próstata en tratamiento antiandrogénico.

Metodología

Estudio retrospectivo que incluyó pacientes con CPRC (cáncer de próstata resistente a castración) y CPHS (cáncer de próstata hormonosensible) tratados con enzalutamida, abiraterona o apalutamida entre junio/2018 y julio/2021, quienes tenían una PET/TC con Colina basal y otra de control. Se recogió la diferencia del máximo SUVmax (ΔSUV) entre ambos estudios y el valor del PSA antes y en el control. Se comparó la respuesta al tratamiento por PSA vs PET su asociación, concordancia y correlación.

Resultados

Se incluyeron 30 pacientes (edad mediana 74 años, rango 68–78), 12 CPHS y 18 CPRC, 22 tenían enfermedad ganglionar; 15 tenían enfermedad ósea activa. El tiempo promedio entre la PET/TC pretratamiento y control fue 11 meses (rango 3,5–23).

Los pacientes con enfermedad metastásica extra-ganglionar al inicio del tratamiento mostraron mayor correlación entre el PSA y el ΔSUV (OR 4,375). En los pacientes con enfermedad ósea al inicio del tratamiento, 80% obtuvieron una PET de No-respondedores en la valoración de la respuesta, mientras tan solo 40% pacientes fueron No-respondedores por PSA.

La correlación entre PET y PSA fue leve (Kendall’s_tau_b 0,26), asimismo la clasificación en Respondedores/No-respondedores tuvo solo una concordancia ligera (Cohen’s kappa 0,30).

Conclusión

La PET/TC Colina tiene una baja concordancia con los valores de PSA obtenidos en el seguimiento de respuesta a la terapia antiandrogénica, principalmente en pacientes con afectación ósea.

Palabras clave:
[18F]F-fluorocolina
Enzalutamida
Abiraterona
Apalutamida
Respuesta al tratamiento

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