Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Clinical Medicine Research Center for Minimally Invasive Procedure of Hepatobiliary &, Pancreatic Diseases of Hubei Province, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023 Jun;50(7):2152-2166. doi: 10.1007/s00259-023-06137-z. Epub 2023 Feb 21.
This study is to investigate the [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT diagnosis performance in biliary tract carcinoma (BTC) and analyze the association between [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT and clinical indexes.
A prospective study (NCT05264688) was performed between January 2022 and July 2022. Fifty participants were scanned using [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI and [F]FDG PET/CT and acquired pathological tissue. We employed the Wilcoxon signed-rank test to compare the uptake of [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI and [F]FDG, and the McNemar test was used to compare the diagnostic efficacy between the two tracers. Spearman or Pearson correlation was used to assess the association between [ Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT and clinical indexes.
In total, 47 participants (mean age 59.09 ± 10.98 [range 33-80 years]) were evaluated. The [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI detection rate was greater than [F]FDG in primary tumors (97.62% vs. 85.71%), nodal metastases (90.05% vs. 87.06%), and distant metastases (100% vs. 83.67%). The uptake of [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI was higher than [F]FDG in primary lesions (intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, 18.95 ± 7.47 vs. 11.86 ± 0.70, p = 0.001; extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, 14.57 ± 6.16 vs. 8.80 ± 4.74, p = 0.004), abdomen and pelvic cavity nodal metastases (6.91 ± 6.56 vs. 3.94 ± 2.83, p < 0.001), and distant metastases (pleural, peritoneum, omentum, and mesentery, 6.37 ± 4.21 vs. 4.50 ± 1.96, p = 0.01; bone, 12.15 ± 6.43 vs. 7.51 ± 4.54, p = 0.008). There was a significant correlation between [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI uptake and fibroblast-activation protein (FAP) expression (Spearman r = 0.432, p = 0.009), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) (Pearson r = 0.364, p = 0.012), and platelet (PLT) (Pearson r = 0.35, p = 0.016). Meanwhile, a significant relationship between [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI metabolic tumor volume and carbohydrate antigen199 (CA199) (Pearson r = 0.436, p = 0.002) was confirmed.
[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI had a higher uptake and sensitivity than [F]FDG in the diagnosis of BTC primary and metastatic lesions. The correlation between [Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT indexes and FAP expression, CEA, PLT, and CA199 were confirmed.
clinicaltrials.gov: NCT 05,264,688.
本研究旨在探讨[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT 对胆道癌(BTC)的诊断性能,并分析[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT 与临床指标之间的相关性。
一项前瞻性研究(NCT05264688)于 2022 年 1 月至 2022 年 7 月进行。50 名患者接受了[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI 和[F]FDG PET/CT 扫描,并获取了病理组织。我们采用 Wilcoxon 符号秩检验比较[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI 和[F]FDG 的摄取情况,采用 McNemar 检验比较两种示踪剂的诊断效能。采用 Spearman 或 Pearson 相关分析评估[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT 与临床指标之间的相关性。
共有 47 名参与者(平均年龄 59.09±10.98[范围 33-80 岁])接受了评估。在原发肿瘤(97.62%比 85.71%)、淋巴结转移(90.05%比 87.06%)和远处转移(100%比 83.67%)中,[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI 的检出率均高于[F]FDG。在原发灶(肝内胆管癌,18.95±7.47 比 11.86±0.70,p=0.001;肝外胆管癌,14.57±6.16 比 8.80±4.74,p=0.004)、腹部和盆腔淋巴结转移(6.91±6.56 比 3.94±2.83,p<0.001)和远处转移(胸膜、腹膜、大网膜和肠系膜,6.37±4.21 比 4.50±1.96,p=0.01;骨,12.15±6.43 比 7.51±4.54,p=0.008)中,[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI 的摄取量均高于[F]FDG。[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI 摄取量与成纤维细胞激活蛋白(FAP)表达(Spearman r=0.432,p=0.009)、癌胚抗原(CEA)(Pearson r=0.364,p=0.012)和血小板(PLT)(Pearson r=0.35,p=0.016)呈显著正相关。同时,[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI 代谢肿瘤体积与糖抗原 199(CA199)(Pearson r=0.436,p=0.002)之间也存在显著的相关性。
[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI 在诊断 BTC 原发和转移性病变时的摄取量和敏感性均高于[F]FDG。证实了[Ga]Ga-DOTA-FAPI PET/CT 指标与 FAP 表达、CEA、PLT 和 CA199 之间的相关性。
clinicaltrials.gov:NCT 05264688。