Abstract
Purpose: This study was prospectively designed to evaluate the early dynamic organ distribution and tumor detection ability of [68Ga]Ga-P16-093, which was compared with [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-617 in the same group of recurrent prostate cancer patients.Methods: Twenty patients with recurrent prostate cancer were enrolled. In two consecutive days, each patient underwent a 60-min dynamic PET/CT scan after intravenous administration of 148–185 MBq (4–5 mCi) [68Ga]Ga-P16-093 and [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-617, respectively. Following a low-dose CT scan, serial dynamic PET scans were performed from head to proximate thigh at 9 time points (30 sec/bed at 4, 7, 10, 13 and 16 min, 1 min/bed at 20, 30 and 45 min, and 2 min/bed at 60 min). Standardized uptake values were measured for semi-quantitative comparison.Results: [68Ga]Ga-P16-093 PET/CT revealed a significantly higher tumor uptake at 4 min (SUVmax 7.88 ± 5.26 vs. 6.01 ± 3.88, P < 0.001), less blood pool retention at 4 min (SUVmean 5.12 ± 1.16 vs. 6.14 ± 0.98, P < 0.001) and lower bladder accumulation at 60 min (SUVmean 31.33 ± 27.47 vs. 48.74 ± 34.01, P = 0.042) than [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-617 scan. Significantly higher [68Ga]Ga-P16-093 uptakes were also observed in the parotid gland, liver, spleen and kidney. Besides, [68Ga]Ga-P16-093 exhibited a better detection ability than [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-617 (366 vs. 321, P = 0.009).Conclusions: [68Ga]Ga-P16-093 showed advantages over [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-617 with higher tumor uptakes, tumor-to-blood pool ratio and detection ability, less blood pool and bladder accumulation in recurrent prostate cancer patients.Trial registration [68Ga]Ga-P16-093 and [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-617 PET/CT Imaging in the Same Group of Prostate Cancer Patients (NCT04796467, Registered 12 March 2021, retrospectively registered)URL of registry https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04796467