18F-flutemetamol amyloid imaging in Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment: a phase 2 trial

Rik Vandenberghe, Koen Van Laere, Adrian Ivanoiu, Eric Salmon, Christine Bastin, Eric Triau, Steen Hasselbalch, Ian Law, Allan Andersen, Ejnar Alex Kørner, Lennart Minthon, Gaëtan Garraux, Natalie Nelissen, Guy Bormans, Chris Buckley, Rikard Owenius, Lennart Thurfjell, Gill Farrar, David J Brooks

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Abstract

Objective: The most widely studied positron emission tomography ligand for in vivo β-amyloid imaging is 11C-Pittsburgh compound B ( 11C-PIB). Its availability, however, is limited by the need for an on-site cyclotron. Validation of the 18F-labeled PIB derivative 18F-flutemetamol could significantly enhance access to this novel technology. Methods: Twenty-seven patients with early-stage clinically probable Alzheimer disease (AD), 20 with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and 15 cognitively intact healthy volunteers (HVs) above and 10 HVs below 55 years of age participated. The primary endpoint was the efficacy of blinded visual assessments of 18F-flutemetamol scans in assigning subjects to a raised versus normal uptake category, with clinical diagnosis as the standard of truth (SOT). As secondary objectives, we determined the correlation between the regional standardized uptake value ratios (SUVRs) for 18F- flutemetamol and its parent molecule 11C-PIB in 20 of the AD subjects and 20 of the MCI patients. We also determined test-retest variability of 18F-flutemetamol SUVRs in 5 of the AD subjects. Results: Blinded visual assessments of 18F-flutemetamol scans assigned 25 of 27 scans from AD subjects and 1 of 15 scans from the elderly HVs to the raised category, corresponding to a sensitivity of 93.1% and a specificity of 93.3% against the SOT. Correlation coefficients between cortical 18F-flutemetamol SUVRs and 11C-PIB SUVRs ranged from 0.89 to 0.92. Test-retest variabilities of regional SUVRs were 1 to 4%. Interpretation: 18F-Flutemetamol performs similarly to the 11C-PIB parent molecule within the same subjects and provides high test-retest replicability and potentially much wider accessibility for clinical and research use.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftAnnals of Neurology
Vol/bind68
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)319-29
Antal sider11
ISSN0364-5134
DOI
StatusUdgivet - sep. 2010

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