Prediction and Early Detection of Response by NMR Spectroscopy and Imaging

Seung-Cheol Lee, Fernando Arias-Mendoza, Harish Poptani, E James Delikatny, Mariusz Wasik, Michal Marzec, Stephen J Schuster, Sunita D Nasta, Jakub Svoboda, Owen A O'Connor, Mitchell R Smith, Jerry D Glickson

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Abstract

Pretreatment 31 P magnetic resonance (MRS) when applied to a cadre of 41 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) regardless of disease type or stage and regardless of therapeutic regimen, was able to predict about two thirds of the patients that exhibited a complete response (CR; sensitivity 0.92, specificity 0.79). However, when the study was restricted to 27 NHL patients with the most common form of NHL, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, all of whom were treated with RCHOP (rituximab plus CHOP chemotherapy) or "RCHOP-like" therapy, was able to predict CR and non-CR with a sensitivity of 1.0 and specificity of 0.90 by Fisher analysis). Patients predicted not to exhibit a CR could be directed to more vigorous therapeutic regimens followed by bone marrow transplantation or to experimental new therapeutic agents. This article highlights a general strategy for non-invasively monitoring response to inhibitors of specific signal transduction pathways by monitoring the corresponding metabolic pathway that is modified by signal transduction inhibition.

Original languageEnglish
JournalPET Clinics
Volume7
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)119-26
Number of pages8
ISSN1556-8598
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Journal Article

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