MET-receptor targeted fluorescent imaging and spectroscopy to detect multifocal papillary thyroid cancer

Madelon J H Metman, Pascal K C Jonker, Luc H J Sondorp, Bettien M van Hemel, Mark S Sywak, Anthony J Gill, Liesbeth Jansen, Paul J van Diest, Tessa M van Ginhoven, Clemens W G M Löwik, Anh H Nguyen, Dominic J Robinson, Gooitzen M van Dam, Thera P Links, Rob P Coppes, Rudolf S N Fehrmann, Schelto Kruijff*

*Corresponding author voor dit werk

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PURPOSE: Multifocal disease in PTC is associated with an increased recurrence rate. Multifocal disease (MD) is underdiagnosed with the current gold standard of pre-operative ultrasound staging. Here, we evaluate the use of EMI-137 targeted molecular fluorescence-guided imaging (MFGI) and spectroscopy as a tool for the intra-operative detection of uni- and multifocal papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) aiming to improve disease staging and treatment selection.

METHODS: A phase-1 study (NCT03470259) with EMI-137 was conducted to evaluate the possibility of detecting PTC using MFGI and quantitative fiber-optic spectroscopy.

RESULTS: Fourteen patients underwent hemi- or total thyroidectomy (TTX) after administration of 0.09 mg/kg (n = 1), 0.13 mg/kg (n = 8), or 0.18 mg/kg (n = 5) EMI-137. Both MFGI and spectroscopy could differentiate PTC from healthy thyroid tissue after administration of EMI-137, which binds selectively to MET in PTC. 0.13 mg/kg was the lowest dosage EMI-137 that allowed for differentiation between PTC and healthy thyroid tissue. The smallest PTC focus detected by MFGI was 1.4 mm. MFGI restaged 80% of patients from unifocal to multifocal PTC compared to ultrasound.

CONCLUSION: EMI-137-guided MFGI and spectroscopy can be used to detect multifocal PTC. This may improve disease staging and treatment selection between hemi- and total thyroidectomy by better differentiation between unifocal and multifocal disease.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT03470259.

Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)2384–2394
Aantal pagina's11
TijdschriftEuropean Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Volume51
Vroegere onlinedatum29-nov.-2023
DOI's
StatusPublished - jul.-2024

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