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Table 1 Overview of published trials on treatment efficacy and OS

From: Radioligand therapy of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: current approaches

First author (n: number of patients)

Compound used

Activity

PSA fall ≥ 50%

CT (RECIST)

PSMA PET

Symptomatic response

Biochemical/radiological PFS

Overall survival

Vallabhajosula et al. 2005 [46]

177Lu-J591

0.3–2.7 GBq/m2for 177Lu

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Lu (n: 35) = 177

90Y-J591

0.18–0.7 GBq/m2for 90Y

n (28) = 90Y

Zechmann et al. 2014 [37] (n: 28)

131I-MIP 1095

2.0–7.2 GBq

61%

NA

NA

23% CR

Median BPFS 126 days

NA

PD 14%

61% PR

Ahmadzadehfar et al. 2015 [14] (n: 10)

177Lu-PSMA-617

4.1–6.1 GBq

50%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PD 30%

Ahmadzadehfar et al. 2016 [26] (n: 24)

177Lu-PSMA-617

4.1–7.1 GBq

42%

PR 40%

PR 80%

NA

NA

NA

PD 21%

SD 55%

SD 0%

PD 5%

PD 20%

Kratochwil et al. 2016 [32] (n: 30)

177Lu-PSMA-617

4–6 GBq

43–72%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PD 27%

Baum et al. 2016 [51] (n: 56)

177Lu-PSMA I&T

3.6–8.7 GBq

59%

PR 20%

PR 56%

33% PR

Medial radiological PFS 13.7 months

 

PD 11%

SD 52%

SD 8%

PD 28%

PD 36%

Rahbar et al. 2016 [25] (n: 74)

177Lu-PSMA-617

6 MBq

31%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PD 23%

Rahbar et al. 2016 [39] (n: 28)

177Lu-PSMA-617

7 MBq

32–50%

NA

NA

NA

NA

29.4 vs. 19.7 weeks

PD 20%

Heck et al. 2016 [48] (n: 22)

177Lu-PSMA-I&T

7–7.8 GBq

33%

PR 11%

Integrated CR 5%

14% CR

Median PFS 175 days

NA

PD 32%

SD 56%

SD 63%

42% PR

PD 33%

PD 32%

Yadav et al. 2017 [52] (n: 31)

177Lu-PSMA-617

1.1–5.5 MBq

Mean pre and post

 

CR 33%

Analgesic score reduced from 2.5 to 1.8

Median PFS 12 months

Median OS 15 weeks

275/41

PR 50%

PD 20%

SD 17% (n = 6)

Fendler et al. 2016 [23] (n: 15)

177Lu-PSMA-617

6 MBq

60%

PR 27%

NA

NA

NA

NA

SD 40%

PD 33%

Kratochwil et al. 2016 [36] (n: 2)

225Ac-PSMA-617

4–6 GBq

100%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Ahmadzadehfar et al. 2017 [27] (n: 52)

177Lu-PSMA-617

5.6–6 MBq

44% 1st cycle

NA

NA

NA

NA

Median OS 60 weeks

59.6%

2nd cycle

59.6% 3rd cycle

Rahbar et al. 2017 [16] (n: 145)

177Lu-PSMA-617

2–8 MBq

45%

PR 45%

NA

NA

NA

NA

SD 28%

  1. NA not available, MBq mega becquerel, CR complete response, PD progressive disease, PR partial response, OS overall survival, PFS progressive free survival, BPFS biochemical progressive free survival, PSMA prostate specific membrane antigen, PSA prostate specific antigen, RECIST response evaluation criteria in solid tumors, PET positron emission tomography, CT computed tomography