Somatostatin-receptor-targeted radionuclide therapy for progressive meningioma: benefit linked to Ga-68-DOTATATE/-TOC uptake

Seystahl, Katharina; Stoecklein, Veit; Schüller, Ulrich; Rushing, Elisabeth; Nicolas, Guillaume; Schäfer, Niklaus; Ilhan, Harun; Pangalu, Athina; Weller, Michael; Tonn, Jörg-Christian; Sommerauer, Michael und Albert, Nathalie L. (2016): Somatostatin-receptor-targeted radionuclide therapy for progressive meningioma: benefit linked to Ga-68-DOTATATE/-TOC uptake. In: Neuro-Oncology, Bd. 18, Nr. 11: S. 1538-1547

Abstract

Background. The prognosis of patients with progressive meningioma after failure of surgery and radiotherapy is poor. Methods. We retrospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of somatostatin-receptor (SSTR)-targeted radionuclide therapy (Lu-177-DOTATATE [n = 16], Y-90-DOTATOC [n = 3], or both [n = 1]) in patients with progressive, treatment-refractory meningiomas (5 World Health Organization [WHO] grade I, 7 WHO grade II, 8 WHO grade III) and in part multifocal disease (17 of 20 patients). Results. SSTR radionuclide treatment (median of 3 treatment cycles, median administered dose/cycle 7400 MBq) led to a disease stabilization in 10 of 20 patients for a median time of 17 months. Stratification according to WHO grade showed a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 32.2 months for grade I tumors, 7.2 for grade II, and 2.1 for grade III. PFS at 6 months was 100% for grade I, 57% for grade II, and 0% for grade III. Median overall survival was 17.2 months in WHO grade III patients and not reached for WHO I and II at a median follow-up of 20 months. In the analysis of single meningioma lesions, maximal and mean standardized uptake values in pretherapeutic Ga-68-DOTATOC/-TATE PET/CT were significantly higher in those lesions with radiographic stability after 6 months. In line with this, high expression of SSTR via immunohistochemistry was associated with PFS >6 months. Conclusions. SSTR-targeted radionuclide treatment has activity in a subset of patients with meningioma. Expression of SSTR via immunohistochemistry or radionuclide uptake might serve as a predictive biomarker for outcome to facilitate individualized treatment optimization in patients with uni- and multifocal meningiomas.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1522-8517
• Sprache: Englisch