Head-to-head comparison of tau positron emission tomography tracers [18F]flortaucipir and [18F]RO948
Smith, Ruben LU ; Schöll, Michael LU ; Leuzy, Antoine LU ; Jögi, Jonas LU
; Ohlsson, Tomas
; Strandberg, Olof
LU
and Hansson, Oskar
LU
(2020)
In European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
47(2).
p.342-354
- Abstract
Purpose: [18F]flortaucipir binds to paired helical filament tau and accurately identifies tau in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, “off-target” binding interferes with the quantification of [18F]flortaucipir in several brain regions. Recently, other tau PET tracers have been developed. Here, we compare [18F]flortaucipir with the novel tau tracer [18F]RO948 head-to-head in vivo. Methods: We included 18 participants with AD, three with amyloid-β-positive amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and four healthy controls. All underwent [18F]flortaucipir (80–100 min) and [18F]RO948 (70–90) PET scans within approximately 1 month. Four study participants underwent 0–100-min dynamic... (More)
Purpose: [18F]flortaucipir binds to paired helical filament tau and accurately identifies tau in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, “off-target” binding interferes with the quantification of [18F]flortaucipir in several brain regions. Recently, other tau PET tracers have been developed. Here, we compare [18F]flortaucipir with the novel tau tracer [18F]RO948 head-to-head in vivo. Methods: We included 18 participants with AD, three with amyloid-β-positive amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and four healthy controls. All underwent [18F]flortaucipir (80–100 min) and [18F]RO948 (70–90) PET scans within approximately 1 month. Four study participants underwent 0–100-min dynamic scanning. Standardized uptake value ratios (SUVRs) were created using an inferior cerebellar reference region. Results: Neocortical tracer retention was highly comparable using both SUVR and distribution volume ratio-1 values obtained from dynamic scans. However, [18F]RO948 retention was significantly higher in the entorhinal cortex and lower in the basal ganglia, thalamus, and choroid plexus compared with [18F]flortaucipir. Increased off-target binding was observed with age for both tracers. Several cases exhibited strong [18F]RO948 retention in the skull/meninges. This extra-cerebral signal, however, did not affect diagnostic accuracy and remained relatively unchanged when re-examining a subsample after 1 year. Kinetic modeling showed an increase in [18F]flortaucipir SUVR over the scanning interval, compared with a plateau for [18F]RO948. Conclusion: [18F]RO948 and [18F]flortaucipir bound comparably in neocortical regions, but [18F]RO948 showed higher retention in the medial temporal lobe and lower intracerebral “off-target” binding. Time-dependent bias of SUVR estimates may prove less of a factor with [18F]RO948, compared with previous tau ligands.
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- author
- Smith, Ruben
LU
; Schöll, Michael
LU
; Leuzy, Antoine
LU
; Jögi, Jonas
LU
; Ohlsson, Tomas
; Strandberg, Olof
LU
and Hansson, Oskar
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020-02
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Alzheimer’s disease, Head-to-head, Neurodegeneration, PET, Tau
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- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- volume
- 47
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 13 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85074480799
- pmid:31612245
- ISSN
- 1619-7070
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00259-019-04496-0
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b189b738-4f28-403c-9f25-7e79f61ad996
- date added to LUP
- 2019-11-21 14:01:11
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author = {{Smith, Ruben and Schöll, Michael and Leuzy, Antoine and Jögi, Jonas and Ohlsson, Tomas and Strandberg, Olof and Hansson, Oskar}},
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series = {{European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging}},
title = {{Head-to-head comparison of tau positron emission tomography tracers [<sup>18</sup>F]flortaucipir and [<sup>18</sup>F]RO948}},
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