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The Outcome and Safety of Re-challenge Lutetium-177 PSMA (177Lu-PSMA) Therapy with Low-Dose Docetaxel as a Radiosensitizer—a Promising Combination in Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC): a Case Report

Authors :
Aviral Singh
Nisaar Korowlay
Lucille Heslop
Masha Maharaj
Trisha Govender
Mike Sathekge
Partha Choudhary
Source :
Nucl Med Mol Imaging
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.

Abstract

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-directed radioligand therapy (PSMA-RLT) with lutetium-177 ((177)Lu-PSMA) has been used in metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and retrospective data have shown this therapy to be favourably safe with attractive clinical responses. Re-challenge (177)Lu-PSMA therapy in early responders has been shown to be safe and effective. We report the use of low-dose Taxol-based chemotherapy (modified dose 25 mg/m(2) weekly × 6 weeks) as a radiosensitizer with re-challenge (177)Lu-PSMA therapy (4 cycles). In a period of 3 years, the patient underwent a total of 8 cycles of (177)Lu-PSMA with a cumulative dose of 51.8 GBq. All therapies were uneventful and well tolerated. There was a good response to re-challenge (177)Lu-PSMA therapy and low-dose docetaxel (Taxol-(177)Lu-PSMA) with no recorded tumour resistance.

Details

ISSN :
18693482 and 18693474
Volume :
55
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....786e14c67f0cd2b73c26c2560d365e0d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-021-00696-5