Prostate cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor in men worldwide. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), is a surface molecule specifically expressed by prostate tumors which was shown to be a valid target for radiotherapy. 177Lu-PSMA-617, a urea-based compound, provide an effective target for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. However, a major problem in the therapeutic use of 177Lu-PSMA-617 has been its short half-life and fast rate of clearance. The investigators designed and synthesized a new radiopharmaceutical, named 177Lu-PSMA-EB-01. EB（Evans Blue）can bind to albumin to slow down its plasma clearance rate, thereby increasing tumor accumulation and reducing the total dosage of Lu-177. Hence, EB-PSMA-01 may be an option for consideration due to limited supply of Lu-177, by which more patients may be benefited by this version of 177Lu-EB-PSMA-01. This study was designed to investigate the safety, dosimetry and preliminary effects of 177Lu-EB-PSMA-01 in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer.
This is a pilot study to assess the safety and measure image-based absorbed dose of 177Lu-PSMA-EB-01, a new PSMA-specific radiopharmaceutical, in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who will undergo radioligand therapy (RLT). All patients underwent 68Ga-PSMA and 18F-FDG PET/CT for selection and were randomly divided into three groups of 3 people each.The three groups received an approximately 1.11 GBq (30mCi), 1.85 GBq (50 mCi) and 2.59 GBq (70mCi) of 177Lu-PSMA-EB-01 up to 2 cycles, respectively.