Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy with (90)Y-DOTATOC in recurrent meningioma

Meningiomas are generally benign and in most cases surgery is curative. However, for high-grade histotypes or partially resected tumours, recurrence is fairly common. External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is usually given in such cases but is not always effective. We assessed peptide receptor radio...

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Published in:European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2009-09, Vol.36 (9), p.1407-1416
Main Authors: Bartolomei, Mirco, Bodei, Lisa, De Cicco, Concetta, Grana, Chiara Maria, Cremonesi, Marta, Botteri, Edoardo, Baio, Silvia Melania, Aricò, Demetrio, Sansovini, Maddalena, Paganelli, Giovanni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Meningeal Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Meningioma - radiotherapy
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - radiotherapy
Octreotide - analogs & derivatives
Octreotide - therapeutic use
Radiopharmaceuticals - therapeutic use
Receptors, Somatostatin - metabolism
Young Adult
Yttrium Radioisotopes
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Summary:Meningiomas are generally benign and in most cases surgery is curative. However, for high-grade histotypes or partially resected tumours, recurrence is fairly common. External beam radiation therapy (EBRT) is usually given in such cases but is not always effective. We assessed peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) using (90)Y-DOTATOC in a group of patients with meningioma recurring after standard treatments in all of whom somatostatin receptors were strongly expressed on meningioma cell surfaces. Twenty-nine patients with scintigraphically proven somatostatin subtype 2 receptor-positive meningiomas were enrolled: 14 had benign (grade I), 9 had atypical (grade II) and 6 had malignant (grade III) disease. Patients received intravenous (90)Y-DOTATOC for 2-6 cycles for a cumulative dose in the range of 5-15 GBq. Clinical and neuroradiological evaluations were performed at baseline, during and after PRRT. The treatment was well tolerated in all patients. MRI 3 months after treatment completion showed disease stabilization in 19 of 29 patients (66%) and progressive disease in the remaining 10 (34%). Better results were obtained in patients with grade I meningioma than in those with grade II-III, with median time to progression (from beginning PRRT) of 61 months in the low-grade group and 13 months in the high-grade group. PRRT with (90)Y-DOTATOC can interfere with the growth of meningiomas. The adjuvant role of this treatment, soon after surgery, especially in atypical and malignant histotypes, deserves further investigation.
ISSN:1619-7089
DOI:10.1007/s00259-009-1115-z