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- Jeremie Calais, MD, MSc, joins Phillip Koo, MD, FACS, to discuss the approval of Gallium 68 PSMA-11, the first agent for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positive lesions in men with prostate cancer. The safety and efficacy of Ga 68 PSMA-11 were evaluated in two prospective clinical trials, which lead to the United States Federal Drug Administ...
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- 68 Ga-PSMA-11, the first drug for PET imaging of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)–positive lesions in men with prostate cancer (PC), was FDA approved on December 1, 2020. The approval was granted to the University of California–San Francisco (UCSF) and UC–Los Angeles (UCLA). 68 Ga-PSMA-11 is indicated for suspected metastatic disease at the time of initial staging prior to definitive ther...
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- Stefano Fanti joins Phillip Koo in conversation on establishing the PSMA PET/CT, as the gold standard with regards to imaging for prostate cancer, expectations, accuracy when it comes to imaging, how that CT should be performed, and limitations with regards to trial design for diagnostic imaging agents. Dr. Fanti offers advice for nuclear medicine physicians and radiologists in the community with...
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- Michael Morris, Oliver Sartor, and Alicia Morgans discuss the CONDOR study, the second of two prospective clinical trials designed in collaboration with the FDA to demonstrate the diagnostic performance of PyL in patients with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer. Correct localization rate (CLR), or the positive predictive value of the PyL scan, was established as the primary endpoint and the C...
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- In conversation with Charles Ryan, Thomas Hope details the prospective, multicenter single-arm open-label phase 3 imaging trial evaluating the accuracy of 68Ga-PSMA-11 for pelvic nodal metastasis detection prior to radical prostatectomy or definitive treatment and pelvic lymph node dissection. Between UCLA and UCSF 277 patients went through prospective imaging. When comparing these patients to nod...
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- Declan Murphy and Michael Hofman join Alicia Morgans to discuss the results from proPSMA study "A prospective randomized multi-center study of the impact of Ga-68 PSMA-PET/CT imaging for staging high-risk prostate cancer prior to curative-intent surgery or radiotherapy." Conventional imaging using CT and bone scan has insufficient sensitivity when staging men with high-risk localized prostate canc...
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- Anwar Padhani discusses his presentation from the 2019 Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) on the flare phenomenon in advanced prostate cancer. Because of this phenomenon, clinicians have created workarounds. Dr. Padhani expands that there are multiple consequences of the workarounds, one being that they cause delays in the treatment schedule. Precision oncology trials require ra...
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- Howard Soule discusses highlights and his takeaways from the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) 2019. Dr. Soule highlights the importance of coming to these conferences to understand where the gaps are in the treatment landscape and the benefit of these global conferences for clinicians from resource-limited countries. They continue on to discuss imaging, PSMA, and the VISION tr...
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- Stefano Fanti joins Phillip Koo at the 2019 European Associate of Urology to discuss the use of novel imaging methods in the prostate cancer space. Their discussion highlights the excitement and limitations around imaging including the methods of MRI and PET, and its impacts on patient care. Biographies: Stefano Fanti, Professor Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - DIMES...
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- Stefano Fanti reviews the consensus paper on nuclear imaging for prostate cancer which was recently published in Lancet Oncology in December 2018. PSMA PET should be offered early in biochemical recurrence as it is the most sensitive and the EAU has incorporated PSMA PET into their guidelines as well, recommending PSMA PET for PSA >0.2. Stefano and Alicia discuss the various PSMA technologies and...
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