title: [Phase 2 study of beta-methyl-p-(123I)-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid, a myocardial imaging agent for evaluating myocardial fatty acid metabolism].
abstract: A phase 2 study of beta-methyl-p-(123I)-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid (123I-BMIPP), a myocardial imaging agent developed for evaluating myocardial fatty acid metabolism, was performed in 197 patients with various heart diseases. The myocardial distribution of 123I-BMIPP did not change from early to late images in 88% of 91 patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), while washout and/or fill-in were observed in 45% of 55 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In comparison with 201Tl in 165 patients with various heart diseases, the decrease in uptake was more profound with BMIPP in 56% and with 201Tl in only 4%. 123I-BMIPP showed more severely decreased uptake in 83% of the patients with subacute myocardial infarction (15 to 30 days after the onset) and in 73% of the patients with HCM. High-quality SPECT images were obtained with 123I-BMIPP in 93% of 194 patients analyzed. However, the image quality in cardiomyopathy was inferior to that in IHD. The optimal injection dose range and standard dose of 123I-BMIPP were considered to be 74-148 MBq and 111 MBq, respectively. These findings suggest that 123I-BMIPP myocardial imaging is safe and useful for evaluating myocardial fatty acid metabolism in various heart diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torizuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yonekura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uehara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; C049338:iodofiltic acid